Rindge, N.H. – Freshman Jeanette Cudney (Cazenovia, N.Y./Cazenovia) finished in third place to lead the Le Moyne College women's cross country team to a fourth-place finish at the Bruce Kirsh Cross Country Cup hosted by Franklin Pierce University on Saturday at the Gates Farm Course. Freshman Sean Beney (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) placed 27th to lead the men's team to a seventh-place finish.

Merrimack College had four of the top 10 individual finishers en route to claiming the women's team competition with 45 total points. Adelphi University placed second with 57 points after having four of the top 13 finishers. Southern New Hampshire registered 93 points to place third, while the Dolphins were just four points back in fourth place. The host Ravens tallied 136 points for a fifth-place finish. American International's Pascaline Jerotich crossed the finish line first with a time of 15:48.

On the men's side, American International ran away with the team competition with 22 total points after having the top three finishers and five of the top 10. The host Ravens had four of the top 15 to come in second place with 68 points, just three ahead of third-place Merrimack. Adelphi claimed 83 points for fourth place, while Southern Connecticut State recorded 155 points for fifth. The Dolphins landed in seventh with 168 points, just four behind sixth-place Southern New Hampshire. American International's Michael Biwott, the top finisher at the last two Northeast-10 Conference Championship meets, won the men's race by 80 seconds with a time of 19:36.

Cudney, the reigning Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Week, navigated the four-kilometer course in 16:15 to place third. Classmate Katherine Markstein (Binghamton, N.Y./Susquehanna Valley) crossed the finish line in 18:31 to place 27th, while senior Laura Hough (Latham, N.Y./Shaker) was three spots back with a time of 18:45. Junior Katherine Ward (Tully, N.Y./Tully) and freshman Savannah Stevens (Clay, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) placed 32nd and 33rd in 18:47 and 18:49, respectively, to round out Le Moyne's scorers.

On the men's side, Beney completed the six-kilometer course in 22:42 to place 27th. Classmates Brody Witaszek (Ghent, N.Y./Chatham) and Michael Bennett (New York Mills, N.Y./New York Mills) registered times of 22:53 and 23:02 to place 32nd and 36th. Sophomore Colin Teeter (Central Square, N.Y./Central Square) placed 50th with a time of 23:37, while junior Adam Zinger (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) rounded out Le Moyne's scorers in 59th place with a time of 24:24.

After a weekend off, the Dolphins are back in action at Roberts Wesleyan's Harry F. Anderson Invitational on Saturday, September 27.

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Women's Team Results
1. Merrimack 45, 2. Adelphi 57, 3. Southern New Hampshire 93, 4. Le Moyne 97, 5. Franklin Pierce 136, 6. Southern Connecticut State 148, 7. American International 182, 8. Wheelock 227, 9. Johnson State 248.

Le Moyne Results
3. Jeanette Cudney 16:32, 27. Katherine Markstein 18:31, 30. Laura Hough 18:45, 32. Katherine Ward 18:47, 33. Savannah Stevens 18:49, 37. Erin Fayle 18:57, 38. Elena Doctor 18:58, 40. Taylor Lewis 19:00, 42. Dominique Laplant 19:05, 43. Gabrielle Schug 19:05, 46. Rachel Crosley 19:19, 60. Lauren O'Connor 20:24, 75. Alexandra Sheehan 23:21, 81. Anna Curtin 24:22.

Men's Team Results
1. American International 22, 2. Franklin Pierce 65, 3. Merrimack 68, 4. Adelphi 83, 5. Southern Connecticut State 155, 6. Southern New Hampshire 164, 7. Le Moyne 168, 8. Johnson State 246, 9. Wheelock 288.

Le Moyne Results
27. Sean Beney 22:42, 32. Brody Witaszek 22:53, 36. Michael Bennett 23:02, 50. Colin Teeter 23:37, 59. Adam Zinger 24:24, 60. Robert Jeffrey 24:30, 66. Zack Olmstead 24:59, 70. Derek Clar 25:16, 88. Jhonathon Cifuentes 27:42.