Men Finish Fourth as Cross Country Starts Season

The Monmouth College Cross Country teams started their seasons Friday night at the Bob Schultz Invite, hosted by Loras. The men finished in fourth place out of 10 teams. Xander Stoub (Palos Heights, Illinois) finished 14th in the 5000 meter race with a time of 16:34.9. Andrew Peterson (Galesburg, Illinois) made his Monmouth cross country debut after running track last year and finished 19th in 16:42.1. Fernando Avila Rubio (Alpha, Illinois) finished 24th in 16:51.2 and freshman Dawid Opiloa (Arlington Heights, Illinois) finished 29th in 17:01.3. Freshman Wyatt Hall (Oneida, Illinois) was 45th in 17:43.5 and Riley Morgan (Jewett, Illinois)…