teThe University of Minnesota men's cross country team placed 14th out of 35 teams in today's Pre-NCAA Meet, The Furman Invitational. The Gopher runners finished with 367 points, as Stanford took the team title with 56. Alabama's David Kimani won the individual title with a time of 24:06, while sophomore Andrew Carlson was the Golden Gophers' top finisher coming in 18th (25:04).

Four Gopher cross country runners also competed at the 8K Jim Drews Men's Maroon Race in West Salem, Wis. hosted by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Running unattached, Michael Bialick was the Gophers' top finisher at 44th place with a time of 26:20.9.

Pre-NCAA Andrew Carlson 25:04 (18) Toby Henkels 25:50 (63) Erik Grumstrup 25:52 (66) Ryan Ford 26:10 (93) Neil Hanson 26:36 (127) Jim Drews Mike Bialick 26:20.9 (44) Erik Quam 26:41.5 (63) Brent Loberg 26:50.6 (77) Zach Edmonson 27:37.4 (147) For complete list of results check out www.gophersports.com.