CROSS COUNTRY
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Cross Country Women Take Sixth at Geneseo
Men place seventh led by two top-20 finishers October 4, 2008
 The Brockport Men's Cross Country team placed two runners in the top-20(credit: Michael Pratt, MLPhoto) Sophomore Matt Avery (Rochester, NY/Gates-Chili) took 15th place and junior Pete Manktelow (Hornell, NY/Hornell) placed 18th to lead The College at Brockport Men’s Cross Country team to a seventh-place finish at the SUNY Geneseo Invitational run Saturday at Letchworth State Park. The Brockport Women, ranked No. 34 in the latest national rankings, took sixth place with five runners finishing within 1:07 of each other in the race.
Avery completed the 8K course in 26:19.2 as the top Brockport runner and Manktelow was five seconds behind in 18th position. Senior Doug Teed (Owego, Newark Valley) was next for the Golden Eagles in 42nd position in a time of 27:01.4, while Augie Oetting (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown West) was 44th, three seconds later, and senior Mike Cocquyt (Hilton, NY/Hilton) was the fifth Brockport finisher with a time of 27:20.2.
For the women, freshman Katie Filozof (Conesus, NY/Dansville) was the top Golden Eagle finisher in 33rd position in a time of 24:35.1 in the 6K event. The second finisher for Brockport was sophomore Julia Ruggiero (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) who took 38th in a time of 24:51.5. Freshmen Amanda Sprague (Baldwinsville, NY/C.W. Baker) and Liz Jones (Ballston Lake, NY/Shenendehowa) were 46th and 50th, respectively, while sophomore Keelan Walsh (Clarence Center, NY/Clarence) was the fifth Brockport finisher, taking 63rd position in 25:42.5.
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