Men's Cross Country | 11/4/2021 9:45:20 AM
St. John Fisher College senior Grant Stokoe was named Empire 8 Runner of the Meet for the second consecutive season, as the conference unveiled its 2021 Men’s Cross Country All-Conference selections on Thursday, November 4.
Stokoe used a late kick to win his second consecutive individual title at the 2021 Empire 8 Cross Country Championships the Washington County Fairgrounds on October 30. He won the race by just under four seconds in a time of 25:39.5 over the 8,000-meter course.
The Empire 8 first, second and third team selections were determined at the championship meet on October 30. The top-seven finishers earned first team honors, while finishers 8-14 garnered second team accolades and finishers 15-21 were third team picks. Houghton senior Dave Russo, Nazareth junior Nathan McNally and St. John Fisher seniors Andrew Ford and Stokoe all earned Empire 8 first team honors for the third time in their collegiate careers. Nazareth’s Nathan Bowers and St. John Fisher’s Ethan Billings were repeat selections.
2021 Empire 8 Men’s Cross Country All-Conference Selections
Empire 8 First Team
Dave Russo, Sr., Houghton
Nathan Bowers, Jr., Nazareth
Cade Eells, Fr., Nazareth
Nathan McNally, Jr., Nazareth
Ethan Billings, So., St. John Fisher
Andrew Ford, Sr., St. John Fisher
Grant Stokoe, Sr., St. John Fisher
Empire 8 Second Team
Dillon Bell, Gr., Houghton
Seth Greene, So., Houghton
Matt Reimann, So., Nazareth
Josh Tomaka, Sr., Nazareth
Kenny Williams, So., Nazareth
Nick Ferri, Fr., St. John Fisher
Adam Yeager, Sr., St. John Fisher
Empire 8 Third Team
Dylan Beckhorn, Sr., Houghton
Michael Brown, Gr., Nazareth
Jake Suddaby, Sr., Nazareth
Lucas Sharron, Jr., Nazareth
Ryan Allen, Sr., St. John Fisher
Myles Andersen, Jr., St. John Fisher
Riley Nash, So., St. John Fisher
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