Witters-Hicks, a junior from Golden, Colo., made his 8k race debut this past weekend, placing 6th in a field of 140 runners at the Les Duke Invitational hosted by Grinnell College. Witters-Hicks completed the newly designed course in a time of 26:23, dropping nearly a minute off his 2014 best time. This marks the first time he has placed in the top ten at the event.