Results
NEWVILLE, PA – Graduate student Nathan Bowers led the Nazareth University Men's Cross Country team to a 26th place team finish as he crossed the line in 83rd place at the Pre-National Meet hosted by Dickinson College on the same course as this year's NCAA Championship in November.
Bowers clocked a 26:11.7 time and finished 83rd out of 377 runners from the top teams in the country.
MIT won the team title followed by Williams, Rensselaer, Pomona Pitzer, George Fox, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Mount Union, John Carroll, Amherst and Tufts in the top-10. Nazareth was 26th overall as a team and the fifth highest finishing team from New York with RPI, Vassar, St. Lawrence and Brockport finishing ahead of the Golden Flyers.
Junior Cade Eells was next for Nazareth in 116th position with a time of 26:31.2 followed by junior Ethan Kenyon (211/ 27:34.6), sophomore Connor Jackson (251/ 28:10.2) and sophomore Cameron Almy (270/ 28:29.3).
Also running for Nazareth were seniors Kenny Jackson and Ethan Glashauser, sophomore Antonio Benitez, freshmen Joe Britschge and Brennan Farr, sophomore Gavin McAllister and freshman Gabe Dauerheim.
The Golden Flyers will compete at the Mike Woods Invitational next weekend at Geneseo in final preparation for the Empire 8 Championship meet Oct. 28 at Parkview Fairways in Victor and hosted by Nazareth.