Elgin, Ill. – Led by a 26th place overall finish by junior Janis Pastars (Ogre, Latvia/Cameron University/Latvia), the Saint Xavier University men's cross country team finished in sixth place (174 points) as a team at the 11-team CCAC Men's Cross Country Championships hosted by Judson University (Ill.) at Wing Park in Elgin, Ill.  Pastars finished the 8K (8,000 meters) course in a time of 26:52.09 to pace the Cougars.  Senior Kyle Counter (New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln-Way Central) also had a great race for SXU Saturday finishing 28th overall out of the 132 conference runners competing with a time of 26:54.00.  University of St. Francis (Ill.) won the conference meet with a team score of 29 points.