SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Junior Mathew Chesum captured seventh place in the men's Gold race to lead Toledo to a seventh-place team finish at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational on Friday. 

The Rockets placed seventh as a team, finishing ahead of Auburn (eighth), Vanderbilt (12th) and Dayton (13th). California Baptist won the Gold race while Furman won the top-tier Blue race.

Following Chesum for the Rockets was sophomores Jacob Harris (30th/25:17.3), Jake Rethman (41st/25:36.9), Ben Otis (58th/25:56.8) and Jonathon Hrivnak (73rd/ 26:20.8).

Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational
Friday, Oct. 1, 2021
Men's Five Mile Gold Race

Team Scores
1. CBU - 62
2. Utah Valley - 78
3. Cincinnati - 123
4. IUPUI - 130
5. Youngstown St. - 194
6. Ohio State - 202
7. Toledo - 211
8. Auburn - 225
9. Eastern Kentucky - 245
10. Loyola Marymount - 274
11. Illinois State - 334
12. Vanderbilt - 341
13. Dayton - 360
14. Kent State - 380
15. Indiana State - 387
16. Illinois-Chicago - 415
17. Central Michigan - 418
18. Clemson - 419
19. Southern Illinois - 424
20. Valparaiso - 477
21. Kennesaw State - 568

Top Individual Finishers - Gold Race
1. Alec Sandusky, Cincinnati [SR] - 24:17.2
2. Ahmed Jaziri, Eastern Kentucky [JR] - 24:26.6
3. Britain Reynolds, Utah Valley [JR] - 24:27.1
4. Ivo Balabanov, CBU [SR] - 24:31.2
5. Said Mechaal, CBU [JR] - 24:36.3

Toledo Individual Results - Gold Race
7. Matthew Chesum SO 24:40.7
30. Jacob Harris SO 25:17.3
41. Jake Rethman SO 25:36.9
58. Ben Otis SO 25:56.8
73. Jonathon Hrivnak SO 26:20.8
75. Kassim Kibet SO 26:21.9
114. Raymond Korir JR 27:21.0