Hoosiers Place Third at Big Ten Championships

Sunday, October 30

Minneapolis, Minn.

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Indiana University

Big Ten Conference Championships

10/30/2016 3:00:00 PM | Cross Country

Men's B1G Results Women's B1G Results

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Indiana took to the Les Bolstad Golf Course for the annual Big Ten Championships cross country meet.

The men's team finished third out of 12 competing teams. The Hoosiers tallied 92 points. The third place finish for IU was the team's best since being crowned conference champion in the 2013 season.

Jason Crist led the way, finishing third to earn his fourth consecutive All-Big Ten selection, three of which were first-team selections. Crist is one of three Hoosiers since 1984 to be named to the All-Conference team in four season. He joins Bob Kennedy and Sean Jefferson.

Matt Schwartzer turned in an All-Big Ten level performance as well, taking fourth. True freshman Ben Veatch made it a trio of Hoosiers to earn All-Big Ten honors. Veatch finished eighth to secure second-team accolades.

Kyle Mau was the fourth Hoosier to cross the finish line as he finished 37^th overall. Bryce Millar finished 41^st to round out the IU scoring.

The women's team finished eighth out of 14 teams running. Katherine Receveur was outstanding and earned All-Big Ten honors. Receveur finished as the conference's runner-up with a time of 21:02.5. Katherine becomes the first Hoosier since Samantha Ginther in 2013 to earn first-team honors.

Brenna Calder was 22^nd, finishing second among IU runners. Corinne Cominator took 45^th, Chanli Mundy finished 51^st and Maggie Allen was 59^th to close out the Hoosier scoring.

Men's Team                                                    Women's Team
3. Jason Crist (24:44.6)                                   2. Katherine Receveur (21:02.5)
4. Matt Schwartzer (24:45.9) 22. Brenna Calder (21:46.3)
8. Ben Veatch (24:52.7)                                  45. Corinne Cominator (22:24.7)
37. Kyle Mau (25:29.1)                                   51. Chanli Mundy (22:34.8)
41. Bryce Millar (25:33.8)                               59. Maggie Allen (22:43.3)
44. Jeremy Coughler (25:36.1)                       63. Hannah Stoffel (22:49.5)
51. Carl Smith (25:41.9)                                 65. Haley Harris (22:50.6)
70. Mark Chandler (26:08.3)                           82. Lexa Barrott (23:12.0)
102. Eric Claxton (27:21.2)                             89. Grace Walther (23:25.1)

IU will be back at home on Friday as hosts of the Hoosier Invitational.