The Illinois Tech Cross Country teams travelled to St. James Farm in Warenville, IL for College of DuPage Invitational.

"Both teams are moving into the right direction and as the season progresses they will get used to the pressure situations in which runners find themselves during races" said Head Coach Calin Hantau. Many of the races that we compete in have the goal of getting us ready for November 7, when the USCAA National Championships will take place. The Scarlet Hawks will have the opportunity to compete at a meet where they will go against the best teams in the country which provides excitement along the athletes.

The men's team was led by Samuel Wietliespach who managed to set a new personal best, covering the 8km distance in 26.07. ''Sam is in great shape and I am confident that he will improve even more as the season progresses. I believe that he can compete with anyone at this level and that he will place high at the USCAA nationals'' said Botezan Raul , the assistant coach. The men finished the meet in 10th place. "We had a few guys that had a rough day and this has affected our team score a bit but we are working our guys really hard in practice in order to have them ready come November 7th" said coach Calin Hantau. Landon Vowels and Adam Becker were a good 2nd and 3rd scorers and the top 5 was completed by Calvin Demski and Quentin Shippley.

Next stop for the Illinois Tech cross country team is traveling to University of Wisconsin Parkside in Somers , Wi meet that will take place on the 11th of October.