Complete Results

GREENWICH, NY – Junior Nathan Bowers surrendered a late lead and finished second overall as he led the Nazareth College Men's Cross Country team to the Empire 8 Championship Title with the top team finish.

Nazareth won with 32 points to edge St. John Fisher (38 points) for the championship title. Houghton was third (58), Alfred (143) took fourth, Hartwick (158) was fifth, Utica (158) sixth and Sage (182) seventh.

Bowers clocked a 25:43.2 and finished just three seconds off the winning pace. Nathan McNally had his best college finish as he finished third overall in 25:46.7. Freshman Cade Eells was seventh overall and the third Nazareth runner to cross the line as he shaved 30 seconds off his career best time with a 26:13.5.

Sophomores Matt Reimann (26:38.0) was ninth and Kenny Williams (26:45.6) was 11th to round out the scoring for Nazareth. Both times were career best finishes for the sophomores.

Additional finishers for the Golden Flyers included senior Joshua Tomaka (26:45.7 – 12th place), senior Jake Suddaby (27:10.2 – 17th place), graduate student Michael Brown (27:11.1 – 18th place), junior Lucas Sharron (27:14.6 – 20th place), sophomore Ethan Glashauser (28:06.1 – 31st place), freshman Ethan Kenyon (28:10.4 – 32nd place), senior Patrick Healy (29:19.1 -47th place), freshman Noah Engel (29:30.4 – 50th place) and freshman Lucas Rorick (29:55.2 – 55th place).