Buffalo, N.Y. – Freshman Michael Purvis (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) placed 29th to lead the Le Moyne College men's cross country team to a sixth-place finish at the Canisius University Alumni Classic on Saturday afternoon at Delaware Park. Redshirt junior Sophia Bisognano (Albany, N.Y./Colonie) led the women's team to an eighth-place finish by placing 15th.

"I was thrilled with how the team ran today," said head coach Robin Wheeless. "I love when people risk pushing too hard in the first half of the race. They all ran well and some found out they have even more than they thought. One of my favorite quotes is TS Elliot 'Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go'. I'm excited for the conference championship in a couple of weeks. We should be ready with everyone by then."
 
Binghamton University tallied three of the top four scorers in the men's race and five of the top 12 to place first with 30 points. The host Golden Griffins finished second with 41 points after having five of the top 15 scorers, while Buffalo was third with 87 points. The Dolphins finished in sixth place with 164 points. Binghamton's Josh Stone won the race individually by crossing the finish line first by almost four seconds in 24:03.6.

Purvis was the Dolphins' top finisher for the first time in his career by placing 29th in 26:11.8 over the eight-kilometer course. Classmate Tyler Cooper (Sloatsburg, N.Y./Suffern) placed 33rd in 26:17.8, while junior Jack Gibson (Ilion, N.Y./Central Valley Academy) was 41st in 26:37.3. Redshirt junior Matthew Bartolotta (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) was three spots back with a time of 26:42.6, while classmate Jeremy Plumley (Camden, N.Y./Camden) rounded out the team's scorers in 58th place in 27:28.7.

Canisius University placed first in the women's team standings with 24 points after having five of the top nine finishers, including four of the top six. Binghamton University was second with 40 points after having five of the top 11 finishers, while the University of Detroit Mercy was third with 103 points. The Dolphins tallied 201 points to place eighth in the field of 12 teams. Olivia Moran from Canisius placed first by almost 33 seconds with a time of 17:14.5.

Bisognano finished the five-kilometer race in 18:56.9 to placed 15th. Junior Anita Jepchirchir (Eldoret, Kenya/The Kenya High School) registered a time of 19:49.8 to place 39th, while freshman Mackenzie Ples (Lowville, N.Y./Lowville) was 46th in 20:05.7. Sophomore Alexandra Jacob (North Syracuse, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) finished 68th in 21:14.4, while freshman Angelina Rodriguez (Greenfield Center, N.Y./Saratoga Springs) rounded out the team's scorers by placing 91st in 23:05.5.

The Dolphins are next in action on Saturday, October 28 for the Northeast Conference Championships on the Brookville, N.Y. campus of Long Island University.