Men's Cross Country Finish Fourth at Houghton

The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team finished fourth out of 16 teams at the Houghton Invitational Saturday morning scoring 116 points.

October 7, 2017

HOUGHTON, Ny. - The Penn State Behrend men's cross country team finished fourth out of 16 teams at the Houghton Invitational Saturday morning scoring 116 points.

New York University won the invitational with a team score of 43. Rochester Institute of Technology followed in second (65) and Ramapo came in third with a score of 68.

Dylan Buffington(Brookville, PA/Brookville) led the Lions for the third race this season, finishing 10^th overall with a time of 25:48.2.

Freshman Zach Wortman (St. Mary's, PA/Elk Country Catholic) came in behind Buffington, finishing 18^th overall at 26:04.3.

Alex Kubala (Pittsburgh, PA/North Hills) and Ian Grifith (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional) took 28^th and 29^th with final times of 26:24.7 and 26:36.2, respectively.

Chris Drozynski (Stoneboro, PA/Lakeview) claimed the Lion's final spot in 31^st place, crossing the line at 26:37.3.

Behrend will be back in action next Saturday when they compete at the Oberlin Invitational beginning at 11 a.m.