Steinsberger Earns Top-10 Finish at Princeton Invitational

Saturday, October 14

Princeton, N.J. (Princeton)

9:30 a.m.

Temple University

Princeton Invitational

Photo by: Erin Locascio

Steinsberger Earns Top-10 Finish at Princeton Invitational

10.14.17 | Men's Cross Country

Full Results

PRINCETON, N.J. - Men's cross country hit the trails on Saturday at the 2017 Princeton Invitational where graduate student Marc Steinsberger took a top-10 finish in a field of 205 runners.

Keys to the Race
> Steinsberger was the Owls' top finisher at Princeton taking the No. 8 spot. The Esslingen, Germany native finished the men's 8K race in 24:17.9, a career best time.
> The next to cross the finish line for Temple was freshman Anton Harrsen (16th) with a time of 24:35.0
> Sophomore Kevin Lapsansky was Temple's third-best on Saturday. Lapsansky placed 33rd, completing the race in 24:47.0
> Rounding out the squad's top four was freshman Kristian Jensen (39) with a time of 24:49.4.

Race Notes
> As a team, Temple finished fifth overall out of 21 teams.
> Big 5 rivlals Penn, St. Joseph's, and La Salle finished seventh, 12th and 15th, respectively.

Quotable
> "It was very encouraging to see Marc running at his full potential today. Racing against some familiar faces as well as some teams we have not seen before was also pretty encouraging for our guys as most of them ran the fastest today that hey have ever run. With two more weeks until the conference championship, it seems we are going to be in great shape to compete." - Head coach James Snyder

Up Next
> Next up for men's cross country is the most anticipated race of the season - The American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships, hosted at Belmont Plateau on Saturday, Oct. 28.

Temple Results
8 Marc Steinsberger, 24:17.9
16 Anton Harrsen, 24:35.0
33 Kevin Lapsansky, 24:47.0
39 Kristian Jensen, 24:49.4
49 Zach Seiger, 24:55.2
57 David Ftizgerald, 25:06.0
80 Johnathan Condly, 25:23.4
129 Justin Yurchak, 25:50.9
147 Donovan Mears, 26:04.3