LOGAN TOWNSHIP, NJ - The State University of New York at New Paltz cross country team(s) were in action this morning at the Border Battle hosted by fellow NJAC member Rowan University. The men ran an 8k and women a 6k at Dream Park located just east of Philadelphia. The previous two days rain made for challenging conditions for the runners with mud and water pockets throughout the course. The men came in thirteenth out of nineteen teams in the championship race. The women finished eighteenth out of twenty teams in their championship race.

Luca Maneri led the men's team with a sixth-place finish in a time of 27:05.9 on the mud filled and waterlogged 8k course. Corbin Smith finished ninety-first with a time of 29:50.4. Evan Miller and Anthony Willis followed in one hundred fourteenth and one hundred sixteenth place(s) and time(s) of 30:30.9 and 30:34.0, respectively. Langston Comer rounded out the Hawks' scoring five in one hundred eighteenth place with a time of 30:36.7. Mike Harbord and Aiden Hesseltine finished as the Hawks' displacers in one hundred twenty-second and one hundred thirty-first place(s) with times of 30:54.1 and 31:37.4, respectively.

Orquidea Briceno finished thirty-third overall to lead the Hawks in a time of 24:05.6 on the mud and water filled 6k course. Alexandra Swink finished next for the Hawks in one hundred thirty-ninth place with a time of 27:59.8. Olivia Kruppo finished next in one hundred forty-seventh place with a time of 28:50.8. Juliana Vanorden finished in one hundred forty-eighth place with a time of 28:57.1. Adelyn Ameigh-Coggen finished in one hundred fifty-second place with a time of 29:06.6 to close out the scoring five for the Hawks. Jaelyn Gort, in her 6k debut, and Nicolina Masotti finished as the Hawks displacers in one hundred fifty-ninth and one hundred sixty-seventh place(s) with times of 29:48.0 and 31:59.0 respectively.

Today's meet marked the end of the Hawks regular season slate of meets. The cross country team(s) will be off next weekend before returning to action on Saturday, October 31 for their first NJAC Championships hosted by The College of New Jersey on their campus in Ewing, NJ.

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