SOUTH BEND, Ind.  – The University of Dayton men's cross country team finished third at the 37^th annual National Catholic Invitational in South Bend, Ind. on Friday.

The Flyers raced against a loaded field of teams from numerous Catholic universities at the Notre Dame Golf Course. UD finished just six points behind the Great Lakes sixth-ranked Fighting Irish, but ahead of Marquette.

It was the second meet of the season for Dayton after opening the year at home in the Rich Davis Flyer 5K Challenge. The Flyers were led by senior Hunter Johnston's performance while freshman J.P. Flavin had a strong showing as well.

TEAM RESULTS
1. Saint Louis – 52
2. Notre Dame – 67
3. Dayton – 76
4. Marquette – 103
5. Canisius – 122
6. Loyola – 149
7. Depaul – 192
8. Xavier – 198
9. Detroit – 228
10. Niagara – 303
11. Holy Cross - 312
 

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
6. Hunter Johnston – 25:30.6
9. Spencer Danielson – 25.41.5
11. Chris Negri – 25:48.6                   PR
17. J.P. Flavin – 26:02.6                    PR
34. Tyler Adgalanis – 26:30.6
37. Jordan Koczenasz – 26:42.6
45. Ethan Louis – 27:03.3
- . Kyle Lach – 27:31.6


COACH ORDWAY'S COMMENTS
"We had a decent day overall," said head coach Jason Ordway. "I wouldn't say it was a stellar performance, but we weren't exactly tapering for this race. We've had pretty good workouts the last couple weeks. We are ahead of where we were last year. We went out aggressively and our legs weren't quite ready yet, and we couldn't respond like we would have liked to. We are in a really good position moving forward. I am gaining confidence on where we are at and what we are doing. Our training is starting to ramp up so we should have a good end to the season. I think we lit some fires under the guys here and the guys at Friendship are looking forward to racing and to compete with these guys. We were really close to beating a team in Notre Dame that is ranked really high in our region. That shows the hard work we are putting in and that we are in a really good spot."
 

UP NEXT

• The Flyers will send the other half of their team to the Friendship Invitational tomorrow morning in Cedarville, Ohio.