GENEVA, N.Y. — The Keuka College Men's Cross Country team finished fifth of six scored teams at the HWS Warner-Fleury Invitational at Seneca Lake State Park on Saturday, with five Wolves setting new personal-best 8K times and the top four finishing within 8.7 seconds of one another.
Keuka posted a team score of 156 with an average time of 31:59.1 over the 8K course. Clarkson won the team title with 23 points, ahead of Hobart (61), Morrisville State (62) and SUNY-ESF (82), while the Wolves finished ahead of SUNY Canton (181).
HWS Warner-Fleury Invitational – 8K
Lead Wolf: First-year
Brodie Wood led the Green and Gold, crossing 42nd in a field of 67 runners in 30:49.5 — just 1.9 seconds ahead of teammate
Alston Hernandez.
Rest of the Pack: 43.
Alston Hernandez – 30:51.4
45.
Josh Christ – 30:54.8
46.
Robert Graziano – 30:58.2
62.
Collin Gray – 36:21.2
63.
Riley VanDerVoort – 38:23.5
64.
Jacob Coluci – 40:17.4
65.
Dom Key – 40:35.6
KC Notes:
- Five Wolves set new personal-best 8K times: Dom Key (2:20.3 faster), Jacob Coluci (2:13.9), Robert Graziano (1:11.2), Collin Gray (48.4 seconds) and Alston Hernandez (46.7 seconds).
- Keuka's top four runners — Brodie Wood, Alston Hernandez, Josh Christ and Robert Graziano — finished within 8.7 seconds of one another, from 30:49.5 to 30:58.2.
- Keuka's average team time of 31:59.1 ranks among the ten fastest 8K team averages in program history, the second straight week the Wolves have reached that mark.
- Keuka's team score of 156 was built on Wood, Hernandez, Christ, Graziano and Gray; VanDerVoort and Coluci ran as the team's displacers.
- Saturday marked the 14th time Keuka has competed in the HWS Invitational and the 27th time the Wolves have raced at Seneca Lake State Park, the most-run course in program history.
Up Next for Keuka College: The Wolves are back in action on Saturday, Oct. 24, as they travel to Clinton, N.Y., for the Hamilton College Tune-Up. The race is set to begin at 11:45 a.m.
