CHICAGO- The Northern Kentucky men's and women's cross country squads both saw strong performances against some of their strongest competition of the season at the 41^st Lakefront Invitational hosted by Loyola University Chicago. The men grabbed 16^th (412 points) place with the women taking 20^th (584 points).
 
Men's results

• Alec Sandusky was the top Norse for the men, placing 29^th (26 points) with an 8K time of 24:57.
• Ryan Burrows (76^th, 68 points, 25:33), Zach Birdsall (91^st, 79 points, 25:39), Kyle Mastin (121^st, 101 points, 25:53) and Tristan Tapia (206^th, 137 points, 26:35) rounded out NKU's scoring.
• The race featured 26 teams with 349 runners on the challenging 8K course.
• Grand Valley State got the win with a final point total of 59 points.

Women's results

• Hannah Tobler was the top finisher for Northern Kentucky, taking 69th (62 points) with a 5K time of 18:16.
• Jennah Flairty (92^nd, 76 points, 18:32), Kimmy Wolfe (184^th, 140 points, 19:22), Maddie Frey (214^th, 150 points, 19:34) and Natalie Lienhart (214^th, 156 points, 19:45) completed the Norse scoring.
• The women's 5K featured 33 teams with 380 runners on the trail.
• Princeton took the overall win, tallying 65 points.

Up next

• The Norse return to action October 12, at the Jenna Strong Invitational hosted by Wilmington College.

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