Lauren Jamieson was third for the Golden Flyers

Women's Cross Country

Golden Flyers race at Pre-Regional meet

Women place 14th; Men finish 16th

Women's results l Men's results
GENESEO, N.Y. -- Nazareth's women's and men's cross country teams traveled to Letchworth Park on Saturday to compete at the Pre-Regional meet. Sophomore Gabrielle LeBihan was the first Golden Flyer to finish in the women's 6-kilometer race. She finished 24th with a time of 22:57. Senior Matt Fedrizzi was first to finish for the men's team as he placed 65th with a time of 27:03 in the 8-kilometer race.

Geneseo took the women's title with a total score of 55 points as they had five runners finish in the top 16 places. Laurentian was second with 99 points, and Vassar was third with 135 team points.

Freshman Emily Thompson finished second for Nazareth in 57th-place with a time of 23:44. Following Thompson was graduate student Lauren Jamieson in 97th-place (24:26) and sophomore Blair Meeson in 154th-place (25:13). Junior Michaela Gildemeyer rounded out the Golden Flyers' top five in 171st with a time of 25:38. Freshman Jamie DiSalvo finished one place behind Gildemeyer with time of 25:39.

Moments after DiSalvo finished, junior Kassandra Lathrop crossed the line in 179th-place. Lathrop's time was 25:51. Junior Meleana Spera was the next Golden Flyer to finish as she placed 191st (26:10). Freshman Kelly Maloney (26:44) and junior Victoria Burchill (28:09) also finished 211th and 239th, respectively.

In the men's meet, Geneseo took first with a total team score of 34 points. The Knights finished with four runners in the top six places to win the meet. Rochester finished second with 112 points as they edged Vassar, who tallied 117 points.

Freshman Jacob Murray was the second Nazareth runner to cross the finish line as he took 160th with a time of 28:46. Classmate Ethan Osborne finished nine places later with a time of 28:56. Sophomore Patrick Neureuter finished 196th (29:40), just three places ahead of senior Jake Lafaver (29:48).

Freshmen Matt Battaglia and Thomas Lannon were the sixth and seventh finishers for Nazareth. Battaglia placed 208th (29:57), and Lannon was 217th (30:33). Senior Zack Lafaver was just behind Lannon as he placed 221st with a time of 30:42.

The Golden Flyers race again on October 12th when they travel to Clinton, N.Y. for the Airfield Invitational.
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