Grand Rapids, Mich. – Junior Abel Hernandez (Alsip, Ill./Shepard) took 32nd place overall in a field of 302 collegiate runners with an 8K (8,000 meters) time of 26:07 to lead the Saint Xavier University men's cross country team Saturday at the NAIA Great Lakes Challenge Cross Country Invitational hosted by Aquinas College (Mich.) in Grand Rapids, Mich.  As a team, the Cougars finished with 521 points to take 17th place out of the 25 teams participating in the event.  Freshman Gabriel Esparza (Blue Island, Ill./Eisenhower) also ran well for SXU Saturday finishing in 59th place with a personal-best 8K time of 26:37.