Robby Castor

Men's Cross Country

Nazareth finishes 3rd at Empire 8 meet

Stenuf, Castor make all-conference

Men's results
Women's results
Men's E8 results
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Nick Stenuf was Nazareth's top individual finisher Saturday as Nazareth competed at the Saratoga Invitational. The Golden Flyers finished in 12th place as a team with 342 points. Keene State won the meet with 62 points. In the women's race, Nazareth finished in 13th place with 313 points.

The Golden Flyers finished third among Empire 8 Conference schools. Nazareth had 85 points in the E8 standings and finished behind Ithaca (21) and RIT (56). Utica (93), Stevens (132), Alfred (167) and Hartwick (211) also competed.

Stenuf crossed the finish line 13th overall (and third among E8 runners) with a time of 25:55 over the 8-kilometer course. Senior Robby Castor was Nazareth's next best finisher in 46th place (26:40), followed by sophomore Matt Morales in 86th place (27:23); freshman Peter Fekete in 119th place (28:00) and freshman Tim Rutan in 197th place (29:36).

Stenuf was recognized as first-team all-conference, while Castor was a second-team representative.

Junior Caitlyn Parmelee was Nazareth's top female finisher as she covered 5 kilometers in 19:14. Junior Shannon Bradley was next in 65th place (19:37). Senior Abby Crain was two place behind Bradley in 67th place (19:38). Samantha Hickok was next in 79th place (19:49), then senior Megan Goetz in 80th place (19:50).

2008 Men's Cross Country All-Conference Awards
Runner of the Meet: Drew Hodge, Ithaca
Rookie of the Meet: Daniel Craighead, Ithaca

First Team
Drew Hodge, sr. Ithaca
Curt Bell, jr. Ithaca
Nick Stenuf, gr. Nazareth
Mike Brindak, sr. RIT
Scott Walker, jr. Ithaca
Stefan Karkuff, so. Ithaca
Anthony Palma, so. Ithaca

Second Team
Robby Castor, sr. Nazareth
Zach Miller, so. RIT
Tyler Gustafson, so. Ithaca
Daniel Craighead, fr. Ithaca
Danny George, sr. Ithaca
Jon Grossman, so. RIT
Eric Olen, jr. Ithaca

Sportsman of the Year
Jesse Schuster, jr. Alfred
Justin Pedersen, jr. Hartwick
Danny George, sr. Ithaca
Robby Castor, sr. Nazareth
Greg Hrinda, sr. RIT
Travis Heithoff, so. Stevens
Joseph Geniti, so. Utica

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