CEDARVILLE, Ohio – Loyola Chicago won the A-10 Men’s Cross Country Championship, their third title in four years, with five Ramblers finishing in the top 10. George Washington senior Michael Bohlke clinched the Atlantic 10 Men’s Cross Country individual championship, racing to the fourth fastest time in championship history at the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course in Cedarville, Ohio.  

William Sinclair was the first Rambler to cross the finish line in 23:58.1 for second place. Owen Pukys of Dayton earned third place finishing in a time of 23:58.9. Jake Phillips (Loyola Chicago), Biruk Beardsley (George Mason), Nate Boutin (Loyola Chicago), Yusuf Baig (Loyola Chicago), Nick Martin (Rhode Island) Hayden Healey (Loyola Chicago) and Chanel Muir (La Salle) rounded out the top 10 finishers.  

The Ramblers won the team title with 28 points. Saint Joseph’s was the runner-up with 104 points and three Hawks in the top 20; Gavin Mogck, Michael Glavin and Ryan Cichocki in 11th, 12th and 18th , respectively. Rhode Island tallied 116 points to earn third place with three Rams in the top 25. Martin, Garrett Hartline and Brayton Gazerro placed eighth, 16th and 21st respectively. 

Bohlke is the first George Washington runner to win the A-10 Men’s Cross Country individual title. His time of 23:46.4 is the fourth fastest in championship history. He helped George Washington to a sixth-place team finish.  

Dayton’s Kamden Kramer was the top freshman to finish the race, racing to a time of 24:44.1, garnering Most Outstanding Rookie honors. Loyola Chicago head coach Gavin Kennedy was voted to his third Men’s Coach of the Year accolade. 

Bohlke, Sinclair, Pukys, Phillips, Beardsley, Boutin, Baig, Martin, Healey and Muir all received All-Conference First Team honors. Joining them wereMogck, Glavin, Lloyd Sheppard-Brown (George Mason), Clay Peets (St. Bonaventure) and John Cooper (Davidson) on the All-Conference First-Team, which is awarded to the top 15 finishers. 

George Mason placed fourth with 118 points, La Salle placed fifth with 138 points and GW was sixth with 144 points. Dayton, Saint Louis and Fordham were seventh, eighth and ninth, respectively. Richmond, Davidson, Duquesne, St. Bonaventure and VCU concluded the standings.