• Skip to Content

Monmouth College

  • Sign in to your Merit page
« Back to Recent News

Cross Country Teams Compete in Iowa on Saturday

by Nathan Baliva

MONMOUTH, Ill. (09/10/2023) — The Monmouth College cross country teams had their first full distance races on Saturday at the Les Duke Invite, hosted by Grinnell College. The men ran 8k with an eighth-place finish as a team and the women ran 6k without a team score.

Eli Newton (Dallas City, Illinois) ran 29:00.99 to finish 69th and freshman Xander Stoub (Palos Heights, Illinois) finished 79th in 29:22.85. Neo Colter (Geneseo, Illinois) was 91st in 30:02.8 and Liam MacLellan (Chicago, Illinois) was 135th in 32:53.32. Braden Bernas (Aurora, Illinois) was145th in a time of 34:57.04. Alex Urbina (Round Lake Beach, Illinois) and Nate Newlin (Dekalb, Illinois) rounded out the Monmouth team with times of 37:30.73 and 42:26.71 respectively.

On the women's side, Samantha Costello (Morris, Illinois) finished 62nd in 28:09.76 with Melissa Bivolarov (Arlington Heights, Illinois) in 76th in a time of 29:15.55. The Scots didn't register a team score on the women's side. Kristen Rebman (Macomb, Illinois) finished 100th in 37:20.29.

The Scots will next run on Friday in the Bradley Intercollegiate in Peoria.

Media Attachments

Mens results

Womens results


BB
Braden
Bernas
  • computer science
  • Class of 2024
  • Aurora, IL
NC
Neo
Colter
  • physical education
  • Class of 2024
  • Geneseo, Ill.
EN
Eli
Newton
  • computer science
  • Class of 2025
  • Dallas City, IL

Monmouth College

Nathan Baliva 309-457-2322 nbaliva@monmouthcollege.edu

Share this Story

  • Print
  • Email

Recent News

  • Softball Splits Season Opening DH with Blackburn
  • Tennis Splits With Webster on Saturday
  • Baseball Drops Pair in Indiana
  • Braun, Foglesong Win Awards as Scots Win Four Events on Saturday
  • Scots Fall to Grinnell in MWC Championship Game
  • Brown Scores 35 as Scots Advance to MWC Championship Game
  • Scots Drop Slugfest at Wabash
  • Braun, Orwig Win Shot Put Titles at MWC Championships
  • Plumer Earns Men's Basketball Elite 20 Award at MWC Tournament
  • Brown Repeats as Player of Year; Scots Put Three on All-MWC Teams
… View all recent news
Copyright © 2026 Merit Pages, Inc. • All Rights Reserved. • Terms of Service • Privacy Policy • Opt Out