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10/17/1998 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
MEN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE
West Lafayette, Ind. -- The Indiana men's cc team finished fourth in the 8k at the Indiana Intercollegiates hosted by Purdue Friday.
All nine of Indiana's runners ran their best time of the season. Sophomore Aaron Gillen improved by 70 seconds in the six days since the Indiana State Invitational and led the Hoosiers as he has in every other race this year, finishing ninth overall.
Runner Indiana Intercollegiates Previous best
Aaron Gillen 24:13.17 25:23.74
Tom Breckenridge 24:33.67 25:56.45
Mikko Simos 25:06.08 1st race this year
Dan Billish 25:08.32 26:18.08
Nate Jones 25:15.36 26:37.23
Bryan Holcomb 25:21.94 26:23.62
Chris Ekman 25:27.21 27:15.17
Jon Teipen 25:34.32 26:13.15
Tom Brooks 26:05.16 1st race this year
Next meet: The Big Ten Championships are November 1st at Michigan. The men run at 12:15 p.m.
Team results
1. Indiana State (ISU) 64
2. Butler 68
3. Purdue 76
4. INDIANA 127
5. Ball State (BSU) 168
6. Taylor 184
7. Wabash 220
8. Indiana Wesleyan (IN-Wes) 232
9. Anderson 249
10. DePauw 295
11. Huntington (Hunt.) 312
12. Valparaiso (Valpo.) 374
13. Southern Indiana (So. IN) 387
14. Saint Joseph's (St. Joe's) 407
15. Indianapolis (Indy) 433
16. Evansville (E-ville) 445
17. IUPU-Fort Wayne (IPFW) 524
18t. Vincennes 546
18t. Grace 546
20. Hanover 549
21. IUPUI 576
22. Franklin 605
23. Goshen 719
24. Marian 722
25. Indiana Southeast (IN-SE) 767 26. Oakland City (Oak.) 774
27. Manchester 787
28. Earlham 801
Individual
1. Julius Mwangi, Butler, 21:04.81
2. Gabriel Rop, Taylor, 22:51.75
3. Ben Kapsoiya, So. IN, 23:12.42
4. James Siele, Butler, 23:27.04
5. Justin Young, Butler, 23:33.28
6. James Kennedy, Grace, 23:38.21
7. Jason Gunn, ISU, 23:45.05
8. Mike Hall, Purdue, 24:04.69
9. Aaron Gillen, IU, 24:13.17
10. Steve Hertenstein, ISU, 24:16.98
16. Tom Breckenridge, IU, 24:33.67
32. Mikko Simos, IU, 25:06.08
33. Dan Billish, IU, 25:08.32
37. Nate Jones, IU, 25:15.36
42. Bryan Holcomb, IU, 25:21.94
51. Chris Ekman, IU, 25:27.21
55. Jon Teipen, IU, 25:34.32
78. Tom Brooks, IU, 26:05.16
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