Tartans Take Title at Lock Haven River Run Invite

(LOCK HAVEN, Pa.) – A strong team performance in which five runners finished in the top 10 led the Carnegie Mellon University men's cross country team to the title of the Lock Haven University River Run Invite on Saturday, September 22. The victory marks the first for the team this season as they were second a week ago at Slippery Rock University.

Junior Josh Newby (Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto) and senior Evan Gates (Pittsburgh, Pa./Thomas Jefferson) finished second and third in times of 25:15.00 and 25:20.40, respectively, to lead the Tartans.

Sophomore George Degan (Madison, Wis./West) was third to cross the finish line for the Tartans as he did in sixth place in 25:57.30. Behind Degan in seventh place was junior Ken Murphy (Carlisle, Pa./Cumberland Valley) in a time of 26:02.40. Fellow junior Adam Cantini (Kennett Square, Pa./Unionville) crossed the line ninth overall in a time of 26:08.80.

The final two top seven finishers for the Tartans were junior Brendan O'Hara (Chicago, Ill./Latin School of Chicago) and senior Billy Littlefield (Wellesley, Mass./Wellesley). Their finishes of 19th and 21st, respectively helped ensure the Tartans win over Lock Haven who's fifth finisher was 20th.

The Tartans will have a weekend off before hosting the Carnegie Mellon Invite on Saturday, October 6 at 1:45 p.m.