Shown competing earlier this year, Nolan Vest (left) finished in 36th place and Cabel McCandless (right) was Cortland's top finisher in 12th place out of 209 runners at Rochester
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Four runners placed in the top quarter of a 209-runner field to help the Cortland men's cross country team finish seventh out of 17 teams at the University of Rochester Yellowjacket Invitational.
Cortland finished with a team score of 197 points. RIT won the title with 53 points, followed by Geneseo with 72.
Cabel McCandless (Lindenhurst) crossed the finish line in 12th place with a time of 26 mintues, 47.2 seconds over 8,000 meters at Genesee Valley Park. RIT's Otto kingstedt won in 25:38.6.
Grant Boyd (Newburgh/Newburgh Free Academy) placed 26th in 27:11.4 and
Nolan Vest (Coram/Longwood) was 36th in 27:22.3.
Chris Thorpe (Pine Bush) also worked his way into the top 50 with a 49th-place time of 27:45.0.
Cortland's top seven was rounded out by
Ryan Konotopskyj (East Amherst/Williamsville North) in 105th place (28:55.4),
Brian Thurston (Long Beach) in 112th place (29:01.5), and
Matt Monahan (Floral Park) in 135th place (29:46.0).
Cortland will return to action on Friday, Oct. 20 at the Cornell John Reif Memorial Run at 5 p.m.
Complete Results:
Men
Women
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