Gopher Men Tie for 3rd, Women 5th at Big Tens

The University of Minnesota men's cross country team tied for 3rd-place at Sunday's Big Ten Cross Country Championships, while the Gopher women finished 5th in the contest hosted by the University of Illinois.

Hassan Mead led #12-ranked Minnesota with a 4th-place individual finish, running the 8K course in 23:29. Mead, a two-time Big Ten champion in cross country, was the only runner to break up #2-ranked Wisconsin's domination of the meet -- the Badgers took five of the top six places in the race to score 17 points.

Indiana, ranked #7 in the most recent NCAA D1 poll, was the runner-up with 60 points. The Gophers deadlocked with #21 Michigan for 3rd-place with 104 points. Wisconsin's victory was its 13th-straight Big Ten title.

Behind Mead, Pieter Gagnon and Andrew Larsen finished 16th and 17th, respectively, both clocking 24:17. Marcus Paulson ran 24:31 for 29th place and Erik Truedson ran 24:40 for 38th place.

Mohammed Ahmed of Wisconsin won the race with 23:18.

Find men's results HERE (individuals) and HERE (teams).

Gopher Women ... Senior All-American Stephanie Price led the 5th-place Gophers with a matching 5th-place individual finish at the meet, running the 6K course in 20:30.

#15-ranked Michigan State won the meet with 55 points, #19 Michigan was runner-up with 61, #26 Penn State was third with 71, and un-ranked Wisconsin was 4th with 89.

Penn State's Caitlin Lane won the individual race in 19:58.

Freshman Molly Kayfes was the #2-runner for Minnesota, finishing 19th in 20:49. Ashlie Decker ran 20:59 for 26th place, Maggie Bollig ran 21:16, for 42nd. Rounding out the top five was Katie Moraczewski, who clocked 21:17 for 48th place.

Find women's results HERE (individuals) and HERE (teams).