Men’s Cross Country Completes Rider Invitational

Friday, September 15

Pennington, NJ

5:45 PM

Rutgers University

Rider Invitational

Men’s Cross Country Completes Rider Invitational

Sep 15 | Men's Cross Country

Full Results

Dom Munson’s sixth place finish leads the Scarlet Knights

PENNINGTON, N.J. (Sept. 15, 2017) – Rutgers men's cross country placed third of six teams at Friday's Rider Invitational on the 8,000-meter course at Rosedale Park.

With all five Rutgers point scorers in the top 20, the Scarlet Knights scored 65 points. That was 13 points behind St. Joseph's, the team ranked one spot ahead of RU in this week's TFCCCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Rankings. Temple won the team competition with 20 points on the strength of five places in the top eight.

Junior Dom Munson led Rutgers for the first time this season, crossing the line in sixth place overall out of 79 harriers with a time of 25:07.11, his fastest 8K of the season. In fact, all 10 Rutgers finishers ran their best 8,000 time of 2017 at the Rider Invitational.

Junior Conor Murphy and sophomore Cole Pschunder were next in 11^th and 12^th places with respective times of 25:25.99 and 25:27.26. Freshman Patrick Walsh has now scored points for RU in his first three collegiate races, including the 16^th place time of 25:46.82 at Rosedale. Senior Luke Wiley topped off the point scoring with his 20^th place finish in 26:00.44.

Freshmen Genaro Anzalone (27^th), Billy Hill (30^th) and Tom Holster (48^th) all established new personal records in the 8K early in their collegiate careers.

The Scarlet Knights enjoy an off week before returning to the trails on Sept. 29 for the annual Paul Short Run at Lehigh University's Goodman Campus.

Team Results
1. Temple - 20
2. St. Joseph's (Pa.) - 52
3. Rutgers - 65
4. Rider - 117
5. Niagara - 157
6. Cumberland CC – 179

Rutgers Results
6. Dom Munson - 25:07.11
11. Conor Murphy - 25:25.99
12. Cole Pschunder - 25:27.26
16. Patrick Walsh - 25:46.82
20. Luke Wiley - 26:00.44
27. Genaro Anzalone - 26:29.64
30. Billy Hill - 26:32.38
31. Trent Brinkofski - 26:32.83
40. Andrew Comito - 26:57.32
48. Tom Holster - 27:24.01

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