GENESEO, New York—The No. 28 nationally ranked Mount Union men's cross country team finished sixth overall at the 43^rd Annual Mike Woods Geneseo XC Invitational Saturday afternoon.
 
Senior Alex Reese (Geneva) led the way for the Purple Raiders with a 25^th place finish in a time of 25:03.9.
 
A trio of Mount Union runners finished together at juniors Stephen Ulrich (Louisville) (51^st), Jake Parkhurst (Medina) (58^th) and senior Nick Wong (Akron / Hoban) (59^th) all finished within six seconds of each other as Ulrich had 25:26.6, Parkhurst at 25:32.3 and Wong at 25:32.5.
 
Sophomore Liam Blake (Alliance / Marlington) rounded out the scoring with a 72^nd place finish in a time of 25:42.8.
 
Freshman Jake Kapper (Bolivar / Tuscarawas) and senior Curtis Joppeck (New London) rounded out the top seven with placings of 137^th and 140^th running 26:32.2 and 26:34.8.
 
Mount Union finished with 236 points just 31 behind No. 30-ranked Moravian in fifth as host No. 8-ranked SUNY Geneseo won the meet with 41 total points.
 
Mount Union now will now get ready for the Ohio Athletic Conference championships on November 2^nd in Tiffin, Ohio.