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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Junior Matt Morales and sophomore Peter Fekete were Nazareth's top finishers in the men's Empire 8 Championship meet. Morales finished the eight-kilometer race in 15th place and a time of 27:25 while Fekete was 16th overall with a time of 27:37. The Golden Flyers finished the meet in fourth place.

RIT dethroned Ithaca as the men's champion as the Tigers totaled 25 points. RIT claimed five of the top nine places, including first and second place. The Bombers followed closely in second place with 33 team points. Utica placed third with 102 points, followed by Nazareth with 127 points. The Golden Flyers edged Stevens, who placed fifth, by two points.

Freshmen John Longo (28:55) and Anthony Romeo (29:00) were the Golden Flyers' third and fourth finishers, in 37th place and 38th place, respectively. Romeo was followed by freshman Josh Strough  (30:00) in 52nd place, sophomore Tim Rutan (30:01) in 53rd place, and sophomore Nick Spera (30:20) in 56th place.

Senior Caitlyn Parmelee finished in 13th place overall at the Empire 8 Championship meet to lead the women's cross country team to a third place finish. Parmelee completed the five-kilometer race in 19:23.

Ithaca claimed first place in the women's meet with a total team score of just 21 points. The Bombers finished with seven runners in the top-nine places to win the E8 title. RIT finished second with 48 points, followed by the Golden Flyers in third place with 85 points.

Freshman Kelsey Ryan (19:46) was Nazareth's second runner in 18th place. Sophomore Michelle Gillette (20:03) and freshman Kelsey Mash (20:05) were the Golden Flyers' third and fourth runners, finishing in 23rd place and 24th place, respectively.

Mash was followed by senior Shannon Bradley (20:11) in 28th place, junior Sarah Wilcox in 29th place, junior Samantha Hickok (20:28) in 34th place, and sophomore Jordan Knutsen (20:41) in 37th place. Junior Jacquelyn Brambley (21:08) finished in 48th place, followed by freshman Christa Johnson (21:16) in 50th place, junior Jessica Goodrich (21:18) in 51st place, and freshman Lauren Jamison (21:44) in 56th place.

Nazareth competes next at the NCAA Atlantic Regional meet, November 14th.

2009 Empire 8 All-Conference Awards
Runner of the Meet: Jared Burdick, RIT
Rookie of the Meet: David DeWan, Stevens

First Team All-Conference
Jared Burdick, sr. RIT
Mike Brindak, sr. RIT
Curt Bell, sr. Ithaca
Daniel Craighead, so. Ithaca
Zach Miller, jr. RIT
Scott Walker, sr. Ithaca
John Davis, jr. Ithaca

Second Team All-Conference
Nick Meeker, sr. RIT
Nick Lowe, sr. RIT
Mike Kurvach, so. RIT
Mike Hardbarger, sr. RIT
David DeWan, fr. Stevens
Tyler Gustafson, jr. Ithaca
Michael Bradley, so. RIT

Sportsman of the Year
Corey Smith, gr. Alfred
Justin Pedersen, jr. Hartwick
Scott Walker, sr. Ithaca
Tim Rutan, so. Nazareth
Mike Brindak, sr. RIT
Travis Heithoff, jr. Stevens
Joseph Geniti, jr. Utica