Michigan
Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite
MacKenzie Leads Wolverines to Third at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite
9/29/2023 2:46:00 PM | Men's Cross Country
Site:Â South Bend, Ind. (Notre Dame Campus)
Event:Â Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite
Distance:Â Five Miles (8.05 Kilometers)
U-M Team Finish:Â 3rd place of 16 teams (154 points)
Top U-M Individual:Â Owen MacKenzie, 2nd (24:13.7)
Next U-M Event:Â Friday, Oct. 13 -- at Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (Madison, Wis.), 11 a.m. CT
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Behind a second-place finish from graduate transfer Owen MacKenzie, the University of Michigan men's cross country team finished third with 154 points at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite on Friday (Sept. 29).
MacKenzie got off to a fast start, sitting at sixth through the first mile of the Men's Gold 5 Mile race. The Duke transfer jumped four spots to second position after 4,000 meters and held on through the finish line, posting a time of 24:13.7.
Peter Baracco steadily picked up his pace throughout the course of the race, starting in 28th place but rising to seventh and finishing with a time of 24:37.1. Henry Johnson fell as far as 49th but fought back to grab 33rd overall with a mark 25:05.3. Â
Anthony Hancock and Myles Liss-Riordan closed out the scoring for the Maize and Blue, finishing with times of 25:05.5 and 25.59.4, respectively.
Four freshmen competed unattached in the Men's Open 5 Mile race with Nathan Lopez finishing with the top time of 24:14.4.
The Wolverines will return to action on Oct. 13 when they travel to Madison, Wis., for the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational.
Full Michigan Results
Men's Gold 5 Mile
2. Owen MacKenzie -- 24:13.7
7. Peter Baracco -- 24:37.1
33. Henry Johnson -- 25:05.3
34. Anthony Hancock -- 25:05.5
80. Myles Liss-Riordan -- 25:59.4
85. Kyler McNatt -- 26:03.4
Men's Open 5 Mile
1. Nathan Lopez -- 24:14.4*
15. Trent McFarland -- 25:23.8*
35. Akili Parekh -- 26:11.7*
36. Aiden Sullivan -- 26:12.9*
* Unattached
Full Team Results
1. No. 9 Notre Dame -- 83 points
2. IUPUI -- 89 points
3. No. 30 MICHIGAN -- 154 points
4. Loyola Marymount -- 157 points
5. St. Thomas (Minn.) -- 157 points
6. UC Davis -- 165 points
7. Oakland -- 178 points
8. High Point -- 193 points
9. Univ. of Chicago -- 197 points
10. Vanderbilt -- 233 points
11. Richmond -- 293 points
12. Valparaiso -- 298 points
13. Western Illinois -- 303 points
14. Wisconsin-Green Bay -- 316 points
15. Otterbein -- 373 points
16. Central Michigan -- 439 points
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