ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – In his final tuneup before the Midwest Conference Championships, Cornell front runner Jake Bach earned a Top 20 finish in the Gold Division at Augustana's Interregional Invitational Saturday on Saukie Golf Course.
 
Bach covered the 8K layout in a season-best time of 24:42. The senior placed 19th out of 352 finishers.
 
The 37-team Gold Division included nine nationally-ranked programs, including meet champion and No. 1 Wartburg.
 
The rest of Cornell's lineup competed in the Blue Division, where the Rams took 17th out of 35 teams with 490 points.
 
Junior Isaac Morris led the Rams in 71st place in a massive field of 488 finishers. Morris clocked a season-best time in 26:27.
 
The Rams received lifetime-best marks from senior Anthony Zamudio in 146th (27:01), sophomore Caden Edwards in 197th (27:28) and junior Jamie Briggs in 206th (27:32). Jaxon Barnes was Cornell's fifth scorer in 215th (27:34).
 
Coming up – The Rams compete at the MWC Championships Oct. 31, hosted by Beloit College in Beloit, Wis.