Race Results

SMITHTOWN, N.Y.-In the team's final race before the Skyline championship, Sarah Lawrence College men's cross country raced to 14th place at the 16th Annual St. Joseph's College Cross Country Invitational at Sunken Meadow State Park on Saturday.

IN SHORT
SLC finish: 14th - 338 points
Race distance: 5 miles (8.05 kilometers)
Total teams: 20
Total runners: 157
Winning team: U.S. Merchant Marine - 38 points

GRYPHON LEADERS
Sarah Lawrence rookie Zack Roccaforte (Albuquerque, N.M./Albuquerque Academy) and junior Pat Newsom (South Bend, Ind./John Adams) ran as a pair on the 5-mile course. Roccaforte was first across the line in 31:58, earning 58th place. Newsom followed in 59th place with a time of 32:10. The duo have finished as the top two Gryphons in each of the last five races.

RUNNING AS A PACK
The SLC team's remaining three runners kept close on the trail and finished within six places of each other. Sophomore Ari Runanin-Telle (Fairfax, Va./Sir Francis Drake) ran a collegiate personal best, stopping the clock in 33:59 for 90th overall. Classmate Daniel Higinbotham (Alpharetta, Ga./Homeschooled) was the next racer across the line, taking 91st in 34:12. Rookie Vili Lehmann Boddicker (Encino, Calif./L.A. County HS for the Arts) rounded out the team close behind, placing 95th in 34:30, less than half a minute off his personal best.

UP NEXT
Sarah Lawrence competes at the 2015 Skyline Championship at Hudson Valley Sportsdome in Milton, N.Y., on Sunday, October 25.