Women's Cross Country | 10/10/2015 6:44:00 PM

Men's Overall  l  Men's Team  l  Women's Overall  l  Women's Team

PITTSBURGH, N.Y. – The Nazareth College cross country teams traveled out of New York state Saturday to take part in the Carnegie Mellon Invitational.  The women's team raced to an eighth place finish, while the men came in 12^th place.

For the women, Gabrielle LeBihan was the frontrunner, finishing the 5-kilometer course in 19:28.5 for a 22^nd place finish.  Kimmy Lovett had a strong race a well coming in 41^st place in a time of 19:57.2.   Robin Wagner came through in a time of 20:24.9 (50^th place), while Jamie DiSalvo crossed in 20:34.6 (56^th place).  Nazareth's final scorer was Eileen Shea who finished in 21:20.6 for 72^nd place.  Also competing for Nazareth were Claire Ludington (21:26 .0 – 74^th place) and Blair Meeson (21:49.0 – 85^th place).

On the men's side, Kevin Witt led the way finishing the 8-kilometer course in 27:43.8 for a 5:33 mile pace and a 42^nd place finish.  Senior Patrick Neureuter was next in line for the Golden Flyers at 28:45.9 (69^th place).  Matt Battaglia finished in 29:00.3 to earn 72^nd place, while Jack Wessel was the fourth scoring runner at 29:21.0 (78^th place).  Tom Lannon rounded out the scoring with a time of 30:23.0 for 95^th place.  Kris Newell and Jacob Murray finished in 31:46.7 and 31:50.0 for 103^rd and 104^th place, respectively.

Nazareth will have a week off before taking part in the NYSCTC meet at Hamilton College on October 24^th.