HOUGHTON, N.Y. — The Keuka College Men's Cross Country team took on the Houghton Highlander Invitational at the Field of Dreams XC Course on Saturday, and seven of the nine Wolves in the lineup came home with new personal-best 8K times.
Keuka finished 13th in the 13-team field with a score of 415 and an average team time of 31:44.3, more than two minutes faster than the Wolves' average at the SUNY Poly Wildcat Invitational two weeks ago. RIT took the team title with 59 points, ahead of Kenyon (67), Lock Haven (78) and Brockport (87).
Houghton Highlander Invitational – 8K
Lead Wolf: First-year
Josh Christ led the Green and Gold, crossing 155th in a field of 185 runners in 30:43.6. Christ topped his previous personal best time in the 8K by nearly three minutes.
Rest of the Pack: 158.
Brodie Wood – 30:49.3
164.
Alston Hernandez – 31:38.1
168.
Robert Graziano – 32:09.4
175.
Garrett Fleming – 33:20.9
181.
Collin Gray – 37:09.6
182.
Riley VanDerVoort – 37:10.2
184.
Jacob Coluci – 42:31.3
185.
Dom Key – 42:55.9
KC Notes:
- Seven Wolves set new personal-best 8K times: Christ (2:58.4 faster), Riley VanDerVoort (2:35.8), Robert Graziano (1:08.3), Collin Gray (59.5 seconds), Brodie Wood (38.1 seconds), Alston Hernandez (20.1 seconds) and Jacob Coluci (6.7 seconds).
- Saturday was the first career 8K for first-year Dom Key.
- Keuka's average team time of 31:44.3 ranks as the fifth-fastest 8K team average in program history.
- Keuka's team score of 415 was built on Christ, Wood, Hernandez, Graziano and Fleming; Gray and VanDerVoort ran as the team's displacers.
- Saturday marked the seventh time Keuka has competed in the Houghton Highlander Invitational. The Wolves' best team finish at the meet is 8th, set in 2016 with a score of 197, and the top individual finish is 15th by Alex Pollinger in 2014, who ran 29:16.2.
Up Next for Keuka College: The Wolves are back in action on Saturday, Oct. 17, as they travel to the HWS Warner-Fleury Invitational at Seneca Lake State Park in Geneva, N.Y. The race is set to begin at 12 p.m.
