IHCC Ties for 7th at Grinnell

Men's Cross Country runners, running to the finish line at the Les Duke Invitational.

Grinnell, Iowa -- Clayton Grainger and Garret Hinson traded first- and second-place finishes in Indian Hills' first two meets of the season and they finished one-two once again for the Warriors in the Les Duke Invitational on Saturday.  This time it was Grainger's turn to edge his teammate, beating Hinson by eight seconds with a time of 27:05 over the 8K course in the meet hosted by Grinnell College.

Indian Hills tied with the University of Dubuque with 189 points.  Wartburg ran away with the team title with a total of 12 teams entered. Dubuque's Alec Bass ran 24:55 to claim the individual crown.

Zach Hougland was the third runner for IHCC, finishing 37th in 27:53.  That was four seconds and two places ahead of Cameron Schroeder.

The Warriors will run at the Brissman-Lundeen Invite in Rock Island, Ill. on Sept. 22.

Les Duke Invitational

Indian Hills results:

Clayton Grainger, 27th, 27:05

Garrett Hinson, 29th, 27:13

Zach Hougland, 37th, 27:53

Cameron Schroeder, 39th, 27:57

Joshua Keller, 57th, 29:09

Cody Denniston, 66th, 29:25

Doug Turner, 69th, 29:36

Chris Kubli, 137th, 31:49

Kaleb Wischmeier, 152nd, 33:46

Cody Mathis, 154th, 34:04