LATROBE, Pa. – The Grove City College men's cross country team earned fifth out of 11 teams Saturday afternoon at the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championships, hosted by Saint Vincent College. Grove City finished the meet with 114 points. Franciscan won the event with 41 team points.

Two Grove City rookie runners earned All-Presidents' Athletic Conference honors in recognition of their respective performance at Saturday's meet. Freshman Michael Singley (Duncannon, Pa./Susquenita) took 12th overall by completing the 8,000-meter course in 26 minutes, 41.88 seconds. Singley earned Second Team All-PAC honors. 

Meanwhile, freshman Caleb Hawke (Grove City, Pa./Grove City) captured Honorable Mention All-PAC after taking 19th place. Hawke recorded a time of 27:08.98.

Senior Noah Callinan (Kettering, Ohio/Kettering Fairmont) earned 24th place with a time of 27:26.76 while freshman Luke Kendrew (Chillicothe, Ohio/Unioto) finished 29th in 27:44.10.

Sophomore Nathan Striebel (Midland, Mich./Midland) placed 30th (27:49.43), one spot ahead of freshman Luke Roberts (Post Falls, Idaho/Post Falls). Roberts took 31st with a time of 27:51.86. Sophomore Alex Hemmerlin (Grove City, Pa./Grove City) rounded out Grove City's scoring lineup with a time of 28:05.71, good for 38th place.

Franciscan's Miguel Diaz won the individual race with a time of 25:27.08. A total of 122 men competed in the event.

Grove City will host its annual Twilight 5K Friday night at Robert E. Thorn Field.