FULL RESULTS
HANOVER, IND. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's cross country team relied on three top-12 finishes to place third at the Hanover College Invitational on Saturday morning.
Freshman Stuart West (LaPorte) led the Fightin' Engineers with a seventh-place finish in the five-kilometer race. West recorded a time of 16:38.
Freshmen Josh Hojnacki (LaPorte) and Matthew Billingsley (Moline, Ill./Alleman) came home 11th and 12th, respectively. Hojnacki completed the run in 16:58, with Billingsley just behind at 17:02.
Sophomore Andrew Thompson (Mundelein, Ill./Vernon Hills) finished 14th in 17:15, and freshman Matthew Lash (Batavia, Ill.) rounded out the team score with a 15th place in 17:16.
Rose-Hulman returns to action at the Indiana Intercollegiate Meet in Bloomington on Friday.
TEAM SCORES: 1) Indianapolis 23; 2) Franklin 58; 3) Rose-Hulman 59; 4) Hanover 103
TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS FROM ROSE-HULMAN: 7) Stuart West 16:38; 11) Josh Hojnacki 16:58; 12) Matthew Billingsley 17:02; 14) Andrew Thompson 17:15; 15) Matthew Lash 17:16; 16) Derek Heeger 17:19; 24) Micah Aldrich 17:36; 25) Ryan Meyer 17:37; 27) Josh Elkins 17:47; 30) Chris Pepin 18:00