NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA— Saturday's Running of the Cows hosted by Carleton College (Minn.) gave the Central College men's cross country team a look at the site of this year's NCAA Division III Championships course and it liked what it saw in a 12th place effort.
           
The 27th ranked Dutch beat five teams ranked higher than them Saturday, scoring 374 team points. Wartburg College was the team champion with 110 points. Central competed in the Navy (Championship) Race with 328 runners and 35 teams.
           
Jack Brown (senior, Norwalk) led the Dutch in 14th place, clocking in at 24 minutes and 52 seconds in the 8,000-meter race. William Wadsley (senior, Gilbert) gave Central a second runner in the top 50, placing 31st in 25:09.
           
Donovan Card (senior, Norwalk) was third in for Central, placing 71st in 25:28. Isaac Rankin (freshman, Knoxville) and Austin Vander Werf (junior, Saint Charles, Interstate 35 HS) completed the scoring in 134th (25:58) and 153rd (26:07).
           
Also in the top seven for Central were Knute Rogne (freshman, Lake Mills) in 192nd (26:27) and James Brant (Tama, South Tama County HS) in 193rd (26:28)
           
Central travels to Rock Island, Illinois for the Augustana Interregional meet on Saturday, October 17.
           
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