Men's Cross Country | 10/29/2022 6:39:00 PM
HOUGHTON, NY – Nazareth College used a dominant team performance to win its third consecutive Empire 8 Cross Country title, as the Golden Flyers earned victory at the 2022 Empire 8 Men’s Cross Country Championship at Field of Dreams Park on the campus of Houghton University on Saturday, October 29. St. John Fisher junior Ethan Billings won the individual title, recording a time of 25:42.0 over the 8,000-meter course.
The Golden Flyers had seven of the top nine finishers to win the team title with a score of 23 points, St. John Fisher finished second with a team score of 56 points, while host Houghton placed third with 62 points. Utica University finished fourth with 107, while Alfred University placed fifth. Keuka College and Medaille University rounded out the team scoring.
Billings used a strong brush over the final 1,000-meters to win by six seconds over Nazareth's Nathan Bowers, who finished second overall for the third straight year in 25:48.2, two seconds ahead of teammate Matt Reimann, who placed third. Sophomore Caleb Kasper of Houghton placed fourth overall in a time of 26:02.8, while Nazareth' sophomore Cade Eells, the 2021 E8 Rookie of the Year, rounded out the top-five.
Nazareth claimed the next four spots to ensure the win. Senior Nathan McNally was sixth overall in 26:11.2, while freshman Joey Everts was the top finisher among first-year runners, placing seventh. Everts' classmate Antonio Benitez and sophomore Ethan Kenyon placed eighth and ninth, respectively.
The All-Conference selections will be announced in early November. Runners who finished first through seventh will be All-E8 first team selections, while runners who finished 8-14 are second team selections and the 15th-21st place finishers will be third team selections.
Runners will be action on November 12 at the NCAA Atlantic Region Championships at Genesee Valley Park in Rochester, NY.
TEAM RESULTS
Nazareth – 23
St. John Fisher – 56
Houghton – 62
Utica – 107
Alfred – 145
Keuka – 190
Medaille – 209
Empire 8 Runner of the Meet: Ethan Billings, Jr., St. John Fisher
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