Men's Cross Country Places Sixth at the Patriot League Championships

EASTON, Pa.- The Bucknell Bison men's cross country finished sixth out of ten Patriot League teams at the annual conference championships. The Orange & Blue's 140 points were three away from tying Lehigh for fifth. The Bison placed four runners in the top 40 and had one All-League finisher.

Results

Navy easily won the competition with their 19 points. Five of the top six runners were Midshipmen. Army placed second with 49. Boston University scored 97 for third place followed by Colgate (128), Lehigh (137), and Bucknell (140). American was seventh scoring 197 points. The bottom three teams were Lafayette (256), Holy Cross (259), and Loyola (Md.) (288).

Navy senior Murphy Smith claimed his second-straight Patriot League individual title with an 8K time of 23:14.5.

Donner's Debriefing

"Obviously, it was not the team finish we were looking for. We knew coming in that second through seventh could be six schools in no particular order. We moved into fourth place by the four mile mark and usually the last mile has been our strength as a team, however we had a little breakdown today which cost us a couple of team places. We will rebound off of this with the regionals in 13 days. I was very impressed with first-year Ethan Pratt-Perez who ran great and made the All-League Team. He is developing nicely and is running with confidence right now."

Ethan Pratt-Perez crowned his successful freshman year with a 14th place finish. His time of 24:11.9 earned him Second Team All-Patriot League, the first Bison to do since Evan Minor in the 2020-21 spring season.

Senior Grayson Crockett finished his Patriot League career by grabbing 31st place with a time of 24:46.2. He started at 36th and steadily improved as the race ventured on.

Junior Henry Didden ducked into the top 40 with a placement of 36th. His time of 24:56.0 moved him up from his original mile mark of 44th.

Senior Ben Santos's time of 25:00.1 helped the cause by finishing 40th. Santos reached a high water mark of 26th before fading late in the meet.

Senior Harry Marson rounded out the Bison scorers by placing 41st. A time of 25:03.2 unlocked the finish. Marson stood at 11th after one mile but slipped down the rankings.

Bucknell returns to action on Nov. 15 at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals hosted by Penn State.

Men's Cross Country Places Sixth at the Patriot League Championships

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Players Mentioned

Grayson Crockett

Henry Didden

Harry Marson

Ethan Pratt-Perez

Ben Santos