Josh Strough and Michelle Gillette competed for Nazareth Saturday

Women's Cross Country

Nazareth places 5th at Roberts Wesleyan

Men's results | women's results
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Nazareth's women's cross country team turned in a fifth-place finish Saturday at the Harvey F. Anderson Invitational hosted by Roberts Wesleyan.

Sophomore Kelsey Ryan set the pace for the Golden Flyers on the 5-kilometer layout as she finished in 10th place individually with a time of 20:02.82. Nazareth finished with 102 team points. University of Buffalo won the meet with 44 points, followed by Rochester (60), Gannon (87) and Mercyhurst (98).

After Ryan, Nazareth's next four finishers were bunched together in places 21, 22, 24 and 25. Freshman Katie Piechowiak ran 20:37.13, followed by sophomore Kelsey Mash (20:39.15); freshman Bethany Althaus (2:41.51) and junior Michelle Gillette (20:47.08).

The Golden Flyers finished fourth in the men's race with 111 points. They trailed only Rochester (17), Mercyhurst (70) and Gannon (77) and were two points in front of Roberts Wesleyan (113).

Senior Matt Morales finished in fifth place on the 8-kilometer terrain in 26:49.35 -- 17 seconds behind the winner, Yuji Wakimoto of Rochester.

Nazareth also had junior Peter Fekete in 25th place (27:36.68); junior Tim Rutan in 36th place (28:30.43); sophomore Josh Strough in 48th place (29:27.31): and freshman Jake Lafaver in 53rd place (30:59.80).
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