The MSU women’s cross country team finished third and the MSU men’s cross country team finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships in Chicago on Sunday.

MSU’s Alexis Wiersma finished second in the Women’s 6K with a time of 19:49.9 but it wasn’t enough to carry the Spartans to back-to-back Big Ten Championships. Two other Spartan runners finished in the top 25 as well. Shelby Jackson’s 20:31.2 was good for 17th place and Katie Landwehr’s 20:51.3 was good enough for 24th place.

Wiersma, a junior, also added another award to her collection as she was named a First Team All-Big Ten selection.

The women finished the 6K with 104 points, 46 points behind second place Michigan who had 58 points. Penn State won the Women’s Big Ten Championship with three runners placing in the top 10. They finished with 53 points.

On the men’s side, Clark Ruiz was the top finisher for the Spartans with a time of 23:52.8, placing 13th. The men also had three other runners place in the top 25 in the 8K race. Caleb Rhynard, T.J. Carey and Sherod Hardt finished 21st, 22nd, and 23rd respectively.

The men finished with 113 points, 50 points behind first place Michigan. Ruiz was named to the Second Team All-Big Ten for his efforts.

The Big Ten Cross Country Championships will be shown on tape delay on the Big Ten Network at 8 p.m. on Nov. 12.