Results

EDINBORO, Pa. –  The Slippery Rock University men's cross country team placed third at the Doug Watts Open hosted by Edinboro University Saturday.
 
Edinboro won the team title with a perfect score and swept the top six places in the race to finish with 15 points. Division I St. Bonaventure was second with 57 points, followed by Slippery Rock in third with 97 points. Gannon was fourth with 108 points, followed by Mercyhurst in fifth with 123 points and Lake Erie in sixth with 157 points.
 
Benjamin Buckless paced The Rock with a ninth place finish after covering the 8,000-meter course in 26:24.
 
SRU's scorers were separated by a gap of 1:34 with Shannon Dooley coming in 17th in 27:00, Ethan Brentham placing 18th in 27:01, Devon Navaroli finishing 22nd in 27:16 and Noah Johnson placing 31st in 27:58.
 
The Rock's top seven were rounded out by Troy Hart in 33rd in 28:08 and Tucker Davis in 38th in 28:16.
 
A total of six teams and 71 runners took part in the competition.
 
Slippery Rock will take next week off before returning to action Sept. 25 at the Lock Haven Invitational at Lock Haven University's West Branch Course.
 
 

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