JOPLIN, Mo. – The Washburn Ichabods brought back a top-10 finished at the 31^st Annual Missouri Southern Stampede with a ninth-place showing out of 21 teams in the 8K race. The Ichabods return to action on Friday at the ESU Classic in Emporia.
 
David Kibet was 14^th out of 251 runners with a time of 25:08.52 beating his previous best on the course of 25:37.9 recorded in 2019. Collen McLain was 32^nd overall in a time of 25:41.54.
 
Gabriel Chinya finished 67^th with a time of 26:37.09 and Ethan Thompson was 88^th with a run of 27:02.67. Keetan Munsell was 99^th with a time of 27:08.22 and he was followed by Cooper Griffin in 179^th in a time of 28:44.67. Nick Petrella was 191^st at 29:09.99.
 
The Ichabods were sixth out of MIAA squads as Pittsburg State won the race with 53 points followed by Missouri Southern with 74, Nebraska-Kearney with 120, Central Missouri with 217, Emporia State with 228 and Washburn with a score of 276.