Rock Island, Ill. – The Wheaton cross country teams competed at Augustana College's Brissman-Lundeen Invitational on Saturday afternoon. The Thunder men's team placed fifth in the 18-team field on the 8K course at Saukie Golf Course.

Seventh-ranked University of Chicago finished first in the men's team standings with 37 points. UW-Parkside scored 59 points in second place, Millikin finished third with 61 points, Augustana was fourth with 123points and Wheaton rounded out the top-five with 124 points.

Wheaton senior Josh Steiner placed 18th in the 100-man field with a time of 26:46.2. Freshman Ethan Meadows posted a time of 27:05.0 in 27^th place, while Jude Hubbard had an effort of 27:15.7 in 36^th place. Michael Osielski finished 39^th 27:17.7, while Matthias Everest registered a time of 27:40.7 in 56^th place.

The Thunder squads return to Rock Island on October 17 at the Augustana Interregional.