Results 

HOUGHTON, NY – The Nazareth men's cross country team all delivered either their best races of the year or personal bests en route to a fourth place finish for the Empire 8 Championships hosted at Houghton University on Saturday. 
 
Nationally-ranked Geneseo won with 20 points, followed by Brockport (50), Houghton (103), Nazareth (104), Utica (136), St. John Fisher (153), Alfred (212), Hartwick (275), Suny Poly (278), and Keuka (414).
 
Seniors Cade Eells (25:16.5) and Ethan Kenyon (26:06.2) each ran their best races of the year to take 15^thand 33^rd place. Eells moved up from 19^th place at the 5k mark to finish 15^th to earn second team all-conference. 
 
Junior Connor Jackson had a PR of eight seconds at 26:19.0 to finish 48^th. Also, with a PR was Joe Britschge who clocked a 26:30.8 which was a best by 1:12 and good for 48^th place. 
 
Nazareth's final finisher was junior Antonio Benitez (26:32.1) in 50^th place.
 
Nazareth's next five runners all had PRs in Cameron Almy (26:33.5), Brenna Farr (27:23.9), Joseph Cataldo (27:34.0), Thuan Nguyen (29:50.6) and Yousef Mahmoud (30:45.6).
 
Next up for Nazareth will be the NCAA Niagara Regional on November 16 hosted by Fredonia State.