Tartans Finish Third and Fourth at Long-Short Invite

(CARLISLE, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon University men's cross country team traveled to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for the Dickinson College Long-Short Invitational on Saturday, September 20. The Tartans finished fourth in the long race (8k) and third in the short race (4k) as host Dickinson won the 8k and Division II Lock Haven won the 4k. The long race had 36 teams while the short race had 35.

In the 8k, sophomore Ryan Archer (Pittsburgh, Pa./Vincentian Academy) finished 13th overall in 26:28.26 while junior Brian Bollens (Pittsburgh, Pa./Pittsburgh Central Catholic) finished 21st in 26:49.86. Senior Josh Antonson (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) was 25th overall and the third Tartan to cross in a time of 26:56.22 as sophomore Justin Rodenburg (Erie, Colo./Peak to Peak) was 36th and senior Joe Pane (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) was 37th in times of 27:15.65 and 27:15.69.

In the 4k, senior George Degen (Madison, Wis./West) led the Tartan charge with a fifth-place finish in 12:03.92. Junior Marc-Daniel Julien (Skokie, Ill./Niles West) crossed the line in 13th place in 12:15.36 as junior Grant Langevin (Derry, N.H./Pinkerton Academy) was behind him in 25th place in 12:38.03. Sophomore Curtis Watro (Audubon, Pa./Methacton) was the fourth Tartan to finish the 4k race as he finished in 33rd in a time of 12:43.16.

The Tartans will now have two weeks off from racing before hosting their own invitational on Saturday, October 11, at 11:00 a.m.