Men take second, women third at Battle in Beantown

Friday, September 26

Boston, MA

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Syracuse University

Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown

Men take second, women third at Battle in Beantown

9/26/2014 4:46:00 PM | Cross Country

Martin Hehir and Jessie Petersen lead the Orange

The Syracuse men finished second and the women took third in the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown on Friday.

RESULTS: Men | Women

The No.8 'Cuse men placed nine runners in the top-25 and totaled 52 points, falling to No. 1 Oregon who took the meet with 24 points. The No. 14 women put five runners inside of the top-40 en route to a third-place finish with 134-points.

No. 1 Michigan took the women's race with 55 points, followed by No. 5 Georgetown (77 points).

The Orange men were led by junior Martin Hehir, who finished fourth overall in the 8k race with a time of 24:31. Seniors Reed Kamyszek finished eighth (24:37) and Max Straneva took ninth (24:40) respectively.

Junior Dan Lennon (2:47/15th) and sophomore MJ Erb (24:49/16th) rounded out the 'Cuse scoring.
Freshman Justyn Knight took 20th in his collegiate debut and was the second freshman to cross the line at the meet with a time of 24:53, he was followed by Colin Bennie (24:55/23^rd), Ryan Urie (24:56/24^th) and Joel Hubbard (24:56/25^th) in the top-25 overall.

Senior Jessie Petersen was the top finisher for the Orange women, taking 10th with a time of 17:17) in the 5k race.

Margo Malone, who took 16th overall (17:25), with Sydney Leiher (17:47/31st), Maura Linde (17:54/38th) and freshman Haley Cutright (17:56/39th) rounding out the 'Cuse scoring.

SU will return to action on Oct. 17, when the team heads to the Wisconsin Meet of Champions, in Madison Wisconsin.