SUNY COBLESKILL MENS X-COUNTRY PLACES FIFTH AT 2023 HAMILTON COLLEGE INVITATIONAL

Clinton, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill men’s cross country team posted a team score of 118 points to place fifth in an eight-team field at the 2023 Hamilton College Invitational hosted by the Continentals on their campus course.

On a day when wind, rain and mud made course conditions less than ideal the Fighting Tigers saw the sophomore class lead the way as sophomore Nik Recore, Peru, N.Y., Peru High School, placed 17th overall in the field of 77 runners by covering the saturated 8000-meter loop in a time of 28:38.6, followed by fellow second-year performers Jacob Rhinesmith, Sommerset, N.J., Nation Ford High School (S.C.), who finished in 24th place in 28:59.3 and Vladamire Sheehan, Windsor, N.Y., Windsor High School, who placed 30th overall in 29:16.3.

The team scoring was rounded out by first-year runner Aiden Smedstad, Athens, N.Y., Coxsackie-Athens High School, who placed 35th overall in 29:32.3 and sophomore Daniel Jaffin, Woodbury, Conn., Nonnewaug High School, who finished in 48th place in 31:10.6.

The Fighting Tigers will next be in action on Saturday October 14 when they travel to Springfield, Mass for the 2023 Golden Bear Invitational hosted by Western New England University beginning at 10:30 a.m.