The Wabash cross country placed third at the Manchester Hokum Karem Tuesday night to open the 2015 season.
 
The Little Giants placed two pairs of runners in the top-10. Daniel Feltis and Dominic Patacsil combined for a third-place finish, alternating laps over 8-mile race for a total time of 40.34.4. The tandem of Andrew Brake and Robert Wunderlich III finished 10th overall with a time of 42.56.9. Matthew Bailey and Trevor Hix completed the race in 46.47.4 to place 17th. Sam Nelson and Cole Seward made up the final pairing for the Little Giants, finishing 23rd with a time of 57:43.6.
 
Wabash tallied a total of 20 points. Trine University won the team title with a total of 10 points. Manchester finished second with 19 points, edging out the Little Giants by a single place.
 
The Hokum Karem, a race created by former Wabash head coach J. Owen Huntsman who dreamed up an event where two-person teams race on a one-mile course with each runner alternating miles. While one member of the team is running, the other rests. At the end of each mile, the runners exchange batons and the incoming team member gets to rest while their partner runs the next mile, completing six miles as a team. The Manchester event adds an additional lap for each runner for a combined total of eight miles.
 
Wabash returns to action Friday, September 18, competing at the Indiana Intercollegiates at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana.