Freshman Will Cox was less than two seconds away from a Top 5 finish in his first collegiate cross country race Saturday, finishing sixth and helping lead Campbellsville University to a third-place finish at the Franklin College Sodexo Grizzly Invite.
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Cox, a New Albany, Ind. native, posted a time of 27:04.80 in his home state and was 31.16 seconds behind lead runner Austin Stiles of Wilmington College.
Franklin College won the race, placing four of its five runners in the Top 20.
Campbellsville will race again Sept. 12 at the Centre College Invitational in Danville, Ky.
