HANOVER, IND. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's cross country team captured third-place honors at the 12-team Hanover College Invitational on Saturday.

The Engineers narrowly missed second place with a team score of 100 points.  Baldwin-Wallace tallied 97 points, while national power Ohio Northern won the meet with 30.

Junior Stephen Boedicker (Delaware, Ohio) paced Rose-Hulman with a 13th place.  Boedicker completed the challenging eight-kilometer course that will host the 2008 NCAA Division III Championships in a time of 27:42.

Freshman Tyler Kreipke (Zionsville) finished second among Rose-Hulman and led a strong pack of five with a time of 28:12.  Senior Matt Repking (Effingham, Ill.) came home just behind Kreipke in 22nd with a time of 28:16.

Other Engineers in the tight pack included freshman David Caldwell (Plymouth) in 24th with a time of 28:21; sophomore Justin Druba (Hanover/Southwestern) in 25th in 28:27; and junior Ian Thomas (Penville/Jay County) in 28th with a time of 28:30.

"This was a pretty good day for our cross country program.  We really wanted to finish second, but were happy to place third against a quality field that featured some of the top teams in the Midwest," said Rose-Hulman head coach Larry Cole.

Rose-Hulman returns to action at the Indiana Intercollegiate Meet hosted by Purdue University on Friday.

MEET RESULTS

TEAM SCORES: 1) Ohio Northern 30; 2) Baldwin-Wallace 97; 3) Rose-Hulman 100; 4) Huntington 102; 5) Franklin 147; T-6) Bellarmine 155; T-6) Juniata 155; 8) Manchester 172; 9) Marian 236; 10) Hanover 325; 11) Thomas More 351; 12) Transylvania 355

INDIVIDUAL TOP 10 FINISHERS: 13) Stephen Boedicker 27:42; 21) Tyler Kreipke 28:12; 22) Matt Repking 28:16; 24) David Caldwell 28:21; 25) Justin Druba 28:27; 28) Ian Thomas 28:30; 31) Clark Moser 28:36; 55) Mitchell Thomas 29:37; 56) Andrew Meiers 29:40; 64) John Sullivan 29:56