ADRIAN, Mich. - Today the Calvin men's cross country continued its season this morning when it competed in the Adrian Invite. The Knights delivered a high-performance day on the course when they finished in second place with a team score of 66. Southwestern Michigan nabbed the top spot with a score of 57 while Hope rounded out the top three when oit finished just behind Calvin with a score of 97.
 
The Knights were led by sophomore Jonathan Swartz (Wilmore, Ky./West Jessamine) when he crossed the finish line in eighth place with a time of 26:42.6. Fellow sophomore Keegan Hoekstra (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) was the next Calvin finisher at 26:50.5 in 11th place before sophomore Caden Guffey (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) (26:54.5) and freshman Jacob McDaniel (Grandville, Mich./Grandville) (26:57.2) finished one right after the other in 13th and 14th place.
 
Junior Evan Spronk (Kentwood, Mich./South Christian) rounded out the scoring when he crossed the finish line at 27:07.6. Sophomore Jonas Church (Wabash, Ind./Wabash) finished in 25th place with a time of 27:32.3 while junior Caleb Drnek (Hudsonville, Mich./Covenant Christian) recorded a time of 27:49.1.

Calvin featured a tight 25-second spread between its top five (1-5) runners in the competition. 
 
COACHES COMMENTS: "We took advantage of the fantastic conditions out there today," said head coach Nicole Kramer. "While it is awesome to witness so many PRs, I'm most excited with the way we took risks and came out the other side with numerous breakthroughs across the team. This meet gives us a big spark for our Pre-nationals crew next weekend. We worked very well as a team out there today and it showed."
 
UP NEXT: The Knights will be back in action on Saturday, October 3rd when they compete in the NCAA Pre-Nationals meet in Northfield, Minnesota at 11 AM.