RESULTS
BROCKPORT, N.Y. -- Senior Brendan Epstein finished second overall Saturday to lead the Nazareth men's cross country team to a second-place finish at the Brockport Invitational.

Epstein covered the 5-kilometer terrain at SUNY Brockport in 15 minutes, 58 seconds, about 28 seconds behind the first-place finisher, Julius Rono of Roberts Wesleyan.

Nazareth, which ran without two of its top runners Aaron Sirtoli and Nick Stenuf, who were nursing minor injuries, had 69 team points. Brockport won the meet with 28 points. Falling in behind the top two were Buffalo State (96), Roberts Wesleyan (100), Clarkson (101) and Rochester (108).

Freshman Matt Morales was Nazareth's next finisher in seventh place (16:42.60). Senior Michael Anderson was 16th (17:16.30), followed by junior Robby Castor in 21st (17:36.50); sophomore Bradly Frink in 36th (18:11.40); freshman Justin McConnell in 43rd (18:33.60); sophomore Chris Freeman in 49th (19:02.00).

Nazareth runs again Saturday at the Western Ontario Invitational.