UPLAND, Ind. - Men's and women's cross country traveled to Upland, to compete at the Taylor University Ray Bullock Invitational. The men finished in 13th while the women finished in 7th.

Women - 7th of 14

Sophomore Kassandra Ortega was the first Maple Leaf home. Her time of 23:09.6 was good enough for 18th. She finished just eight tenths away from Taylor's Kennedy Applegate in 17th. 

Ortega's fellow sophomore, Presley Allen, led home a group of four competitors that were all separated by 1.9 seconds. Her time of 24:07.1 placed her 40th.

Caroline Jelimo finished 28 seconds behind Allen. Jelimo clocked a time of 24:35.2, placing her in 63rd, with a comfortable gap either side of her.

Ella Armstrong (25:34.3), Marin Kauffman Smith (25:44.6) and Alana Whited (25:45.2) all finished inside the top 100. Armstrong finished in 89th, whereas Kauffman Smith just beat Whited to the post for 95th and 96th.

Two places separated Frida Luna Gallegos and Izzy Langelier. Luna clocked a 28:09.7 for 130th, finishing 21 seconds ahead of Langelier, who placed 132nd in a time of 28:30.2

As mentioned, the Maple Leaf women finished 7th, but were the 5th ranked Crossroads League team, beating out Huntinton and Mount Vernon Nazarene. The team scored 212.

Men - 13th of 15

After their week of success, none of GC's top runners took to the course this weekend. 

Carson Correll was the first Maple Leaf home in the men's race. His time of 27:58.7 placed him 95th, making him the only Goshen runner to place in the top 100.

Sam Klopfenstein finished in a time of 28:48.4 for 134th, Demetrio Garcia finished six places and ten seconds back for 140th in a time of 28:58.8. 

The pair of Benji Fleming and Kalya Kiprotich were next to finish. Fleming (29:23.8) finished just six tenths of a second ahead of Kiprotich (29:24.4) for 153rd and 154th.

Rounding it out for the Maple Leafs were Juan Gonzalez (30:20.7) in 183rd and Jose Perez (33:36.2) in 222nd.

The Maple Leafs are back in action at Riverside Park, Grand Rapids for the NAIA Great Lakes Challenge, the start time of which is still TBA, but will be held on Saturday, Oct. 24.