MEQUON, Wis. - In his second career race, freshman Cole Oslin captured an indiviudal championship to lead the Golden Bear men's cross country team to a first place finish at the Ken Weidt Invitational hosted by Concordia-Wisconsin.

It was a big day for the men as four runners finished in the top-10 with sophomore Caleb Troe placing third overall while Benjamin Allen took home eighth and Tyler Hudson grabbed 10th. All nine men finished with a season best time while eight set PRs on the day.

The win marked the first for the program since October 2013 as the team put up the smallest gap between the first and fifth place runners since September 2004 as well as the best average time for a top-5 since November 1996.

The women had a strong day as well led by Ruth Lindberg's 11th place finish to help the team finish in sixth place out of 13 squads. All nine women also set new season bests with six surpassing their career bests.

The average improvement on the women's side since last week was an impressive 2:35.7 while the average improvement of the top-5 was even better at 2:51.8.
 

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Men's Team Result
1.       CSP – 39 Points
2.       Milwaukee School of Engineering – 48 Points
3.       Carthage – 73 Points
4.       Lawrence – 77 Points
5.       Concordia (Wis) – 148 Points
6.       Benedictine – 195 Points
7.       Concordia Chicago – 211 Points
8.       Rockford – 215 Points
9.       Indiana University Northwest – 240 Points
10.   Maranatha Baptist – 272 Points
11.   UW-Waukesha – 322 Points
Men's Team Notes
·         Concordia wins their 1^st meet since winning the St. Cloud State-Concordia Showdown back in October of 2013.
·         The men did a good job improving the time difference between their 1^st and 5^th runners.  Last week, the time difference between the 1^st CSP male runner and the 5^th CSP male was 2 Minutes and 12 seconds.  This week it was 1 Minute and 39.6 seconds for a 32.4 second improvement.
·         The CSP men had the smallest difference between Concordia 1^st and 5^th runners since the Concordia team in September 2004.
·         The men had the best average time for Concordia 1^st through 5^th runners since the Concordia team in November 1996.
CSP Men Finishers (116 Total Runners)
Cole Oslin – 1^st Place – 26:24.4 – New Personal Best Time improving upon last week's time by 45.6 seconds.  Runs the 2^nd fastest time by a Concordia first year runner trailing only Josh Smith's 25:57 freshman time.  Cole runs the 6^th fastest race in school history (Josh Smith, Marcus Breitbarth, Collin Bredeson, Alex Payne, and Nic Rudolph are the only men who have ran faster than Cole). Cole runs the 2^nd fastest time by a CSP male runner on the current Concordia Wisconsin course.  Cole is the 1^st CSP runner to win a race since Josh Smith won the St. Cloud State-Concordia Dual meet back in October 2013.
Caleb Troe – 3^rd Place – 26:36.7 – New Personal Best Time improving by 7.5 seconds upon last year's time run at the St. Cloud State Bob Waxlax invite.  Caleb improved by 44.8 seconds from his time last week.  Runs the 2^nd fastest time by a Concordia sophomore runner and only 3.7 seconds away from Kyle Peterman's sophomore record.  Caleb runs the 13^th fastest race in Concordia school history.  He is the 10^th fastest runner in school history (Alex Payne and Marcus Breitbarth ran multiple races faster than Caleb's time today).  Only 2 weeks into the season, Caleb already has 2 of the top 11 times by a CSP sophomore ever run in school history.  Caleb runs the 3^rd fastest time by a CSP male runner on the current Concordia Wisconsin course.  This is the highest overall finish by Caleb in a college CC race.
Benjamin Allen – 8^th Place – 27:32.2 – New Personal Best Time improving upon last week's time by 54.8 seconds.  Benjamin runs the 5^th fastest time by a CSP male runner on the current Concordia Wisconsin course.
Tyler Hudson – 10^th Place – 27:36.2 – New Personal Best Time improving upon last week's time by 1 Minute and 26.3 seconds.  Tyler runs the 6^th fastest time by a CSP male runner on the current Concordia Wisconsin course.
Cory Warner – 19^th Place – 28:04.0 – New Personal Best Time improving upon last week's time by 1 Minute and 18 seconds.  Cory runs the 8^th fastest time by a CSP male runner on the current Concordia Wisconsin course.
Tyler Karl – 30^th Place – 28:20.9 – Season Best Time.  Tyler starts his 2016 campaign 1 Minute and 35.1 seconds faster than he ended his 2015 8K season at the NSIC Championships.  This was Tyler's 2^nd fastest time of his college career and only 4.4 seconds off his Personal Best Time.  This was the highest overall place finish by Tyler in a college cross country race.  Tyler runs the 9^th fastest time by a CSP male runner on the current Concordia Wisconsin course.
Peyton Holmes – 40^th Place – 28:51.1 – New Personal Best Time improving upon last week's time by 1 Minute 34.9 seconds.  Peyton runs the 13^th fastest time by a CSP male runner on the current Concordia Wisconsin course.
Ahmed Ibrahim – 60^th Place – 30:20.2 – New Personal Best Time.
Ross Hickey – 62^nd Place – 30:26.2 – New Personal Best Time.

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Women's Team Results
1.       Concordia (Wis) – 35 Points
2.       Carthage – 53 Points
3.       Lawrence – 79 Points
4.       Benedictine – 147 Points
5.       Moody Bible Institute – 149 Points
6.       CSP – 150 Points
7.       Milwaukee School of Engineering – 160 Points
8.       Maranatha Baptist – 205 Points
9.       Ripon – 267 Points
10.   Indiana University Northwest – 298 Points
11.   Mount Mary – 321 Points
12.   Concordia Chicago – 324 Points
13.   Alverno – 384 Points
Women's Team Notes
·         On average, the improvement of the Concordia women who ran last week and this week was an improvement of 2 Minutes and 35.7 seconds.
·         The ladies did a great job improving the time difference between their 1 and 5 runners.  Last week, the time difference between the first CSP woman and the 5^th CSP woman was 5 Minutes and 32 seconds.  This week it was 2 Minutes and 33.9 seconds for an improvement of just about 3 Minutes.
·         The CSP ladies had an average top 5 runner time this week of 26:19.2 which was a 2 Minute and 51.8 second improvement from last week.
CSP Women Finishers (137 Total Runners)
Ruth Lindberg – 11th Place – 25:02.7 – New Personal Best Time improving on last year's end of the season region time of 25:06.5.  In addition, Ruth saw a 1 Minute and 31.3 second improvement from last week's time at Crown College.  Ruth ran the 4^th fastest race for a CSP woman runner at the current Concordia Wisconsin course.
Erin Spatenka – 27th Place – 25:56.4 – Season Best Time.  Erin ran the 7^th fastest race for a CSP woman runner at the current Concordia Wisconsin course.  Erin was 49.6 seconds faster as a senior than her freshman time 4 years ago.
Tasha Bennett – 32nd Place – 26:19.9 – New Personal Best Time improving upon last week's time  by 2 Minutes and 40.1 seconds.  Tasha runs the 8^thfastest time for a CSP Woman runner at the current Concordia Wisconsin course.
Lydia Carr – 42nd Place – 26:40.2 – New Personal Best Time improving upon last week's time by 1 Minute and 34.8 seconds.  Lydia runs the 9^th fastest time for a CSP woman runner at the current Concordia Wisconsin course.
Courtney Ramsay – 60th Place – 27:36.6 – Season Best Time.  Courtney starts her 2016 campaign 2 minutes and 2.6 seconds faster than she finished her 2015 season at the NSIC Championships.  Courtney runs the 12^th fastest time for a CSP woman runner at the current Concordia Wisconsin course.
Rachel Thaemert – 64th Place – 27:49.6 – Season Best Time improving upon last week's time by 2 Minutes 20.4 seconds.  Rachel runs the 13^th fastest time for a CSP woman runner at the current Concordia Wisconsin course.
Paxton Huberty – 71st Place - 28:25.8 – New Personal Best Time improving upon last week's time by 3 Minutes 30.2 seconds
Holly Werning – 101st Place – 30:51.7 – New Personal Best Time -
Erika Bahr – 127^th Place – 36:02.4 – New Personal Best Time improving upon last week's time by 3 Minutes and 57.6 seconds.