Wildcats Sweep Team Titles at 2024 Mike Spielman Classic

BALDWIN CITY - The Baker men's and women's cross country teams each came away with a first-place finish at the 2024 Mike Spielman Classic, hosted by the Wildcats, on Friday evening to close out the regular season.

On a nice fall evening at the Baldwin City Golf Course, the BU women posted a combined time of 2:05:26.24 to win the women's 6K competition with 31 points, while the Wildcat men totaled a team time of 2:16:05.14 to claim top honors in the men's 8K with 22 points.

Aidan Massey (25:44.32) came out on top on the men's side for his second straight individual title, leading a pack of 46 runners. Massey, who was named Heart Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week earlier this week, took first at the Billy Mills Invite last weekend.

Overall, the Wildcats had all five of their scorers post top-10 times with Anthony Davis (27:06.62), Jacob McGlasson (27:24.86), Grayson Fink (27:44.29) and Cutter Meade (28:05.05) all joining Massey on the medal stand. Davis finished in fourth and McGlasson took seventh, while Fink and Meade came in ninth and 10th, respectively.

Ellie Barnard led things for BU in the women's 6K race with Barnard placing second on a new personal-best time of 24:15.06. Kristi Chambers followed (24:37.46) right behind in third and Peyton Peterson (24:53.52) rounded out the top five with a fifth-place finish.

Natalie Kennedy (25:32.10) and Rachel Sterner (26:08.10) were the final two scorers for the Wildcats with Kennedy placing 10th and Sterner finishing in 16th.

With the regular season coming to a close, Baker will turn its attention to the conference meet with the 2024 Heart of America Cross Country Championships set for Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. at Seminole Valley Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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