Meet Results

NEW LONDON, CONN. – The Plattsburgh State men's cross country team returned to action Saturday morning, competing in the Connecticut College Invitational 8,000m White Race at Harkness Park. The Cardinals finished 22nd out of 33 teams in a field that featured seven teams ranked in the NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll, highlighted by MIT, which entered the race ranked 10th and claimed the team title.

Graduate student Samuel Van Auken (Greenville, N.Y./Greenville) led the way for Plattsburgh, placing 98th with a time of 26:53.7 to record a new personal best. Junior Brody Serfass (Endwell, N.Y./Maine Endwell) was the next Cardinal across the finish line, placing 121st in 27:12.4 while also setting a personal best. First-year Sean Dormann (Saranac, N.Y./Saranac) followed in 137th with a time of 27:25.4, recording another personal best for the Cardinals.

Senior Zander Brown (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./Roy C. Ketcham) finished 145th in 27:28.3, while sophomore Bryton Mandigo (Hartford, N.Y./Hartford) rounded out Plattsburgh's scoring group in 176th with a time of 27:51.2, setting a new personal best.

Senior Matthias Lauvau (Rye, N.Y./Rye Neck) and sophomore Brennan Muecke (Beamus Point, N.Y./Maple Grove) also finished among Plattsburgh's top seven, placing 177th in 27:51.4 and 211th in 28:13.1, respectively. Lauvau recorded a personal best in the race.

The Cardinals had several additional personal-best performances, as senior Nate Alexander (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus), first-years Everett Probeck (Glenmont, N.Y./Bethlehem Central) and Myles Hoffman (Medway, Mass./Medway), sophomore Griffin Leary (Pearl River, N.Y./Clarkstown South), and first-year Matt Rombold (Endwell, N.Y./Maine Endwell) all set new personal records. Alexander finished in 28:17.9, Probeck crossed the line in 29:06.2, Hoffman recorded a time of 29:12.9, Leary finished in 29:16.2, and Rombold rounded out the Cardinal finishers in 30:03.8.

The Connecticut College Invitational marked Plattsburgh State's final regular-season race as the Cardinals turn their attention to the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Championships on Saturday, Oct. 31.