Bridgewater College men’s cross country team competed on Oct. 29 for the ODAC championship. The men placed fourth overall out of eleven teams.

The men’s team makes their way up the starting hill of the race. They scored a total of 144 points as a team.

Junior Tony Cadle makes his way down the hill. Cadle placed 34th out of 116 competitors. “The race went well, the team stepped up and made an improvement on last year’s performance. It’s really good to see everyone’s hard work pay off,” said Cadle.

Senior Vinny Leo passes the 2k mark. Leo ran a 28:26 8k. “This may have been my last ODACs; I don’t know if I will be back for another cross country season. I gave all I could give in this race,” said Leo. “The season is still not done, because we have regionals to look up to. Then track, but if this is my last cross country season, it’s not the best season I’ve had, but I can look back and be grateful. We live to run another day.”

Junior Mikey Toms makes his way down the hill to the 2k mark. Toms ran an average of 7:21 per mile. “Not the outcome we were wanting, but given the circumstances, we did really good,” said Toms.

Freshman Gabe Miller passes the 5k mark. Miller scored a total of 22 points for his team.

Freshman Ryder Rose passes Virginia Wesleyan and Hampton Sydney runners. Rose ran a 30:36 8k.

Senior Jacob Gregory sprints the last few meters of the race. Gregory ran an average of 5:40 per mile.

Junior Caleb Bradley finishes the race. Bradley scored the team 43 points in total.