Chippewa Men 11th At NCAA Regional

MADISON, Wis. – The CMU men's cross country team ran well in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships on Friday, finishing 11^th in a 29-team field at Wisconsin's Thomas Zimmer Championship Course.

Purdue won with 79 points, beating runner-up Notre Dame, which had 85. The Boilermakers and Irish advance to the NCAA Championships on Nov. 23 in Terre Haute, Ind.

It was the final race of the season for the Chippewas.

Senior Mark Beckmann was the top finisher for the Chippewas, running a time of 31:30.8, good for 44^th in his final collegiate race.

"Losing a guy like Mark, who's been a great member of the program, will be tough to replace," CMU coach Jason Hartmann said. "But he set a good plate for us going forward."

Also for the Chippewas, Zach Sleeman finished 51^st (31:39.1), Conor Naughton was 69^th (32:06.7), Riad Rababeh was 70^th (32:08.1), Will Finch finished 118^th (32:58.9), Adam Rzentkowski (33:15.6) was 131^st, and Jakob Sayers finished 141^st at 33:32.1.

Sleeman is a senior, Naughton is a junior, Rababeh and Finch are sophomores, while Rzentkowski and Sayers are freshmen.

"I think all seven of them did a phenomenal job," Hartmann said, adding that he is encouraged by the team's performance against some of the nation's top competition and that the future is bright for CMU cross country.

"Overall, I thought we did an exceptional job," he said. "They competed very well, a lot of very positive things that we can build off going forward. From a team standpoint, from an overall standpoint, super excited about what they did today."

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Players Mentioned

Mark Beckmann

Conor Naughton

Riad Rababeh

Adam Rzentkowski