BATAVIA, Ill.—The No. 5 Wartburg men's cross country team place second at the 2022 NCAA Midwest Regional Championship Saturday with 55 points.

Christopher Collet was the individual winner with his time of 25:04.9. A school-record seven were named All-Region as all seven runners finished in the top 35.

The field featured five Top 35 ranked teams.
 
Team results

PL	Team	Score
1	No. 2 North Central (Ill.)	41
2	No. 5 Wartburg	55
3	No. 22 Loras	112
4	No. 24 U. of Chicago	113
5	No. 26 Washington U.	123
6	Luther	196
7	Central College	205
8	Simpson (Iowa)	251
9	Millikin	272
10	Wheaton (Ill.)	327
11	Cornell College	328
12	Augustana (Ill.)	350
13	Greenville	363
14	Grinnell	421
15	Buena Vista	457
16	Illinois Wesleyan	512
17	Aurora	525
18	Dubuque	559
19	Ozarks (Ark.)	580
20	Nebraska Wesleyan	638
21	Elmhurst	640
22	Coe	643
23	Webster	656
24	Illinois Tech	671
25	Illinois College	736
26	Monmouth (Ill.)	782
27	Rockford	856
28	Principia	871
29	North Park	873
30	Concordia Univ. Chicago	926
31	Fontbonne	950
32	Dominican (Ill.)	976

 
Wartburg's competitors

1	Christopher Collet	25:04.9	1
9	Sam Schmitz	25:19.7	9
12	Morgan Shirley-Fairbairn	25:25.4	12
14	Jacob Green	25:26.4	14
19	Connor Lancial	25:32.8	19
25	Jack Kinzer	25:37.1	25
29	Lance Sobaski	25:40.2	29

 
Top performers

• School-record seven were named All-Region
• Collet is the third runner from the men's program to win the Regional Championship.
• This marked the second-straight year a Wartburg competitor won, as Joe Freiburger won the title last fall.

Next event
Wartburg will await the NCAA Championship field announcement tomorrow, to see if it has received an at-large bid to nationals.