Men's Cross Country | 9/3/2021 10:29:00 PM
COMPLETE RESULTS
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – RIT sophomore
Daniel De Zutter (Upton, MA/Nipmuc Regional) finished fourth while freshman
Zachary Hall () placed ninth to lead the men's cross country team to third place out of seven teams at the Third-Annual St. John Fisher Terry Rodenbeck Invitational, Friday.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- De Zutter finished the six-kilometer course with a time of 19:40.7, just over eight seconds behind the winning runner.
- Hall crossed the finish line in 20:06.2, followed by freshman Matthew Chaikowsky (Bethlehem, PA/Saucon Valley) in 14th (20:13.7).
- Freshman Jacob Fricano (Syracuse, NY/Westhill) ran to a 24th-place finish (20:41.3), before sophomore Ben Russell (Des Moines, IA/Theodore Roosevelt) came across in 32nd (20:56.5) to complete the Tigers' top-five.
- Geneseo won the team competition with 32 points, followed by Nazareth (51), RIT (65), the host Cardinals (80), Rochester (138), Alfred (184) and SUNY Corning CC (219).
QUOTABLE
"We only entered our freshmen and sophomore runners in today's race, who have never competed for us," said head coach Dave Warth. "And boy did they run strong. This is a group of guys that really have a great upside and are going to be major contributors throughout the year. I really like the way they raced - they are very strong and determined. We had a lot of great kicks in the last 200 meters in a very nice team effort."
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT is schedule to compete next at the Yellowjacket Invitational, host by the University of Rochester at Genesee Valley Park on Saturday, Sept. 18, at 11:45 a.m.
