GLASSBORO, NJ – Franco Balbuena (Wilkes-Barre, PA/Coughlin) broke his own record smashing the previous school record by over a minute as the Wilkes University Men's Cross Country team finished 39^th of 43 teams at the Rowan Border Clash Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

Full Results
 
Wilkes finished with 1221 total team points in the 8k race with 383 combined runners.
 
Balbuena shaved over a minute off his previous school mark finishing in 142^nd place with a time of 25:40. Nicholas Moullette (Pompton Lakes, NJ/Pompton Lakes) followed with his personal-best time of 28:00 for 259^th place and the fourth fastest time in school history.
 
Kevin Singhel (Athens, PA/Athens Area) finished in 264^th place with a time of 28:20, the eighth fastest time in school history. Kendrick Schell (Northampton, PA/Northampton) came in at 29:35 for 277^th place while Alan Sebastianelli (Archbald, PA/Valley View) crossed the line at 29:53 for 279^th place.
 
Jason Montemuro (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe) (282^nd/30:47) and Brandon Ver-Non (Peckville, PA/Valley View) (286^th/31:45) rounded out the Colonel finishers at the event.
 
Wilkes returns to the course Friday competing in the LVC Last Chance Run hosted by Lebanon Valley College at 4:30 p.m.