Orange Men Win Spiked Shoe; Stoner and Tooker Take 2nd

Friday, September 8

University Park, PA

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Syracuse University

Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational

Orange Men Win Spiked Shoe; Stoner and Tooker Take 2nd

9/8/2017 12:55:00 PM | Cross Country

The No. 3 Syracuse men's cross country team took the team title at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational for the second-straight season, while the women finished third behind Penn State and Georgetown, but ahead of ACC foe Pitt.

Aidan Tooker and Paige Stoner were the runners up for the men and women respectively in their season debuts to lead the way for the Orange.

Full Results: Men | Women

Tooker was one of three competitors to run the 5.2 mile course at under a five-minute pace, crossing the line in 25:50, just four seconds behind winner Colin Abert of Penn State. Kevin James finished fourth overall, one week after winning the Harry Lang Invitational, finishing in 26:14. Joe Dragon (26:14), Dominic Hockenbury (26:18) and Simon Smith (26:25) rounded out the 'Cuse scoring in sixth, eighth and 11th respectively.

Stoner's mark of 21:10 led the way for the Orange, just three seconds behind the Nittany Lions' Jillian Hunsberger for the overall win. Freshman Julien Webster (21:34) finished in ninth overall, with Shannon Malone (21:49/13th), Madeleine Davison (21:53/16th) and Rachel Bonner (22:24/27th) also scored for 'Cuse.

The races were scored as duals, with the Orange men winning all-five of their matchups. The closest contest was a 26-29 win over Penn State. The women were narrowly edged by No. 11 Penn State (31-24) and No. 26 Georgetown (32-25) at the meet, but picked up wins over Pitt, West Virginia, Bucknell and Edinboro.

Next, Syracuse will take a week off before returning to Boston for the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown for the first time since 2015. Last time at the meet, the Orange men took home the team crown, while the women finished second overall. The Syracuse men have finished in the top-two at the event each of the last-three times they've raced there. That meet will take place on Friday, Sept. 22.