Men's Results
HOUGHTON, N.Y. -- Nazareth had five of the top 10 finishers in men's cross country Friday as the Golden Flyers captured its first-ever Empire 8 team title.

Sophomore Nathan Bowers finished second individually on the 6-kilometer course as Nazareth totaled 28 points in the team standings. St. John Fisher was second with 43 points, followed by host Houghton (55), Alfred (128), Utica (143) and Sage (inc.).

Bowers' time of 19:10.8 was less than two seconds behind Fisher's Grant Stokoe (19:08.3).

Freshman Matt Reimann also ran well in placing fourth (19:28.2) and was joined in the top 10 by sophomore Nathan McNally (5th place, 19:33.6), senior Michael Brown (7th place, 19:41.0) and junior Joshua Tomaka (10th place, 1948.6).

Other Nazareth competitors included junior Jake Suddaby (13th, 20:03.0), senior Christopher Celecki (1th, 20:13.4), freshman Kenny Williams (17th, 20:20.0), freshman Ethan Glashauser (18th, 20:21.6), sophomore Lucas Sharron (26th, 21:07.6), freshman Benjamin Liu (35th, 21:45.1), sophomore Devan Ketcham (45th, 23:52.9) and junior Patrick Healy (47th, 23:58.8).

The top 10 runners will be honored as first-team E8 all-stars. Finishers 11 through 20 will be second team.