Men's cross country takes eighth in Nebraska
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs menâ€TMs cross country team topped four NCAA Division I teams and 21 schools overall in taking eighth place at the Woody Greeno Invitational in Lincoln, Neb., on Saturday.
The Mountain Lions topped Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas State and Bradley. They also came in ahead of Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference rivals Nebraska-Kearney and Metro State.
Air Force finished first place, while the Colorado School of Mines took second and Drake was third.
UCCS finished just one point behind seventh-place Concordia (Neb.) and 28 behind sixth-place Central Missouri State.
Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez and Brad Winn led the Mountain Lions, finishing 20th and 23rd respectively. Jay Luna was only 20 seconds behind Winn, but was in a large pack of runners and ended up in 35th. Jason Braun (85th) and Gabe Small (94th) also factored into the scoring for UCCS.
Freshmen Kevin Moulton (140th) and Brian Kearns (147th) also ran for the Mountain Lions.
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 | Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez | Distance | ||
 | Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez | Distance | ||
 | Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez | Distance | ||
| Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez | |||
| Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez | |||
| Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez | |||
 | Jason Braun | Distance | ||
 | Jason Braun | Distance | ||
| Jason Braun | |||
| Jason Braun | |||
 | Gabe Small | |||
| Gabe Small | |||
| Gabe Small | |||
| Gabe Small | |||
| Gabe Small | |||
 | Kevin Moulton | Distance | ||
| Kevin Moulton | |||
 | Brian Kearns | |||
| Brian Kearns | |||
| Additional News Stories | |||
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| November 5, 2005 |  | UCCS men take sixth at regionals | Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez and Brad Winn finished 17th and 20th respectively at the North Central Region Cross Country Championships Saturday at Hays, Kan., but that wasn’t enough to lift the Mountain Lions to a berth at nationals. |
| October 22, 2005 |  | UCCS men take fourth at RMAC Championships | All five University of Colorado at Colorado Springs scoring runners finished within 1 minute, 20 seconds of each other as the Mountain Lions took fourth place at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Championship Saturday at Chatfield State Park in Denver. |
| October 1, 2005 |  | Men's Cross Country Takes Thid in Boulder | A week ago at the Colorado College Invitational, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs cross country coach Graeme Badger had his team practice pack running. It paid off in a big way on Saturday. |
| September 24, 2005 |  | UCCS men win Colorado College Invitational | With as many as 100 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs boosters in attendance at Monument Valley Park Saturday, the Mountain Lions men’s cross country team had, for the first time this season, the benefit of a large and vocal cheering section. |
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