Women's Results l Men's Results
HAMILTON, N.Y. -- The Nazareth women's and men's cross country teams kicked off their respective seasons at the Harry Lang Invitational Satuday. Junior Kelsey Ryan finished the 4.2 km women's race 15th overall with a time of 18:19 to lead the women's team.

Freshman Meleana Spera placed second for the Golden Flyers with a time of 19:22. Spera was followed by sophomores Lauren Heitzhaus (19:54) and Bethany Althaus (19:56) and junior Candice Colosi (20:09) in 29th, 30th, and 31st place, respectively.

Senior Katie Mutter finished sixth for the Golden Flyers and was followed by eight consecutive Nazareth runners. Mutter placed 36th overall with a time of 20:36, followed by freshman Michaela Gildemeyer (20:47), senior Michelle Gillette (21:24), freshman Kassandra Lathrop (21:30), sophomore Mary Losito (21:38), junior Kayla Murphy (21:44), freshman Nicole Greer (22:08), junior Crista Johnson (22:12), and Kirsten Schoenborn# (22:50).

In the men's 6.4 km meet, sophomore Matt Fedrizzi and senior Tim Rutan placed back-to-back in 28th and 29th place, respectively. Fedrizzi finished with a time of 23:40, which was 14 seconds ahead of Rutan.

Placing third for the Golden Flyers was junior Josh Strough, who finished with a time of 24:52. Sophomore Jake Lafaver placed 37th (25:33) while senior Dan Polino rounded out Nazareth's top five in 40th place (26:25).

The Golden Flyers are in action again September 10th when they compete at the Hamilton Invitational.