Iowa Wesleyan cross-country teams begin season

The Iowa Wesleyan cross-country teams began their 2019-2020 season at the Bill Buxton Invitational this afternoon.

The Tigers had many runners on both the men's and the women's teams set personal records tonight. Ryan Hutchinson set a personal record in the 6k. Nate Townsend ran a personal best in the 6k beating his previous time by one minute. Pedro Paloma also set a personal best for the men's team by beating his previous 6k time by 31 seconds.

On the women's side, Veronica and Sydney both set a personal best in the 4k. Joana also set a personal record for the 4k, improving her time by three minutes and 59 seconds from last season.

The cross-country teams will have some time off to improve their times even more. They will travel to Grinnell on September 14 for the Les Duke Invite.