Results

ROCHESTER, NY – Junior Christopher Celecki led the Nazareth College men's cross country team with a 12th place finish and a pair of freshmen had strong finishes to help the Golden Flyers take third place overall in the opening race of the season Friday night at St. John Fisher.

Freshmen Nathan McNally (15th place) and Nathan Bowers (17th place) had strong finishes in their first collegiate race.

Geneseo won the team title with 27 points followed by RIT with 33 and Nazareth in third with 91. The Golden Flyers finished ahead of St. John Fisher (119 points), Rochester (140), Houghton (151), Alfred State (222) and Alfred (231). Corning CC rounded out the team scores with a 281.

Celecki was the top Nazareth finisher as he crossed the finish line in 20:41.9 in the 6K race while McNally posted a 20:47.3 finish and Bowers came in at 20:50.6.

Junior Michael Brown was next for the Golden Flyers with a 21:26.0 time for 29th place and sophomore Joshua Tomaka rounded out the Nazareth scoring with his 25th place finish in 21:32.8. Close behind him was fellow sophomore Jake Suddaby who was 36th with a time of 21:34.2.