NEWBURGH, NY – The Wilkes University men's cross country team performed well Saturday at the Mount Saint Mary College Invitational. The Colonels placed fourth of 28 teams at the 8k meet.

The Colonels scored 166 points to finish top five on the day. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy was the team champion with 71 points. A total of 258 runners took to the course.

John Zick (Middletown, NY/John S. Burke) finished 22^nd overall with a time of 30:27 to come in as the top Wilkes finisher. Noah Molina (Scranton, PA/West Scranton) was 24^th just one second behind Zick at 30:28. Seth Boyce (Hamburg, PA/Hamburg) placed 44^th with a time of 31:31 and Kevin Long (Goshen, NY/Goshen) was 49^th with a 31:48. Kevin Singhel (Athens, PA/Athens Area) was the final Colonels runner to count toward the team score with a 32:01 in 54^th place.

Alan Sebastianelli (Archbald, PA/Valley View) (64^th, 32:26), Dylan Corriere (Easton, PA/Wilson Area) (85^th, 33:22), Brandon Whitman (Mountain Top, PA/Crestwood) (123^rd, 35:06), Jason Montemuro (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe) (125^th, 35:16), Kaleb Hanson Richart (Wilkes-Barre, PA/Meyers) (140^th, 35:58), Colin Ahrensfield (Ashland, PA/North Schuylkill) (143^rd, 36:11), and Patrick Connors (Hanover Twp., PA/Hanover) (157^th, 37:00) rounded out the rest of the runners for Wilkes.

The fourth place finish matched the fourth place the Colonels recorded at the Aggie Open last season when there were 13 total teams.

The Colonels return to the course next Saturday at the DeSales Invitational in Center Valley, Pa. at 10:30 a.m.