Spartansburg, SC/Annandale-on-Hudson, NY - The Vassar College Men's Cross Country recorded two strong showings on Saturday morning as the Brewers scored a third place finish at the Fred Pavlich Invitational at Bard along with finishing seventh overall out of 13 teams at the NCAA Pre-National Invitational in South Carolina.

Pre-National Invitational

Vassar's Top Finishers

• Junior Sean Miller scored a top-10 finish to lead the way for Vassar as he crossed the finish line in eighth place out of 132 finishers with a time of 25:08.1.
• Junior Max Frazee earned a 27th place finish with a new career-best time of 25:42.2 along with first year Jay Borland tallying a 55th place finish in 26:53.1.
• First year Riley Magill recorded a 56th place mark with a time of 26:53.6 while senior Arlo Rucker finished in the top-70 in 27:09.7.
• First year Jack Brilliant turned in a time of 27:11.4, senior Davis Anderson crossed the finish line in 27:25.9 and first year Rafael Mellow-Bartels finished with a time of 27:51.7.

Team Scores

1. #6 North Central - 59 points
2. #17 Claremont Mudd-Scripps - 63 points 
3. #18 Washington & Lee - 82 points
4. #27 Case Western - 121 points
5. Pfeiffer - 156 points
6. Colby - 161 points
7. Vassar - 198 points
8. Berry - 199 points
9. Centre - 224 points
10. Oglethorpe - 246 points
11. St. Vincent - 317 points
12. Illinois Wesleyan - 345 points
13. Warren Wilson - 425 points

Fred Pavlich Invitational

Vassar's Top Finishers

• First year Maslen L'Esperance led the way with a eighth place finish out of 81 total finishers with a time of 28:28.0.
• First year Grey Fearon crossed the finish line in 12th place in 28:49.9 followed by classmate Lincoln Neiswender in 20th overall with a time of 29:51.5.
• Senior Mikhail Medina earned a top-30 finish with a mark of 30:41.1 and sophomore Zeke DeMercurio finished 37th overall in 31:58.1.
• Senior John Hurly finished in the top-45 with a time of 32:41.2

Team Scores

1. USMMA - 34 points
2. New Paltz - 42 points
3. Vassar - 91 points
4. St. Thomas Aquinas - 100 points
5. Hunter - 122 points
6. Bard - 140 points
7. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn - 205 points
8. Sarah Lawrence - 232 points
9. Lehman - 253 points

Up Next

• Vassar is off until Friday, October 3 when the Brewers will head to the prestigious Paul Short Run at Lehigh.