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Men Take Second Place in Albany Invitational

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Di Nizzo, Curran place fourth and ninth, respectively for the Raiders

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October 19, 2002

ALBANY, N.Y. ‘ The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø University men’s cross country team finished second out of 22 teams at the Albany Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

Senior Louis Di Nuzzo (Loundonville, N.Y.) and freshman Sean Curran (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) finished 12 seconds apart in finishing in fourth and ninth place, respectively. Di Nuzzo ran the 8k event in 25:52.98 while Curran finished in 26:04.16.  Freshman Jake Krong (Amsterdam, N.Y.) finished in 16th place with a time of 26:31.45 while junior Xavier de Boissezon (Geneva, Switz.) took 23rd in a time of 26:47.26. Junior Travis Brooks (Oak Park, Ill.) rounded out the top 50 for the Raiders, placing 31st with a time of 26:59.03.

Greg Smith (53rd), Kyle Barrett (55th), Robert VanDine (66 th), Jeremy Wattles (96 th), Nate Rosenthal (120th), Andrew Bell (121st), Jon Barinholtz (128th), Adam Forman (136th) and Patrick McDermott (148th), rounded out the field of Raider runners.  

Marist College edged out the Raiders for first place finish with 82 points while 51³Ô¹ÏÍø placed second with 83.

The Raiders are back in action on Saturday, Nov. 2 when they travel to West Point, N.Y. to participate in the Patriot League Championships on the Army campus.

 

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Runners

Place Name Time
4 Louis Di Nuzzo 25:05.79
9 Sean Curran 26:03.16
16 Jake Krong 26:31.45
23 Xavier de Boissezon 26:47.26
31 Travis Brooks 26:59.03
53 Greg Smith 27:28.96
55 Kyle Barrett 27:29.90
66 Robert VanDine 27:42.56
95 Jeremy Wattles 28:13.19
120 Nate Rosenthal 28:41.28
121 Andrew Bell 28:41.82
128 Jon Barinholtz 28:47.11
136 Adam Forman 29:11.68
148 Patrick McDermott 29:50.96