ST. PAUL, Minn. -- St. Olaf defended its title in dominant fashion Saturday at the 2013 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Men's Cross Country Championships at Como Park Golf Course in St. Paul, Minn. The Oles had the first three runners across the finish line, led by two-time MIAC individual champion Grant Wintheiser.

St. Olaf was impressive a year ago in capturing the title, but their 2013 title was even more impressive. The Oles scored just 20 points to claim their title by a 61-point margin over the runners up. St. Olaf had five runners in the top 10 and another in the top 16. The Oles, ranked third nationally, had individuals finish first, second, third, sixth and eighth to claim their second MIAC championship in as many years.

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St. Olaf's cross-town rival, Carleton was the runner-up with 81 points. St. Thomas claimed third place with 104 points, edging fourth-place Saint John's (108) by just four points. Hamline scored 175 to round out the top five in the team standings.

Macalester claimed sixth place with 184 points. Gustavus took seventh with a total of 207 and Concordia came in eighth with 226 points. Saint Mary's (239) and Bethel (243) finished ninth and 10th, respectively, and Augsburg rounded out the team standings with a total of 274.

Wintheiser, like his team, was victorious for the second-straight season, and impressive in doing so. The Ole junior edged a teammate for the MIAC individual title by just six seconds to lead a trio of St. Olaf runners across the finish line of the 8k race. Wintheiser's latest title came from a time of 24:48.9.

St. Olaf's Grant Wintheiser finishes off his  second-straight MIAC title Saturday. (Photo by Matt Higgins, MIAC)

Fellow Ole Jake Brown finished on the heels of the individual champ, as Brown completed the course in 24:54.4. Brian Saksa completed the trifecta with a time of 25:11.8. St. Olaf also had Jake Campbell finish sixth in 25:41.5, Phillip Meyer finish eighth in 25:45.5 and Dillon Davis take 10th (25:53.5).

Bethel star Matt Berens was the first non-Ole to finish, as he came in fourth with a time of 25:26.6. Carleton's Marcus Huderle completed the course in 25:40.7 to round out the top five. Knights' teammate Jonah Berry was seventh (25:42.6) and Saint John's John Subialka (25:48.9) to fill out the rest of the top 10.

Gustavus' Joseph Reiner came in 11th with a time of 25:58.1. Augsburg was led by Mohamed Mohamed in 12th with a time of 25:58.8. Saint Mary's Aaron Haley (25:59.7) was 13th, Hamline's Colin Rogers was 14th (26:00.5) and Saint John's Matt Scherber (26:01.7) completed the top 15. Those top 15 runners earned MIAC All-Conference honors by virtue of their finish.

The runners who finished 16-25 were also awarded with All-MIAC Honorable Mention honors. They were, in order of finish: St. Olaf's Paul Escher, St. Thomas' Keaton Wendroth, Carleton's Jacob Hoerger, St. Thomas' Jacob Gehartz, Concordia's Ryan Sederquist, St. Olaf's Stefan Lemke, St. Thomas' Ben Rascher, Saint John's Preston Zimny and St. Thomas' Dylan Baumann and Robby Williams.

The MIAC has a home page dedicated to the 2013 MIAC Cross Country Championships, including information, links, results, recaps, photos and more. The MIAC would like to thank the host institution - Bethel University - for its efforts to host the meet, and Twin Cities Orthopedics for providing athletic training and medical services to the student-athletes.

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