Results

WAVERLY, Iowa – Competing against some of the best competition in the region, including the second-ranked team in the nation, Grinnell College's cross country team raced to a sixth-place finish at the Wartburg Dan Huston/Steve Johnson Invitational on Saturday.
 
Ben Abelow '28 led the Pioneers, touring the 8-kilometer course in 26 minutes, 30.0 seconds. He was 46^th place of nearly 300 runners. Luke Robinson '26 was close behind in 60^th place with a time of 26:49.2 and Jack Lakin '29 was 66^th in 26:56.7.
 
Other scorers for Grinnell were Leif Dahl '29 (93^rd in 27:27.5) and Greyson Imm '28 (94^th in 27:27.6). Also for the Pioneers, Connor Heagy '26 placed 114^th in 27:51.3 and David In '28 was 119^th in 27:56.0.
 
Grinnell, ranked ninth in the Midwest Region, tallied 209 points. Host Wartburg College, ranked second nationally and first in the region, was first with 23 points and Simpson College, the seventh-ranked team in the region, took second with 112.
 
The individual collegiate champ was Isaiah Hammerand of Wartburg, who finished in 24:16.2.