The African assassins led the cross country teams to the Sun Belt Championships on Saturday in Bowling Green, Ky., and helped the men’s team earn a fifth place finish.

They finished one, two and three for the Warhawks, led by junior Daniel Mutai who crossed the finish line with a time of 24:28.10 in the 8K to take third place.

“It was a really tricky race, but I should have won it,” Mutai said.

Senior Moses Chelimo ran his final race as a Warhawk cross country member, and finished behind Mutai with a time of 26:06.20 to earn 15th place.

Junior Silah Chumba rounded out the top-20 with his 20th place finish, completing the course in a time of 26:28.20.

Overall the men’s team finished fifth behind first place winners Western Kentucky.

On the women’s team, junior Madeleine Robertson crossed the finish line first for the Warhawks in the 5K race with a time of 19:32.50.

Senior Denise Myers finished next for ULM with a time of 19:42.00 to claim 38th place.

NCAA Cross Country Regional Championships take place on Nov. 12, and Mutai said he hopes to finish.