LETCHWORTH STATE PARK, NY – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's cross country team earned a runner-up finish among 19 teams in the Championship 8K race at the 44th Mike Woods Geneseo XC Invitational this afternoon.
Evan Lacey paced RPI with a third-place finish, completing the 8,000-meter course in 25:12.7.
Colin Goldschmidt gave the Engineers a second runner inside the top six, crossing in 25:19.0 to take sixth overall.
Thomas Manson and Sam Gunther finished back-to-back in 15th and 16th with times of 25:36.8 and 25:38.6, respectively.
Nathaniel McKee completed RPI's scoring five in 20th at 25:46.1, giving the Engineers a spread of just 33.4 seconds between their first and fifth finishers.
Brady Geisler followed closely in 23rd with a time of 25:52.0.
RPI continued to place runners throughout the front half of the field, as
Danny Gall finished 33rd in 26:12.2 and
Jack Czarnecki took 34th in 26:17.6. Dominic Pena crossed 39th in 26:31.2, followed by
Evan Morrow in 44th at 26:39.4 and Nicholas McAuley in 55th with a time of 26:59.4.
Joe Nuzzo rounded out the Engineers' competitors in the championship race, finishing in 28:07.8.
