ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Jack Elfenbaum led Cross Country on the week, placing third out of over 400 runners at the Augustana Interregional Invitational on Saturday, October 18.
 
Elfenbaum helped the men's team to a 16^th place finish – with a 32-team field – and trailed the winner by just four seconds. He had the best race finish of any SCIAC runner on the week with a time of 25:44.8.
 
Jenna LeNay paced all Tiger women's runners, finishing in 31^st, while the women placed 21^st out of 40 teams. LeNay ran a 22:35.2.
 
AUGUSTANA INTERREGIONAL INVITATIONAL FULL RESULTS
 
MEN – 8k
Jack Elfenbaum – 3^rd – 25:44.8
Alireza Tofangdar – 120^th – 27:47.0
Owen Voigt – 175^th – 28:17.0
Ethan Chock – 219^th – 5:47.5
Danny Bravo – 228^th – 28:54.9
Josh Abeyta – 244^th – 29:11.9
 
WOMEN – 6K
Jenna LeNay – 31^st – 22:35.2
Megan Cover – 132^nd – 23:45.6
Jade Weggeman – 137^th – 23:49.1
Anya Agha – 187^th – 24:18.1
Azura Munson – 218^th – 24:38.5
Grace Optekar – 258^th – 25:05.4
 
Back home, the other half of the team competed at UC Riverside's Highlander Invitational. Both teams finished in 7^th with the men's field having 13 and the women's holding 14 squads.
 
Missy LeClaire had the best finish of all Tigers at the Highlander Invite, placing 21^st. She finished with a time of 23:53.6  in the 6k. On the men's side, Noe Barraza's 26:22.6 was good enough for 29^th in the 8k.
 
Both sides displayed great team running, with four men finishing within 15 places of each other and four women finishing within six spots.
 
HIGHLANDER INVITATIONAL FULL RESULTS
 
MEN
Noe Barraza – 29^th – 26:22.6
Aiden Thatcher – 71^st – 27:44.7
Ranger Rodriguez – 77^th – 27:54.4
Max Cowan – 80^th – 27:57.8
Finlay McAfee – 86^th – 28:09.9
Jonathan Henry – 120^th – 30:07.5
Samuel Nussbaum – 132^nd – 31:09.1
 
WOMEN
Missy LeClaire – 21^st – 23:53.6
Anne Madole – 42^nd – 24:53.4
Mia Ness – 45^th – 25:09.0
Safiya Zavala-Sweet – 47^th – 25:14.9
Lucinda Toft – 48^th – 25:18.9
Riley Payne – 70^th – 26:40.9
Isla Montfort – 74^th – 26:57.7
Zofia McPartland – 89^th – 28:24.0
 
The Tigers are back in action on November 1 at the SCIAC Championship which kicks off a month of important meets. The NCAA West Regional follows two weekends after, while the NCAA Championship is the next weekend, dates are November 15 and November 22 respectively.