Men's Results l Women's Results
ROCHESTER, NY – The Nazareth men's and women's cross country teams opened up the 2016 season at the Flower City Invitational, hosted by St. John Fisher College.  Nazareth's women squad ran to a third place finish, while the men took sixth place.

RIT won on the women's side with 36 points, followed by Geneseo (52), Nazareth (71), St. John Fisher (78), Rochester (115) and Brockport (178).  Geneseo took the top spot on the men's side with 37 points, followed by RIT (40), St. John Fisher (53), Rochester (132),  Brockport (140) and Nazareth (141).

For the men, senior Matt Battaglia paced the way in 21:04 over the 6-klilometer course for a 17^th place finish. 

Freshman Nicasio Gristina had a strong first showing, coming in 19^th place at 21:07.

Jack Wessel (22:31), Thomas Lannon (22:41) and Edward Ely (22:45) rounded out the scoring for Nazareth in 34^th, 35^th and 36^th place.

Jacob Murray and Jaxon Smith also ran for Nazareth.

On the women's side, all five individuals were packed within 33 seconds over the 4-kilometer course.  Freshman Megan Menz was the top finisher for the Golden Flyers, coming in at 16:13 for eighth place.  Junior Samantha Goble (16:20) and senior Emily Thompson (16:22) finished 10^th and 11^th, respectively. 

Eileen Shea ran to a 17^th place finish in a time of 16:32, followed by Claire Ludington (16:46) in 25^th place. 

Jamie DiSalvo and Sage Miller also competed for Nazareth.

The Golden Flyers will compete next at the UR Invitational at Genesee Valley Park on September 17.