ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - The Elmhurst College men's cross country team totaled 269 points to place seventh at the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational hosted by Augustana College.

The Bluejays placed seventh, finishing 11 points in front of Monmouth College (eighth place with 280 points) and just six points behind sixth-place finisher Greenville College (263 points). The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point captured the team title with 23 points.

Pat Austin placed 12th to pace the Bluejays. Austin crossed the finish line with a time of 25:30.1. Jake Austin finished in 41st place with a time of 26:10.2 while Doug Vrchota placed 82nd in 26:41.0. Tom McGrath turned in a time of 27:01.7 to place 109th and Nathan Selling completed the Bluejays' team score by finishing in 129th place in 27:19.6. David Melone (161st place in 27:46.7) and Jeff Slavick (166th place in 27:48.1) completed the Bluejays' top-seven. 

Elmhurst travels to Wartburg College on October 2, to run at the Pre-National Invitational.