EMPIRE 8 RESULTS | OVERALL RESULTS
SARATOGA, N.Y. -- Senior Brendan Epstein posted his second fastest time ever for 8 kilometers Saturday and finished first individually at the Empire 8 Conference Championship meet at Saratoga State Park. The E8 meet was held in conjunction with the Saratoga Invitational hosted by Rensselaer.

Epstein Moravia HS/Moravia, NY) turned in a time of 25 minutes, 36 seconds, just two seconds off his career-best of 25:34 that he ran at last week's Yellowjacket Invitational at Genesee Valley Park. Nazareth placed seventh in the overall team standings and third in the Empire 8.

Keene State of New Hampshire won the overall team title with 52 points. Nazareth was seventh with 173. When the scores were reconfigured for the Empire 8 schools, RIT was first with 30 points, followed by Ithaca with 62 and Nazareth with 67. The rest of the Empire 8 standings had Utica in fourth place with 93 points, followed by Alfred (137), Stevens (139) and Hartwick (213).

Seniors Nick Stenuf (26:02) and Aaron Sirtoli (26:19) were Nazareth's second and third finishers as they placed 11th and 17th overall and third and seventh in the Empire 8 They were followed by freshman Matt Morales (27:41) in 82nd, senior Mike Anderson (28:04) in 107th, and junior Robby Castor (28:53) in 147th.

Sophomores Bradly Frink (29:21) and Chris Freeman (30:22) placed 176th and 202nd overall while senior Chris McBride (33:31) finished in 241st place for the Golden Flyers.

The Golden Flyers compete at Saratoga again in their next meet, the NYSCTC Championships, on November 3rd.

EMPIRE 8 ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
Runner of the Meet: Brendan Epstein, Nazareth
Rookie of the Meet: Mitchell Boise, Utica

First Team
Brendan Epstein, sr. Nazareth
Jared Burdick, jr. RIT
Nick Stenuf, sr. Nazareth
Andrew Varble, jr. RIT
Peder Johnson, sr. RIT
Curt Bell, so. Ithaca
Aaron Sirtoli, sr. Nazareth

Second Team
Adam Harding, jr. Utica
Derek Bonjanowski, sr. RIT
Mike Hardbarger, jr. RIT
Tim Shea, jr. Ithaca
Scott Walker, so. Ithaca
Matthew Karczewski, so. Alfred
Kevin Turko, sr. RIT