Balbuena Breaks Program-Record for Wilkes Men's Cross Country at DeSales Invitational
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Freshman
Franco Balbuena (Wilkes-Barre, PA/Coughlin) finished second and shattered the previous 8k program record to help the Wilkes men's cross country team finish 10
th at the DeSales University Invitational on Saturday morning.
Full Results
Balbuena finished in 27:02 to beat the previous record of 27:47 set by
Jordan Lindley (Hunlock Creek, PA/Lake Lehman) at the MAC Championships last season.
Freshman
Matthew Houser (Hazleton, PA/Hazleton) (38
th, 28:43), freshman
Kevin Singhel (Athens, PA/Athens Area) (62
nd, 29:32), freshman
Nicholas Moullette (Pompton Lakes, NJ/Pompton Lakes) (69
th, 29:57), freshman
Ryan Weber (West Haven, CT/West Haven) (71
st, 30:04), freshman
Brandon Ver-Non (Peckville, PA/Valley View) (79
th, 30:34), and junior
Kendrick Schell (Northampton, PA/Northampton) (80
th, 30:42) rounded out the Colonels finishers.
Wilkes is back in action on Saturday when it travels to Glassboro, N.J. for the Inter-regional Border Battle hosted by Rowan University.