GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- Senior Derek Kendig ran a new 8k personal best on Saturday for the Elizabethtown College men's cross country team as he led the Blue Jays to a seventh-place finish as a team.

Kendig led the way for Elizabethtown as he placed in the top 10 at seventh overall in 24:47. Will Inglis took 21st in 25:21.3.

Joshua Henshaw ran a season-best time for the Jays as he was 34th in 25:34.8. 

Frank Conte and Michael Beach also ran personal best times, making it three of the five with new PRs at the 8,000-meter distance. Conte was 73rd and Beach was 107th.

Elizabethtown was second in the team standings among Div. III teams, finishing behind only nationally-ranked Johns Hopkins. The Blue Jays were the top-finishing Landmark Conference squad at the meet.

Etown will now prepare for the Landmark Conference Championship race, scheduled for Saturday, October 31.