GENEVA, N.Y. – The SUNYIT Men's Cross Country Team turned in an impressive third-place performance amidst a strong 17-team field at the CCOC Championships at Seneca Lake Park, N.Y. on Saturday. The Wildcats trailed only Clarkson and SUNY-ESF en route to their fourth Top-3 finish of the season. 

Freshman phenom Derek Struck (Know, N.Y. / Berne-Knox-Westerlo) led the Wildcats in eighth place, finishing the 8k race in 27:36.55, just forty seconds off the first-place pace of Hartwick senior John Stuligross, who picked up the win for the fourth-place finishing Hawks.

Following Struck, it was the Wildcats' consistency that propelled the team to third place, as SUNYIT's second through fourth finishers all placed between 20^th and 30^th.

Veteran Dylan Parry (Voorheesville, N.Y. / Voorheesville) led the charge, placing 20^th with a time of 28:20.62, and freshman Sean Reynolds (East Berne, N.Y. / Berne-Knox-Westerlo) was hot on his heels in 23^rd place, finishing with a time of 28:25.09.

Rounding out the scoring five for the Wildcats were Cody Russell (Fonda, N.Y. / Fonda) in 28^th place, and Chris Wicks (Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker) in 44^th.

The Wildcats will now have a week off before traveling back to Penn St.-Abington for the NEAC Championships on Saturday, October 27^th at noon. Stay tuned to the men's cross country webpage for more information on the event.