ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – The Anderson University Men's Cross Country program earned two top 10 finishes and six personal bests to place seventh at the Lewis Crossover hosted by Lewis University in Romeoville, Ill. Saturday morning.
 
The meet featured a competitive field of comprised largely of programs from across the region, along with several nationally recognized Division II teams.
 
"The guys up front performed extremely well against some of the best teams in the country." said Director of Cross Country Track and Field Kevin Eagle. "We have quite a few things to correct over the next eight weeks including getting one of our guys back from injury, but we're in a good spot looking ahead."
 
Sophomore Grayson Gibbons (Simpsonville, S.C.) finished first for the Trojans, crossing the line fifth overall out of 275 in the field, with a career best 8k of 24:22.9. Following shortly behind Gibbons, was junior Will Cronin (Lexington, S.C.) with a career best time of 24:27.8 to finish 10th.
 
Also earning points for Anderson was senior Jack Barrett (Greenville, S.C.) and Nathan Smith (Danielsville, Ga.) who finished 27th and 62nd respectively with personal best times of 24:57.3 and 25:31.4. Junior Eddie Wedgewood (Easley, S.C.) ran a 25:52.7 season best 8k, good for 96th. Rounding out the scoring for the Black and Gold was senior Jake Dentler (Travelers Rest, S.C.) and freshman Fisher Jones with times of 26:09.6 and 26:38.4 respectively.
 
In just their second race of the season, senior Noah Stump (Easley, S.C.) and freshman Davis Jones (Greenville, S.C.) posted career best performances. Stump finished with a time of 27:19.4 while Jones recorded 28:29.1.
 
"We took down three nationally ranked teams who are ranked higher than we are, so that makes for a good day considering we're not at 100%." added Eagle. "I am very proud of our group of guys who stepped up and filled in some gaps that we desperately needed today."