Ole Miss Men Win Notre Dame Invitational XC Meet

Ole Miss Men Win Notre Dame Invitational XC Meet

Published by Ole Miss SID on September 30th, 2016

Men's Blue Results | Women's Blue Results | Open Results 

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The No. 20 Ole Miss men's cross country team surged to a breakthrough performance on Friday by winning the biggest meet of the weekend, the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational. 

Led by junior Sean Tobin's individual victory, the Rebels claimed first out of 25 teams in the 5-mile race, beating out fellow ranked opponents No. 18 UTEP, No. 9 Eastern Kentucky, No. 24 Washington State, No. 23 NC State, No. 30 Texas and No. 30 Florida State, as well as fellow SEC teams Texas A&M (14th place) and Alabama (17th place). 

The Rebel women, who are receiving votes in the national poll, also had a good showing in South Bend, finishing seventh as a team in the field of 23. They beat out ranked opponents No. 16 Notre Dame and No. 24 Vanderbilt, along with other conference opponents Texas A&M and Alabama. 

"We were very pleased with the result this afternoon for both teams," said Rebel cross country coach Ryan Vanhoy. "It was a nice day for our program having both the men and women compete so well against a field of national-level competition."