NOTRE DAME, IND.- The Milwaukee men's cross country team competed in the Joe Piane Invitational hosted by Notre Dame Friday afternoon.
 
The Panthers were led by their first five finishers posting career-best performances. First from Cullen Boyle, who finished in 33^rd place with a time of 24:50.6.
 
"Cullen put himself in a position to crack the 25 minute barrier and should have a lot of confidence leaving this race," remarked head coach Andrew Basler.
 
Sam Schreiber then finished in 46^th place with his time of 25:04.6 followed by Carter Eckhoff in 56^th place finishing in 25:13.6.
 
The Panthers finished in 15^th place out of 18 teams in the event with 314 points.
 
"The fact we have our top three guys all finishing in different order each week shows any of them can have a monster race on a given day," said associate head coach Jake Reilly. "We have very strong four through seven runners as well so we know we have the ability. We just need to go out and all preform on one weekend."
 
The final career-bests on the day were Will Whiteis at 25:42.1 and Aidan Sosnowski at 26:05.8.
 
"I thought our guys raced great as a unit," continued Basler "Sam, Carter, Will and Aidan all had career bests as well. We are definitely moving in the right direction, and I believe this group can come together to make some serious noise at the Horizon League Championships."
 
UP NEXT
 
Milwaukee will have a group running in Wisconsin Lutheran's Warrior Classic Saturday, Oct. 5 at 11:00 a.m. Then the Panthers will have their final chance for improvements before the Horizon League Championships on Friday, Oct. 18 when they travel to Peoria, Ill. for Bradley's Pink Classic at 1:30 p.m.