Women's individual results | Women's team scoring l Men's individual results | Men's team scoring
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Golden Flyers' women's cross country team finished sixth of 13 teams at Saturday's Yellowjacket Invitational at Genesee Valley Park. Nazareth's men's team finished the Invitational in 10th-place. Sophomore Gabrielle LeBihan was Nazareth's top overall finisher as she completed the six-kilometer course with a 14th-place finish in 23:35. Senior Matt Fedrizzi was the top finisher for the Golden Flyers in the men's eight-kilometer race as he placed 36th overall in 27:24.

Ithaca won the women's Invitational with a five-runner score of 45 points. Host Rochester was second with 54 points, followed by Denison with 74 points. The Golden Flyers finished sixth with a total of 192 points. The Bombers had two runners in the top five and all five of their scorers in the top 14. Rochester, meanwhile, had five runners in the top 16.

Freshman Emily Thompson was Nazareth second runner to cross the finish line as she placed 24th with a time of 23:58. Finishing third for the Golden Flyers was graduate student Lauren Jamieson in 37th place (24:26). Senior Lauren Heitzhaus and junior Kassandra Lathrop rounded out Nazareth's top five. Heitzhaus was 75th with a time of 25:40, and Lathrop was 87th with a time of 25:56.

Junior Meleana Spera (26:11.8) and freshman Jamie DiSalvo (26:11.9) collected consecutive finishes in 97th and 98th, place, respectively. Freshman Kelly Maloney (26:28) placed 106th overall, followed by sophomore Blair Meeson (26:44) in 111th place. Junior Victoria Burchill (27:59) placed 131st, and freshman Alycia Andolina (29:22) placed 144th.

In the men's meet, the Yellowjackets claimed the top spot with only 20 total points. Rochester took the top three overall spots and finished with runners in six of the top nine places. Ithaca took second with 58 team points while Denison was third with 98 total points. The Golden Flyers finished 10th with a score of 263.

Freshman Jacob Murray was Nazareth's second finisher in 77th-place with a time of 28:36. Classmate Ethan Osborne finished nine places later in 28:52. Sophomore Patrick Neureuter and freshman Matt Battaglia rounded out the top-five for the Golden Flyers in 105th and 111th, respectively. Neureuter finished in 29:56, and Battaglia's time was 30:09.

Moments later, freshman Thomas Lannon (30:23) finished in 111th-place. Senior Zack Lafaver added a 130th-place finish with a time of 32:04.

Nazareth is in action again on September 28th when the Golden Flyers travel to Roberts Wesleyan for the Harry F. Anderson Invitational.