Brockport, NY – The men's and women's cross country teams are set to compete in the Connecticut College Invitational on Saturday, October 18^th. The competition consists of two 8k races for the men, the first starting at 10am and the second at 12pm. The two women's 6k races are set to start at 11am and 1pm. 

Live Results: https://live.pctiming.com/meets/57590  

Weekend Preview - The meet will feature a combined 28 nationally-ranked teams between the men's 8K and women's 6K races.

In the men's field, 34 schools will compete in the blue race, including 12 ranked in the most recent United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division III Coaches Poll. Six of the top 10 teams in the country will be in the field—#3 Johns Hopkins, #4 NYU, #7 SUNY Geneseo, #8 Williams, #9 Tufts, and #10 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps—along with #12 Amherst, #19 Lynchburg, #22 St. Olaf, #23 MIT, #26 Wesleyan, and #28 Middlebury.

The women's field is just as stacked, with nearly half of the schools ranked in the most recent USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Coaches Poll, including the host Camels. The field includes the top-5 teams in the country—#1 NYU, #2 Williams, #3 Johns Hopkins, #4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and #5 MIT—as well as #9 Carleton, #11 SUNY Geneseo, #12 Amherst, #13 Middlebury, #14 Washington & Lee, #18 Tufts, #19 Vassar, #26 St. Olaf, #27 Coast Guard and #29 Wesleyan. Of the 33 teams, 22 are currently ranked in the top 5 of their region.

Women's XC AOTW – On Monday, the Empire 8 announced Ethne Degan as the Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week following a dominating performance at the Houghton Highlander Invite over the weekend. In the 6k race, Degan crossed the finish line with a personal record of 22:12.2, good for a sixth-place overall spot out of 188 runners. 

Last Saturday Recap 

Men's Team – On Saturday at the Houghton Highlander Invitational, the men's team finished up in seventh place. 

Scoring first for the Golden Eagles and 42^nd overall was Thomas Canestrari, crossing the finish line at a time and personal record (PR) of 26:37.8. 

Taking second and 55^th overall at a mark of 26:51.6 (PR) was Kyle Deromanis. 

Colin Fletcher-Foster finished closely after in 57^th and clinched third for Brockport at a time of 26:53.2. 

Owen Arbocus finished up at 26:59.3, good for a PR, fourth for the Green and Gold and 62^nd overall. 

Finishing in 73^rd was Hayden Allington at a time of 27:21.9.

Benjamin Betrus and Patrick Allen finished up in 75^th and 76^th, with Betrus at 27:24.5 (PR) and Allen at 27:26.4. 

Women's Team – Following the invite, the women's team had a solid day clinching a third place spot. 

Ethne Degan showed out in the women's 6k race, finishing in sixth overall at a fast time of 22:12.2 (PR). 

Salma Moumen finished shortly after in 19^th, crossing the line at 22:56.3, good for a PR.

Taking third for the Golden Eagles and 23^rd overall was Sierra Basco at a mark of 23:18.3 (PR). 

Maeve Robarge followed shortly behind in 26^th and fourth for the Green and Gold with a time and PR of 23:29.0. 

Finishing in 31^st overall and fifth for Brockport was Esther Nankumba at 23:40.3 (PR). 

Vanessa Ramos crossed the finish just eight places later at 39^th from a time of 23:56.8 (PR).

Taking 50^th overall was Madison Kirkpatrick, finishing up at a time and PR of 24:09.5. 

Up Next – The Golden Eagles are set to take a week off and then will travel back to Houghton University for the Empire 8 Championships on Saturday, November 1^st.