Men's Cross Country | 10/1/2016 4:33:00 PM

Men's Results l Women's Results
LETCHWORTH STATE PARK – The Nazareth Cross Country team competed Saturday at Letchworth State Park, as part of the Mike Woods Invitational. The women's team placed 10th out of 22 teams, while the men finished 17th out of 24 teams.

Geneseo, ranked first nationally on both the men's and women's side, won both races. The Nazareth women combined for 271 points, while the men had 472.

Senior, Matt Battaglia came in 55th place and ran a 27:11.3 to lead the Nazareth men in the 8-kilometer race.

Freshman, Nicasio Gristina was just three seconds behind at 24:14.2 for 57th place.

Edward Ely (109th place) ran a 28:38.4, followed by Jack Wessel (125th) who ran a 29:18.5.

Thomas Lannon finished in 126th place for Nazareth, with a time of 29.19.9 and wrapped up the scoring for the men.

The Golden Flyers top three women finished consecutively in 40th, 41st, and 42nd place over the 5-kilometer course. Freshman, Megan Menz achieved a time of 23:55.7. Claire Ludington crossed the finish line just one second later at 23:56.7.

Emily Thompson completed the race with a time of 23:57.0.

In 64th place was Eileen Shea who ran a 24:15.7, while Sage Miller concluded Nazareth's scoring on the woman's side with a time of 24:51.9 for 84th place.

Nazareth will be back in action on October 15th in Glassboro, New Jersey and will compete at the Inter-Regional Meet.