Big Ten Cross Country Championships

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The Big Ten Cross Country Championships took place Sunday in West Lafayette, Indiana on the Purdue Boilermakers Cross Country Course.

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For the first time in 14 years, a team other then the Wisconsin Badgers won the men's title. The Indiana Hoosiers won the men's team title with 51 points. Michigan Wolverines placed second with 66 points and Wisconsin was third with 71 points.  This is the Hoosiers first Big Ten Title in 33 years.

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Even though Indiana won the team title, a Badger won the individual title. Malachy Schrobilgen won the 8K race in 24:16.9. Matt McClintock of Purdue was second in 24:17.9 and placing third was Matt Fischer of Penn State with a time of 24:19.7. Indiana's first finisher was Jason Crist in the fifth spot in 24:24.9. Indiana had four runners in the top 10 and the fifth runner crossed the line in 21st.

In the women's 6K race, Michigan State Spartans topped the Michigan Wolverines to win the women's cross country title. Michigan State won with 43 points. Michigan was second with 55 points and Minnesota Golden Gophers were third with 68 points. Michigan State won its first title since 2011.

Winning the individual title was Michigan's freshman Erin Finn. Finn stayed in the lead pack from the start of the race and ended up breaking away after the 3K. Finn won the race in 20:48.3. Coming in second was Michigan State's Leah O'Connor in 20:56. 9 and placing in third was Michelle Thomas from Ohio State in 21:03. 9. Michigan State placed their first five runners in top 15.

All of the Big Ten cross country teams will run again in the NCAA Cross Country Regional on Friday, November 15. Penn State will run in the Mid-Atlantic region in Bethleham, PA. Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin will run in the Great Lakes region in Madison, WI.  Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern run in Ames, Iowa in the Midwest region.

Men's results
Top Ten

  1. Malachy Schrobilgen, Wisconsin                  24:16.9
  2. Matt McClintock, Purdue                         24:17.9
  3. Matt Fischer, Penn State                        24:19.7
  4. Caleb Rhynard, Michigan State                   24:21.0
  5. Jason Crist, Indiana                            24:24.9
  6. Jannis Topfer, Illinois                         24:31.6
  7. Rorey Hunter, Indiana                           24:34.7
  8. Carl Smith, Indiana                             24:34.9
  9. Mason Ferlic, Michigan                          24:36.2
 10. Matthew Schwartzer, Indiana                     24:36.2

Team

  1. Indiana           51
  2. Michigan          66
  3. Wisconsin         71
  4. Minnesota        136
  5. Illinois         140
  6. Purdue           163
  7. Michigan State   170
  8. Ohio State       182
  9. Penn State       209
 10. Iowa             275
 11. Nebraska         314

Women's results 
Top Ten

  1. Erin Finn, Michigan                        20:48.3
  2. Leah O'Connor, Michigan State              20:56.9
  3. Laura Docherty, Minnesota                  21:03.9
  4. Michelle Thomas, Ohio State                21:04.1
  5. Katie Landwehr, Michigan State             21:04.4
  6. Katie Borchers, Ohio State                 21:07.2
  7. Samantha Ginther, Indiana                  21:08.4
  8. Molly Kayfes, Minnesota                    21:10.8
  9. Lindsay Clark, Michigan State              21:12.3
 10. Megan Weschler, Michigan                   21:20.2

Team 

  1. Michigan State    43
  2. Michigan          55
  3. Minnesota         68
  4. Penn State       143
  5. Ohio State       157
  6. Indiana          158
  7. Wisconsin        158
  8. Purdue           221
  9. Illinois         241
 10. Northwestern     264
 11. Nebraska         320
 12. Iowa             369