Men's Cross Country At 11th Annual Friendship Invitational at Cedarville University

The Wittenberg cross country teams ran well in the Friendship Invitational at Cedarville University on Saturday, led by junior Abi Gerstle (Kettering, Ohio/Fairmont), who had her best race of the still-young season. Wittenberg's first women's cross country national qualifier a year ago, Gerstle led the Tiger team to an eighth-place finish (best among Division III schools in the field) by finishing eighth with a season-best time of 19:18, which earned her NCAC Runner of the Week honors.

Gerstle was joined in the top 10 by senior Sarah Weide (Ft. Wayne, Ind./Homestead), who was ninth with a time of 19:19. The field included more than 150 runners.

On the men's side, senior Dave Hyde (Naperville, Ill./Central) paced the Tigers with a 28th-place finish. The Tigers finished 11th in the event.