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Hounds Race to 15th Place Finish at Rowan University Border Battle

Junior Josh Mangini comes into the finish line during the Paul Short Run at Lehigh University in September 2022. Photo by Cosmic Fox Media / Matthew Levine '11
Junior Josh Mangini comes into the finish line during the Paul Short Run at Lehigh University in September 2022. Photo by Cosmic Fox Media / Matthew Levine '11

LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. --- The Moravian University men's cross country team placed 15th of 35 schools in the Rowan University Border Battle at Gloucester County Dream Park Saturday. 

How It Happened

  • The Greyhounds scored 396 points while Rochester Polytechnic Institute won the race with 39 points
  • Moravian was the second of three Landmark Conference teams to finish the meet 

Moravian Results

  • Junior Josh Mangini was the top finisher for the Greyhounds as he took 68th of 306 runners in the championship race with a time of 26:14.2 on the 8,000-meter course
  • Fifth-year senior Shane Houghton was one spot behind Mangini in a time of 26:14.6 while sophomore Nathan Hajel placed 81st in 26:32.3
  • Rounding out Moravian's top five scorers were sophomore Jake Farrell, who finished 107th in a time of 26:53.0, and senior Liam Duffy, who was 112th in 26:58.1
  • Sophomore Geoffrey Kleinberg clocked in at 27:20.4 to place 154th while freshman Bryan Kerchner was five spots back in a time of 27:44.6. Junior Casey Frank took 181st in a time of 28:10.2, and he was followed by junior Brendon Ward, who ran 28:10.5, and freshman Joe Allegro, who placed 265th in a time of 30:54.2
  • Moravian also had six runners in the Open 8K race where the Greyhounds finished 14th of 17 teams with 366 points. Freshman William Cooper took 77th of 159 runners in a time of 29:30.9 while senior Christian Jancsarics was one spot back just a second behind Cooper. Freshman Jackson Gaffney placed 91st in a time of 29:55.5 while freshman John Breslin was 118th in 30:59.8. Sophomore Wyatt Poniktera finished 131st in a time of 31:55.5 while junior Paul Petre took 146th in 33:32.4

Up Next for the Greyhounds

  • Saturday, October 29 at 2022 Landmark Conference Championships hosted by Goucher College, 12:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, November 12 at 2022 NCAA Division III Metro Region Championships hosted by DeSales University, 12:15 p.m.