Union College senior Ryan Russell earned his second individual victory of the season to pace the field and guide the Union College men's cross country team to a fifth-place finish at the highly-competitive Cardinal Invitational hosted by Wesleyan University on Saturday. The senior finished first among 114 runners with a personal best time of 24:45.21 on the 8-kilometer course, almost 13 seconds faster than Amherst's Harrison Dow. Russell posted the fastest 8k time for a Union runner since at least 1993. The race included two USTFCCCA nationally ranked teams (#14 Amherst, #21 Tufts) and six teams in the USTFCCCA Regional Rankings, including Union.