PEORIA, Ill.— University of Southern Indiana Men's Cross Country rolled to a 13th-place finish out of 35 teams in the red race of the Bradley Pink Classic Friday afternoon at Newman Golf Course in Peoria, Illinois. USI finished with 450 points, while Loyola University won the classic with 82 points.
 
The Screaming Eagles, as a team, rolled up the scoreboard after standing at 20^th following the first 2K. USI would rise to as high as 12^th before settling for 13^th in the 35-team field. The Eagle top-five would post an average time of 24 minutes, 48.0 seconds.
 
Senior Noah Hufnagel (Santa Claus, Indiana) led the Eagle squad, placing eighth with a time of 23:44.0. The 23:44 was eight second off the USI record-setting time Hufnagel ran at the Live in Lou Cross Country Classic two weeks ago. Hufnagel's time today also ranks third all-time at USI.
 
Junior Mitchell Hopf (Santa Claus, Indiana) followed Hufnagel by placing 56^th with a time of 24:25.7, while sophomore Brady Terry (Philpot, Kentucky) rounded out the top three by finishing 132^nd with a time of 25:09.4.
 
The Eagles return to action Saturday when they compete at University of Evansville Invitational at Angel Mounds in Evansville. The final meet of the 2023 campaign comes October 29 when the Eagles run in the OVC Championships in Cookeville, Tennessee.