ROCHESTER, NY – Junior Nathan Bowers started the 2021 Fall season in impressive fashion with a second place finish – just 1.3 seconds behind the top finisher as he led the Nazareth College Men's Cross Country team to a second place team finish at the season-opening Terry Rodenbeck race at St. John Fisher.

Bowers and race winner Grant Stokoe from St. John Fisher broke away from the pack late in the race to battle for the top finish. Bowers crossed the line in 19:33.3 for the 6K race.  SUNY Geneseo won the team title with 32 points and Nazareth was close behind with a team score of 51 points to take second. RIT (65) was third followed by St. John Fisher (80), Rochester (132), Alfred (184) and SUNY Corning (219).

Freshman Cade Eells was the second Nazareth finisher as he crossed the line in 8th place and senior Joshua Tomaka was the third Nazareth finisher in 10th place overall. Sophomore Matt Reimann (15th) and Nathan  McNalley (16th) rounded out the scoring for the Golden Flyers.