Lebanon, Pa. – With one week until the MAC Championship Meet, the Stevens Institute of Technology men's cross-country team finished sixth at the Last Chance Run Fast Invitational on Friday afternoon.
The Ducks competed against conference foes DeSales, Eastern, and host Lebanon Valley, as well as five Penn State branch campuses, among a handful of other schools primarily from Pennsylvania.
West Virginia Wesleyan totaled 53 points for the top spot, ahead of DeSales (65), Eastern (94), Lebanon Valley (102), and Penn College (132). The Ducks were next with 187 points, with PSU-Abington totaling 204 points, the only other school under 250.
HOW IT HAPPENED
All seven Ducks finished in close proximity to one another, with the five scoring runners finishing less than a minute apart and all seven competitors finishing less than two minutes apart.
Christopher Reyes was the team's top finisher, running 28:58.4 for 30th, less than a minute off a Top-20 finish and less than 45 seconds off a Top-25 finish. Colin Fisher took 33rd after running 29:13.4, Divyesh Narravula clocked 29:29.4, taking 39th, just ahead of Nelson VanMaaren (41st, 29:39.0), who in turn finished just ahead of Ryan Kropac, who claimed the final scoring spot, running 29:50.1 for 45th.
Just behind the quintet were Wesley Schlimer and Christian Garofano. Schlimer ran 30:03.0 for 45th and Garofano ran 30:44.3 for 51st.
Reyes, Fisher, Schlimer, and Garofano all set 8K personal bests - Kropac was less than five seconds off his PR.
UP NEXT
Stevenson hosts the MAC Championship meet next Friday, October 31. The women's race begins at 11 AM, while the men's race begins at 12 Noon.
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