The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater cross country program hosted its annual Tom Hoffman Invitational Saturday. The Warhawk men, ranked ninth nationally, won the meet while the women finished second.
 
UW-Whitewater swept the top three spots for the second consecutive meet this season. Christian Patzka (Black Earth, Wis./Wisconsin Heights) was the first to cross the finish line recording a time of 24:46.3 followed by Gunner Schlender (Brillion, Wis./Brillion) with a clocking of 24:52.5. Justin Krause (Ixonia, Wis./Pewaukee) took bronze after posting a time of 26:21.8. Those three Warhawks finished in the same order last Saturday at the Ken Weidt Invitational.
 
Three more Warhawks finished in consecutive order. Dan Anderson's (Eau Claire, Wis./McDonell) time of 27:05.5 was sixth followed by Nick Hardin (Greenfield, Wis./Whitnall) with a time of 27:13.4 and clocking a time of 27:26.4 was Chris Allen (Downers Grove, Ill./North) in seventh.
 
Will MacCudden (Slinger, Wis./Slinger) rounded out the top seven for UW-W with a time of 12:41.0 for 12^th. In all, 12 Warhawk men finished among the top 20 at the meet.
 
Ari De La Cerda (Milwaukee, Wis./Pewaukee) was the top finisher for the women registering a time of 23:52.1 for fifth. Just two-tenths of a second back was teammate Paige Fassbender (Slinger, Wis./Slinger). Payton Scoggin was the next Warhawk to cross the line with a time of 25:03.6 for 13^th. Katie Erb (Winnebago, Ill./Winnebago) posted a time of 25:31.3 for 15^th and two places back, at 25:42.3, Carleen Snow (Rio, Wis./DeForest) cross the line.
 
Rounding out the top seven finishers for the UW-W women were Roxanne Temple (Ingleside, Ill./Grant Community) (26:02.0, 20^th), Annika Burchell (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb) (26:18.1, 23^rd), and Jill Cavanaugh (Port Washington, Wis./Port Washington) (27:17.7, 29^th).