RESULTS
UTICA, N.Y. -- Winning the first annual Utica Invitational was as easy as 1-2-3 for the Nazareth College Golden Flyers in men's cross country Saturday.

The Golden Flyers had the top three individual finishers and five of the top 11 to take the team title at Proctor Park. Nazareth had 23 team points to outdistance runner-up Utica (46). Cortland was next with 79, followed by Canton (111), SUNYIT (121) and Bard (142).

Senior Brendan Epstein (Moravia HS/Moravia, NY) won the 8-kilometer race in 27 minutes, 42 seconds. Senior Aaron Sirtoli (Mt. Markham HS/West Winfield, NY) was second (28:31.5) and senior Nick Stenuf was third (28:39).

Junior Robby Castor finished in sixth place (29:08.4) and senior Michael Anderson was 11th (29:34.6). Other strong performances were turned in by freshman Matt Morales in 17th place and sophomore Bradly Frink in 29th place.