GREEN BAY, WI - The Lake Forest College Cross Country teams traveled north on Saturday (September 9th) to compete in the 26th Annual Tom Barry Invitational, hosted by St. Norbert College. Both the men's and women's teams endured the hot weather to place sixth.

In the women's 5K the Foresters were once again lead by senior Sarah Simpson (Colorado Springs, CO/Palmer) who finished 26th with a time of 21:25. Senior Michelle Murillo (Des Plaines, IL/Maine West) was next on the team and 38th overall.  Sophomore Erin Motzer (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville) was 40th, freshman Shana Gearty (Jamaica Plain, MA/Boston Latin) 47th and sophomore Molly Sutherland (St. Paul, MN/Visitation) 58th to complete the team's top five.

The men's team was lead by Junior Charles Evans (Asheville, NC/Asheville) who completed the 4 mile course in 16th place with a time of 23:27. Sophomores Eric Crawley (Braintree, MA/ Thayer), Rob Bahde (Plainfield, IL/Plainfield) and Brandon Johnson (Phoenix, AZ/Brophy) finished 23rd, 32nd and 39th respectively and junior Naresh Kavuri (Naperville, IL/Naperville Central) was fifth on the team and 70th overall.

Head Coach Mike Wajerski was especially pleased with both teams' fifth runners. "Molly knew she would be our fifth runner today, with Melissa [Brown] sitting out with an injury. It's fun to coach athletes that come through when their team needs them most. Naresh also ran well today, finishing more than two minutes faster than he did here last year. All a coach can really ask from runners is that they work hard and improve. Naresh has obviously done that."

Both squads will travel into Wisconsin for the third consecutive week as they compete in the Concordia University Invitational next Saturday (September 16th) in Mequon, WI.