Poughkeepsie, NY - The Vassar College Men's Cross Country team scored a runner-up finish out of 12 scoring teams in the first meet of the season at the Fred Pavlich Invitational on the campus of Bard College. Senior Sean Miller led the way with an eighth place individual finish as three Brewers finished in the top-10.

VASSAR'S FINISHERS

• Miller registered an eighth place finish with a time of 16:37.9 followed by first year Anis Abidar tallied a ninth place finish in 16:39.2.
• Senior Max Frazee posted a 10th place finish with a mark of 16:42.1 along with sophomore Jay Borland in 20th position with a time of 17:03.4.
• Sophomore Rafael Mellow-Bartels notched a 25th place finish with a time of 17:22.5 while first year Wyatt Powers crossed the finish line in 37th place with a mark of 17:56.9.
• Sophomore Riley Magill turned in a top-40 finish with a time of 17:59.6 followed by sophomore Lincoln Neiswender in the top-45 in 18:10.2.
• Sophomore Ethan Spritzer added a 46th place finish in 18:14.6, sophomore Maslen L'Esperance notched a top-50 finish with a time of 18:15.5 and first year Nick Akita rounded out the Vassar finishers with a top-55 finish in 18:27.2.

TEAM SCORES

1. RPI - 23 points
2. Vassar - 60 points
3. Union - 93 points
4. New Paltz - 112 points
5. Western New England - 166 points
6. St. Thomas Aquinas - 167 points
7. Hudson Valley CC - 173 points
8. Bard - 202 points
9. Brooklyn College - 259 points
10. Baruch - 317 points
11. Hunter - 329 points
12. Lehman - 360 points

UP NEXT

• Vassar hosts its lone meet of the season at the Preserve on Saturday, September 12th for the Ron Stonitsch Invitational with races beginning at 10:00 a.m.