Men's Cross Country | 11/14/2015 2:56:00 PM

Men's Results l Women's Results

LETCHWORTH, N.Y. - Nazareth closed out its men's and women's cross country seasons Saturday as both teams competed in the NCAA Atlantic Regional meet at Letchworth State Park.  The women improved one spot from a year ago, coming in 15^th place, while the men took a huge step forward going from 51^st place in 2014 to 27^th place in 2015.

For the men, Geneseo was victorious in the 41-team field collecting 54 points.  Nazareth compiled 878 points in the race.

Kevin Witt was the top-finisher for Nazareth, running the 8-kilometer course in 27:45.7, good for 133^rd place.

Junior Matt Battaglia was next in line in 162^nd place (28:23.0), while Patrick Neureuter was close behind in 180^th place (28:39.4).

The final scorers for the Golden Flyers were Jack Wessell in 193^rd place and Jacob Murray in the 210^th spot.  Wessel complete the race in 29:02.0, while Murray crossed the line at the 29:52.2 mark.

On the women's side, Geneseo was also the overall champion with 75 points in the 37-team field.  The Golden Flyers finished the day with 394 points.

Senior Gabrielle LeBihan raced to a 31^st place finish after clocking a 22:57.7 over the 6-kilometer course.

Kimmy Lovett (61^st place) and Robin Wagner (64^th place) were separated by less than two seconds with times of 23:36.8 and 23:38.5, respectively.

Emily Thompson was the fourth finisher for Nazareth, racing to a time of 24:25.5 for 113^th place.  Jamie DiSalvo rounded out the scoring after finishing in 24:40.6 for 125^th place.