SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Senior Trevor Wenzel finished in the top-10 with an eighth place overall finish for the Milwaukee men's cross country team on Friday afternoon at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite.
 
The Panthers finished 10^th overall, scoring 220 points. Youngstown State (60) took the top spot, while UC Riverside (113) and Horizon League opponent IUPUI finished third with 123 points.
 
"I think it was a really solid day for the men today," said associate head coach Jake Reilly. "I asked them to go out a lot harder than they're used to doing, and they stepped up."
 
Senior Trevor Wenzel also recorded a new personal best in the men's 5 mile race with a time of 24:35.9.
 
Four other Panthers (five-of-six runners total), also set new personal bests at Notre Dame. Seniors Ian Nadolski (28^th), Aidan Sodemann (49^th), Bryce Tome (54^th) scored the next for the Black & Gold with times of 25:11.1, 25:30.2 and 25:39.8, respectively.
 
Freshman Carter Eckhoff rounded out the scoring for Milwaukee crossing the line at 26:44.3, while Nate Griepentrog tallied a 27:29.3 PR.
 
"Overall, it was a pretty good performance for our guys today," said head coach Andrew Basler. "We aren't too deep on the men's side, but some of our guys ran a faster time than their 8k PR, so that's definitely positive."

Milwaukee will take off a week off from competition and will return to action Friday, October 14 at the Bradley Pink Classic in Peoria, Ill.
 
Men's Gold 5 Mile
10^th place of 14 – 220 pts
8. Trevor Wenzel – 24:35.9
28. Ian Nadolski – 25:11.1
49. Aidan Sodemann – 25:30.2
54. Bryce Tome – 25:39.8
87. Carter Eckhoff – 26:44.3
101. Nate Griepentrog – 27:29.3