FINAL RESULTS

SHELBYVILLE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's cross country team placed second in the Pre-Regional race at Franklin College on Saturday morning.

Freshman Sam Rinker brought home the top finish for the Fightin' Engineers in 4th place with a time of 25:31.28.

Carter Lindfelt and Joshua Pohle each finished in the top-15 for Rose-Hulman with times of 26:00 and 26:04. 

Thomas Tullius and Chris Lynn rounded out the scoring for the Fightin' Engineers with top-40 finishes.

Rose-Hulman brought home the second-place finish over a plethora of top-10 teams in the region including #5 Case Western Reserve, #6 Ohio Northern, and #9 Manchester. Trine was able to win the meet with a score of 

The Fightin' Engineers will return to action on Saturday, September 21 as they compete in Indiana State's John McNichols Invitational at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course.

TOP 10 FINISHERS:
4) Sam Rinker - 25:31.28
14) Carter Lindfelt - 26:00.28
15) Joshua Pohle - 26:04.51
32) Thomas Tullius - 26:26.72
38) Chris Lynn - 26:37.87
57) Eduardo del Rosal - 27:08.67
70) Cole Breuer - 27:17.01
71) Rhys Phelps - 27:19.84
72) Eric Steuber - 27:19.99
79) Will Boschen - 27:27.11

TEAM RESULTS:
1) Trine - 83
2) Rose-Hulman - 97
3) Case Western - 111
4) Ohio Northern - 123
5) Centre - 157
6) DePauw - 157
7) Manchester - 193
8) Wabash - 222
9) Oberlin - 245
10) Wilmington - 292
11) Franklin - 333
12) Kalamazoo - 368
13) Hanover - 379
14) Albion - 412
15) Transylvania - 437
16) Muskingum - 470
17) Anderson - 473
18) Berea - 484
19) St. Mary-of-the-Woods - 516
20) Mount St. Joseph - 595
21) Earlham - 631