In their final tune-up before post season racing begins, the Newberry College men's cross-country team came away with a 12^th place finish at the Newberry Invitational Saturday afternoon.
 
Freshman Braylon Reier led the way again for the Wolves in 56^th place, running 29:57.0 over the 8,000-meter course. Sophomore Henry Johnson was next in for the Wolves in 79^th place with a time of 32:49.7, followed by sophomore Caleb Hawkes in 85^th with a time of 34:23.7. Freshman Carson Reeves came in next in 38:33.4 for 91^st place, and rounding out the scoring in his debut race was freshman Tavarian Thompson in 96^th place running 39:32.4
 
Belmont Abbey College ran away for the team win scoring 36 points, followed by Erskine College in second with 85 points. Southern Wesleyan University was closely behind in third with 87 points.
 
The Wolves will have a few weeks to recover before the postseason begins, as they travel back to Salisbury, North Carolina and compete in the South Atlantic Conference Championship, hosted by Catawba College. The race is set to begin at 10:15 AM.