HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Junior Alex Nolan raced to a top-20 finish to lead University of Southern Indiana Men's Cross Country to an 11th-place showing in the 48-team Southern Showcase Friday morning at the John Hunt Cross Country Course in Huntsville, Alabama.
 
Nolan finished the eight-kilometer race in 24 minutes, 06.3 seconds to place 20th out of 460 competitors. He was less than 30 seconds shy of a top-10 finish and less than a minute off the winning pace, set by Alabama's Dismus Lokira.
 
As a team, the Screaming Eagles registered 345 points, just 16 behind host Jacksonville State and a top-10 finish. USI finished ahead of Atlantic Coast Conference members Miami (Fla.) and Florida State, who were 12th and 13th, respectively.
 
USI also got strong performances out of senior Dominick Beine as well as juniors Isaac Stanford and Landen Swiney. Beine was 56th with a time of 24:43.4, while Stanford and Swiney were 87th and 102nd, respectively.
 
Freshman Kraedyn Young made his collegiate debut with a finish of 106th, while red-shirt freshmen James Haggerty and Ben Perulfi rounded out the Screaming Eagles' scoring with respective placements of 114th and 160th.
 
The Screaming Eagles return to action next Friday, September 19, when they compete at the Oscar Moore Invitational in Carbondale, Illinois.

This story was updated Sunday, September 14 after final results were released following a delayed protest period due to timing issues during the race.