DENVER, Colo. – Four University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's cross country runners competed Saturday morning at the annual Metropolitan State University of Denver Roadrunners Invitational at Washington Park.  Representing the Mountain Lions were Jacob Kinne, Elijah Dafoe, Nate Maples and Joey Hatton.
 
INSIDE THE MSU DENVER ROADRUNNERS INVITATIONAL

• Course: Washington Park | Denver, Colo.
• Distance: 8k
• Elevation: 5,322 feet

 
AROUND THE COURSE

• Kinne paced the Mountain Lions with a personal-best time of 26:40.1 in the 8k, placing 37th overall among 125 competitors.
• Dafoe followed in 50th place with a time of 27:05.78, while Maples finished 52nd in 27:21.64.
• Hatton rounded out the UCCS competitors, placing 61st with a time of 27:37.71.

 
RACE LEADERS

• Colorado won the team competition among nine collegiate teams with 22 points. Colorado School of Mines finished second overall and was the top Division II team with 84 points.
• Colorado's Stephen Ndugu won the individual race, finishing first among the 125 competitors with a time of 24:02.0.

 
BEYOND THE FINISH LINE

• Saturday's field featured four NCAA Division I programs: Air Force, Colorado, Northern Colorado and Wyoming.
• UCCS did not field enough runners to record a team score and competed alongside four other Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference programs: Colorado Mesa, Colorado School of Mines, MSU Denver and Regis.

 
UP NEXT

• The Mountain Lions will take the next few weeks off from competition before heading to Romeoville, Ill. for the Lewis University Crossover on Oct. 10.

 
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 14 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.