The magic mark today was 27 minutes, and seven Blue Streaks found themselves under that time as John Carroll raced to a third place finish Saturday at the Ohio Wesleyan Invitational in Powell, Ohio.

Ross Martin aside, this was a day for the "young pups" to show their stuff when John Carroll took part in the Sudeck Sundown Showdown Friday evening in Hunting Valley, Ohio.

Last November, the cross country season came to an end and the two John Carroll teams could not have had more different outlooks. For the men's team, it was a season of expectations not met,. For the women, it was a season of expectations exceeded.