CHARLOTTE - The Johnson C. Smith University men's cross-country team finished 5th overall at the Blue Bear Cross Country Invitational Thursday morning in Salisbury, North Carolina. The Golden Bulls average time 28:57 with a team score of 113.

As a team, Johnson & Wales (N.C) took home first place (28 points) while Livingstone (32 points) and Winston-Salem State (85 points) grabbed second and third, respectively. Bluefield State placed fourth with a team score 104. 
 
Johnson C. Smith Individual Performances:
Javion Watkins (SO-2): 35:17.7 (15th place)
Caleb Baxter (SO-2): 37:56.0 (19th place)
Marco Lanauze-Nunes (SO-2): 42:20.2 (25th place)
Amontae Wray (SO-2): 42:21.1 (26th place)
Benjamin Patton (FR-1): 43:11.0 (28th place)
Nicholas Francis (SO-2): 45:00.2 (29th place)