WATERFORD, CT – In a 34-team field featuring 11 nationally ranked teams, the TCNJ men's cross country team ran to an impressive 12^th-place finish.
 
Brandon Chen led the way for the Lions in the main race, finishing 25^th overall by completing the 8K course in 24:32.40. Next were Matt Granizo (45^th, 24:54.36), Kevin Matthews (84^th, 25:19.03), and Josh Santiago (92^nd, 25:26.57) to join Chen in the top-100. After that group of four, Evan Melito (119^th, 25:51.54) and Moksh Patwari (122^nd, 25:54.01) crossed the finish line. Phil Pace (169^th, 26:26.82) and Anthony Guarino (234^th, 27:32.57) completed the 8 TCNJ runners in the main race in which the Lions placed 12^th as a team.
 
TCNJ also had several runners competing in the overflow race. Sean Haggerty and Sawyer Stellitano led the way there, and placed within two tenths of a second from one another. Haggerty finished 29^th in 25:58.22 and Stellitano finished 20^th in 25:58.42; both of those times were PRs. Joining Haggerty and Stellitano in the top-100 were Simon Bernhardt (92^nd, 26:58.11) and Nate Kidwell (94^th, 26:59.69). Freshman Andrew Scalercio followed, finishing just outside of the top-100 in 115^th (27:18.95). Finally, Ryan Segalla finished 184^th in 28:00.53) as the Lions finished 8^th in the overflow race.
 
The men's cross country team's next competition will be in two weeks at the NJAC Championships on November 1.