<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0mhEJs_0wCuq7PD00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0mhEJs_0wCuq7PD00" width="1956" height="1100" ><figcaption>Photo by: Brooke Probst/Murray State Athletics</figcaption></figure>The Murray State men's cross country team came home with a ninth place showing at the Angel Mounds Invitational in Evansville, Indiana.The 8K course was contested at Angel Mounds State Park.Dylan Ellis and Gabe Russell led the Racers with finishes of 51st and 56th place in the field of 235 competitors."We've been looking for a closer spread from our number one to our number five runners and today we accomplished that," said Murray State Coach Jordan Johnston. "We posted four PR's today and that led us to a very respectable ninth-place finish in a tough field. Dylan Ellis really competed and only came up one second shy of his goal of being on our top ten all-time list."All that remains for the Racers is the Missouri Valley Conference Championship (Nov. 1) in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The event, hosted by UNI will be contested at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course.For more information on the Murray State track and field &amp; cross country teams, visit GoRacers.com or follow @RacersXCTF on Instagram and X.Angel Mounds InvitationalOct. 19, 2024Angel Mounds State Park - Evansville, Ind.Men's Results 8KBellarmine, 42Lipscomb, 69 Southern Indiana, 74 Se Missouri, 93 Tennessee-Martin, 118Evansville, 127Centre, 217 Western Kentucky, 231 Murray State, 271Vincennes, 279 Rio Grande, 294 Indiana Kokomo, 403 Rose-Hulman, 405 Austin Peay, 414 Oakland City, 500 IU Columbus, 524Murray State 51 Dylan Ellis, 25:46.556 Gabe Russell, 25:53.266 Jarod Willis, 25:59.3113 Daniel Schalk, 26:48.7115 Nathan Quinn, 26:49.9200 Joey Santoro, 29:22.5</div></body>

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The Murray State men's cross country team came home with a ninth place showing at the Angel Mounds Invitational in Evansville, Indiana. The 8K course was contested at Angel Mounds State Park. Dylan Ellis and Gabe Russell led the Racers with finishes of 51st and 56th place in the field...