Men’s Cross Country finishes first at Highlander Invitational

HOUGHTON, N.Y. – RIT sophomore Derick Koen finished first for the second week in a row, out of 151 runners to lead the men’s cross country team to first place out of 11 teams at the Highlander Invitational, Saturday. HOW IT HAPPENED Koen completed the eight-kilometer course in 25:05.2, directly followed by junior Matt Chaikowsky in second place (25:13.2) Sophomore Evan Owens finished in 12th (26:00.6), while senior Zachary Eckhardt finished in 17th (26:16.9) and senior Nathan Ballay followed in 18th (26:19.0) First-year Turner Gill finished in 22nd (26:33.1) and sophomore Joe Krenzer finished less than a second later in…