The Middlebury men's cross country team earned runner-up honors at the 33rd annual Hoffmann Invitational. Queen's University (Canada) claimed the top spot for the second-straight year with 30 points. The Panthers (51 points) and St. Lawrence (66 points) rounded out the podium.
 
COURSE INFORMATION

• Location: Canton, N.Y.
• Host School: St. Lawrence University
• Distance: 8 kilometers (8K)
• Weather: 60 degrees and sunny
• Place:  2nd/11

HIGHLIGHTS

• Crossing the finish line first for Middlebury was Benjamin Hughes, earning third place with a time of 25:23.7.
• Just one spot back, Ethan Sholk stopped the clock at 25:25.3.
• The final three scorers each grabbed spots inside the top-20. Owen Johnson grabbed 13th (26:02.8), while Cameron Miles was less than nine seconds behind (26:11.3) for 15th, and Nathan Szubin was 18th (26:17.5).

NOTES

• Hughes and Sholk secured top-five finishes for the third consecutive invite.
• The Panthers have claimed runner-up honors at the Hoffmann Invitational for two straight years.

Middlebury returns to action in two weeks when it competes at the Paul Short Run on Friday, October 3.