ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The SUNY Geneseo men's cross country team won the Empire 8 Championship on Saturday, Nov. 1 after placing six runners inside the top-10 at the championship race. The victory marks the Knights second Empire 8 title in as many years, and 11th-straight conference championship.
James Tette was the top runner for Geneseo in the race, finishing second overall with a time of 25:58.4. Following Tette was
Thomas Blake (26:07.6), Connorr Hitt (26:22.7),
Anson Butler (26:24.2), and
Kole Owens (26:32.1) in fourth through seventh place, respectively.
Owen Willard rounded out the Knights inside the top-10 with a time of 26:51.9 in ninth place, while
Owen Murphy and
Mario Verruto both placed inside the top-15 with times of 27:11.9 and 27:15.1, respectively.
The Knights won the race with 24 points, while Utica placed second at 72 and Houghton third with 82.
See the full results from the race here.
Geneseo will race at the Niagara Region Championship, hosted by RIT, on Saturday, Nov. 15.
