Kelsey Mash and Matt Morales

Women's Cross Country

Nazareth competes at Hamilton

Golden Flyers place fourth in men's and women's races

Men's results l Women's results
Hamilton, N.Y. -- Senior Matt Morales paced the Golden Flyers to a fourth place finish in the men's 6-kilometer race at Hamilton with a 10th-place finish (20:12). In the women's race, sophomore Kelsey Ryan placed 12th overall (15:47) in the women's 4-kilometer race to lead the Golden Flyers to fourth place in the women's meet.

Nazareth's men's team totaled 106 points. Hamilton finished with 35 points to win the meet, followed by Cortland with 42 points and Mansfield with 59 points. Mohawk Valley Community College recorded 137 points to finish the meet fifth.

In the women's meet, the Golden Flyers tallied 109 points. Cortland claimed the overall victory with a total of 24 points, followed by Mansfield with 48 points and Hamilton with 73 points. Mohawk Valley placed fifth with a total of 121 points.

Freshman Matt Fedrizzi was the second Golden Flyer to cross the finish line in the men's race as he placed 25th overall (20:58). Fedrizzi was followed by junior Tim Rutan in 32nd place (21:12), junior Peter Fekete in 33rd place (21:15), and sophomore Josh Strough in 46th place (21:56).

Freshmen Jake Lafaver (22:35) and Zach Lafaver (23:03) rounded out Nazareth's top seven by placing 52nd and 55th, respectively. Just a few seconds later, freshman Robbie DeWald (23:04) placed 56th and junior Dan Polino (23:07) placed 57th.

Sophomore Kelsey Mash was Nazareth's second finisher in the women's meet as she placed 17th overall in a time of 16:02. Mash was followed by freshman Bethany Althaus (16:26) in 26th place, sophomore Lauren Jamieson (16:42) in 33rd place, and freshman Kathryn Piechowiak (16:55) in 39th place.

Junior Michelle Gillette (16:58) crossed the finish line sixth for the Golden Flyers as she placed 40th overall while freshman Lauren Heitzhaus (17:05) was Nazareth's seventh finisher in 41st place. Seniors Samantha Hickok (17:19), Lizzie McAndrew (17:24), and Jessica Stanchus (17:33) rounded out the Golden Flyers' top 10 finishers in 43rd place, 45th place, and 46th place, respectively.

Nazareth is in action again September 17th when the Golden Flyers travel to Oneonta for the Pre-Regional meet.
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