Men’s Cross Country Sweeps Top Spots to Win Temple Invitational

Friday, September 3

Philadelphia, Pa.

5:00 PM

Temple University

Temple Invite

Men’s Cross Country Sweeps Top Spots to Win Temple Invitational

9.3.21 | Men's Cross Country

PHILADELPHIA - The Temple men's cross country team made a statement in its season opening race Friday evening. The Owls picked up a clean sweep of the top 5 spots at the challenging 8,000m historic Belmont Plateau course to easily win the Temple Invitational. Temple had four freshman finish nearly simultaneously while showing a Temple "T" with their hands to boast their impressive team win.

From the Coach

"I think the boys did a really good job at packing up early and working together throughout. They remained calm early which allowed them to move forward late while staying controlled. It's always good to take a win at a home meet", said head coach James Snyder.
"We're really impressed with how the freshmen stepped up racing with the older guys. Belmont is a hard course, so it allows us to get some solid work in at the start of the season, since it'll be the hardest course we race all season."

Owls Dominate

Temple had five freshmen leading the pack in the dominate win.
Christian Fitch and Jeppe Risvig tied for the official top spot with a time of 27:02.8, while Graham Thomas and Tyler Fauvelle tied for the second-best time just a hair behind at 27:02.9.
Freshmen Liem Chot finished with a time of 27:11.1 while Josh Christianson and Erik Kain picked up the eight and nine slots with times of 27:34.2 and 27:44.5, respectively.
Senior captain, Sean Egan rounded out the top 10 with a time of 27:44.5.

Race Notes

Today's meet marks the seventh time the Owls hosted the Temple Invitational. It also marks the third straight Temple Invitational that both Temple squads left the meet victorious.
Temple scored 15 points to finish in first place with Rider placing second, Jefferson third, and Chestnut Hill fourth.
Three Owls made their collegiate debut in the race, Chot, Thomas, and Zack Marmol.

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