Wilkes Men's Cross Country Finishes 13th at Dickinson Long-Short
CARLISLE, Pa. – The Wilkes University men's cross country team finished 13
th out of 22 teams at the Dickinson Long-Short Invitational with 151 points on Saturday morning.
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Franco Balbuena (Wilkes-Barre, PA/Coughlin) led the way for the Colonels, finishing 33
rd overall with a time of 27:26.0, the fourth best 8k time in program history. Balbuena now holds the top five times and eight of the top-10.
Noah Molina (Scranton, PA/West Scranton) (78
th, 28:57.9),
Kevin Long (Goshen, NY/Goshen) (29:29.7),
Kevin Singhel (Athens, PA/Athens Area) (99
th, 30:14.7), and
Ryan Weber (West Haven, CT/West Haven) (30:45.8) rounded out the scorers for Wilkes.
The Colonels also had a handful of runners finish the 4k race, with
Blade Tirado (Closter, NJ/North Valley ) (42
nd, 13:27.6),
Alan Sebastianelli (Archbald, PA/Valley View) (77
th, 14:13.5),
Kendrick Schell (Northampton, PA/Northampton) (86
th, 14:22.2),
Killian Sloan (Bridgeton, NJ/Cumberland Regional) (96
th, 14:43.3),
Jason Montemuro (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe) (100
th, 14:48.2), and
Colin Ahrensfield (Ashland, PA/North Schuylkill) (114
th, 15:37.6) finishing for Wilkes.
The Colonels return to action on Saturday when they head to Center Valley, Pa. for the DeSales Invitational starting at 11:15 a.m.