LETCHWORTH STATE PARK, N.Y. – The SUNY Geneseo men's cross country team won the championship race at the 44th Mike Woods Geneseo XC Invitational, edging RPI 55-60 in the 8k race.

Emerson Comer won the individual title, crossing the line in 24:58.7. James Tette, Thomas Blake, and Collin Brown followed in seventh, ninth, and 11th with times of 25:21.3, 25:22.6, and 25:28.5. Mike Taranto rounded out the scoring five in 27th, finishing in 25:58.1. Jake Gaudette and Pierce Young served as displacers, placing 37th and 47th in 26:23.9 and 26:47.8.

Geneseo finished ahead of RPI, NYU, Carnegie Mellon, and Amherst in a 19-team field.

The Knights are next in action on October 31 at the Empire 8 Championship, hosted by Sage in Troy, N.Y.