LAKE CHARLES, La. - A 10th-place, all-conference run by Ethan Malesich led the way for the University of the Incarnate Word men's cross country team, as the Cardinals placed fourth at the Southland Conference Championships on Friday.

UIW finished with 94 points.

Led by medalist Eliud Kipkosgei, who ran a 23:31.36, Stephen F. Austin had five of the top-six finishers to win easily with 16 points. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi was second with 53 while McNeese was third with 75.

Malesich and teammate Anthony Zapata were neck-and-neck for the final All-Southland spot, but Malesich was able to capture it in 24:14.26. Zapata came in 11th with a time of 24:15.78.

Elsewhere, Christian Castro-Cruz was 24th in 24:54.96, Jeremiah Garcia was 27th in 25:00.50 and Kevin Hernandez completed the scoring in 28th at 25:01.56.

Other Cardinal finishers were Jared Laverty (30th, 25:08.95), James Butler (33rd, 25:13.00), Joshua Odums (35th, 25:15.10), Michael Casso (43rd, 25:43.74) and Luca Martin (50th, 26:06.59).