BUFFALO, NY – Junior Nathan Bowers led he Nazareth College Men's Cross Country team to a fourth place finish as a team as he crossed the finish line in fourth place overall at the Canisius College Alumni Race Saturday.
Bowers finished the 8K race in 26:24.0 and fellow junior Nathan McNally was second for the Golden Flyers as he finished 18th in a time of 27:08.6. Freshman Cade Eells was close behind as he took 21st place with a time of 27:19.0.
Senior Joshua Tomaka was the fourth Nazareth finisher at 27:53.1 for 32nd place and graduate student Michael Brown rounded out the scoring with his 34th place finish in 27:53.1.
Nazareth finished with 104 points. SUNY Geneseo won the team race with 44 points followed by Canisius (47 points), St. Bonaventure (93) and Nazareth. The Golden Flyers finished ahead of Robert Morris (155), RIT (182), Daemen (209), Buffalo State (256), Niagara (274),Texas Lutheran (283) and D'Youville (326).
Other finishers for Nazareth were junior Lucas Sharron (27:58.2), sophomore Matt Reimann (27:59.1), sophomore Kenny Williams (28:19.6), sophomore Ethan Glashauser (28:24.5), senior Jake Suddaby (28:55.7) and freshman Ethan Kenyon (29:01.6).
The race was the final tune-up for the Empire 8 Championships on October 30 at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Greenwich and hosted by Russell Sage.
