HOUGHTON, NY – The Nazareth men's cross country team was the top Empire 8 finisher at the NCAA Niagara Regional Championship on Saturday, finishing in 10^th place, one spot ahead of conference champion Houghton University. The Golden Flyers had 253 points, compared to 11^th place Houghton (269). Geneseo won the event with 41 points. Cade Eells and Nathan Bowers earned All-Region honors, which goes to the top 35 runners.

Eells delivered a strong performance and was the top finisher for the Golden Flyers in 17^th place with a time of 25:00.09. It was Eells second fastest 8k time of the season and is the fourth fastest in school history.

Bowers put together a career-best time of 25:20.5 to finish in 24^th place.

Ethan Kenyon was the next finisher for Nazareth, taking 61^st in a time of 26:10.7.

Nazareth had a close pack for its next three finishers, headlined by Antonio Benitez (26:39.1) which was 74^th place. The final scorer for Nazareth was sophomore Cam Almy who smashed his personal best in order to take 80^th place (26.50.5). His previous best time was 27:15.1. Sophomore Connor Jackson was 82^nd at 26:59.4 and Ethan Glashauser was 98^th (27:24.2).