2022 UWF INVITATIONAL RESULTS

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The Auburn University at Montgomery men's cross country team made a bid for the team title in the late stages of the 2022 University of West Florida Invitational but narrowly missed out on a win Friday morning at the UWF Cross Country Trails.

The Warhawks placed a pair of runners in the field's top five and finished eight points behind Great American Conference competitor Ouachita Baptist University as a squad.

THE WARMUP
Finish: 2nd out of 4 teams
Event: UWF Invitational, hosted by the University of West Florida
Location: Pensacola, Fla. | UWF XC Trails
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SCORING FIVE

• The Warhawks placed two runners in the top five, with Thomas Wolfe again leading the charge at 27:47.6 in fourth overall.
• Patrick Pigg was right behind Wolfe in fifth place and registered an 8K time of 27:49.4.
• Senior Austin Atkinson finished sixth place overall in 27:55.5 as the third AUM runner to cross the finish line.
• Drake Patton led another tight pack of Warhawks as he finished 11th in 28:15.0.
• Joshua Jenkins posted a 28:20.1 and finished 13th overall for AUM to round out the team's scoring five. 

NOTABLES

• The top six Warhawks finished within 40 seconds of each other, and AUM narrowly missed out on a first-place finish as a team by eight points. Ouachita Baptist won the meet with 31 points, while AUM finished with 39.

WORDS FROM THE WARHAWKS

"I am proud of our team this morning for their effort on a tough course," said head coach Ryan Thompson. "Florida has some hills, which is not something we have had a lot of early this season. our guys were going for the win. We ran a very tight race with Ouachita Baptist, but they got the better of us in the last mile to take the team title. I am pleased overall with our performance this weekend. We are ready to head to North Carolina in a couple of weeks for a fast course and some cooler weather."

UP NEXT

The Warhawks travel to Charlotte, N.C. on Friday, Oct. 7 to race at the Royals Challenge, hosted by Queens University at McAlpine Park.

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