The Vikings’ Eric Young (Shaker, Latham) was the overall individual winner, defeating 111 runners with a time of 20:01. Young missed the course record by five seconds.
Other notables were Devon Sedgwick (Shaker, Latham), who came in fifth place with a time of 20:58, and David Degon (Ballston Spa, Aiken, SC), who ran 21:44 which was good enough for 16th place.
The women did not compete as a team, but had some impressive individual showings that included Amanda Slyer (Averill Park, Troy), who came in 17th out of 90 runners with a time of 23:35 and Nicole Dootz (Bethlehem, Feura Bush), whose time of 23:47 was good enough for 29th place.
Both teams look to continue their success when they race in the Cobleskill Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 11 at 11 a.m.
The men’s and women’s cross-country teams competed in the SUNY-IT Invitational on Sept. 4 with the men coming away with first place out of 10 colleges.
Published: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 by d.renfrew