ONEONTA, N.Y. – Five Cortland runners placed in the top eight to help the Red Dragons easily claim the top team spot at the Oneonta Airfield Invitational.
 
Cortland finished with 23 points, followed by Oneonta with 45 and New Paltz with 92. Delhi (95), Saint Rose (132) and Potsdam (154) rounded out the field.
 
Cameron Szabo (Owego/Owego Free Academy) placed second out 58 runners over the 6,000-meter Fortin Park course in 20 minutes, 9.6 seconds. Oneonta's Jonthomas Bierman won the race in 19:55.3.
 
RJ Davis (Cicero/Cicero-North Syracuse) placed just behind Szabo in third place (20:14.3), followed by Matthew Mullen (Medford/William Floyd) in fourth (20:20.3). Brandon Mulholland (Syracuse/Westhill) claimed sixth place (20:29.6) and Paul Tommolino (Stony Brook/Ward Melville) was eighth (20:39.6).
 
Three more Cortland runners finished in the top 15. Adam Schreiber (Williamson) was 13th (21:01.0) and Adam Beach (Red Hook) placed 14th (21:03.5), while Marc Lucasey (Dobbs Ferry) crossed the finish line in 15th place (21:06.1).

Coach's Corner - Comments from Cortland Head Coach Steve Patrick:

What a great way to spend a Friday night! We don't want to get too full of ourselves, but a wise coach once told me to never underestimate the value of winning. We had a very disciplined approach for both the women's and men's teams today, and the results showed it!

We had a miscue here and there, but the biggest 'negative' was the folks who weren't with us because the Friday format wasn't ideal for a couple of our folks due to academic obligations or a few who were dealing with injuries. Considering the positive performances we achieved without a few of our key runners, we're quite pleased with how things turned out. In fact, I can't pick out any individuals to highlight because of how well we did collectively!

We have a good couple of weeks of training planned before heading Rochester in September 23rd to compete at Roberts Wesleyan College.