BETHLEHEM, PA. – The SUNY Cortland men's cross country team finished in 23rd place out of 40 schools, including almost 20 Div. I institutions, in the Brown Division of the Lehigh University Paul Short Run. The Red Dragons finished with 581 points, 15 behind both Niagara University and C.W. Post. Princeton won the race with 36 points, followed by Colgate (169) and New Hampshire (181).

Freshman Casey Austin (Pine Plains/Stissing Mountain) was Cortland's top performer with a 93rd place time of 26:48 over 8,000 meters. There were 357 runners in the race. Sophomore Pat Fannon (West Islip) finished 105th in 26:55 and freshman Ryan Perry (Amherst/Williamsville North) was 124th in 27:04.

Also scoring for the Red Dragons were senior Brendan Brethel (Lynbrook) in 128th place (27:05) and senior Andrew Brusso (Elmira/Southside) in 176th place (27:30), while freshman Kyle Martin (Fulton/G. Ray Bodley) (181st, 27:33) and junior Jon Tuttle (Hopewell Junction/Arlington) (183rd, 27:34) displaced other teams' scoring runners. Sophomore Tom Hopkins (Syracuse/West Genesee) crossed the line 201st (27:43) and freshman Tim Lee (West Babylon) placed 222nd (27:56).

In the 8,000-meter open race, sophomore Brent Pavlick (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) finished 141st in 27:22, junior Kyle Fitzpatrick (Washingtonville) was 157th in 27:29 and senior Nick Jeror (Rome/Rome Free Academy) finished 207th in 28:04. Also in that race, junior Sean Twomey (Cornwall) was 271st (29:10) and freshman Cody Amengual (West Babylon) finished 292nd (29:32) out of 357 runners.

Complete Results (Brown Div.)

Complete Results (Open Race)