Canton, NY – Kristian Johnson paced the SUNY Canton men's cross country team for the third consecutive race while Brielle Smith led the women's cross country team in her first collegiate race in the Hoffman Invitational at St. Lawrence University on Saturday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 

• In the Roos largest meet of the year up to this point, Johnson led with a time a 29:17 in the 8-kilometer course to finish 87^th out of 165 runners. Matthew Pietryka finished with a time of 34:01 in 141^st place.
• The next three Roos to cross the line were Wyatt Beers (148^th – 35:51), Gage Perry (149^th – 36:02), and Justin Bormann (152^nd – 37:25,
• Nick Lyndaker, the 2025 Indoor Track and Field mile run National Champion, led all runners with a time of 25:15. Queen's University placed four of the top seven and 10 of the top 19 to win the event as a team with 30 points. Middlebury finished in second (51) and hosting St. Lawrence was third (66).
• SUNY Canton finished with a tie for 10^th place out of 11 teams right beside Potsdam with both squads getting 298 points.

   

Place	Name	Time
87	Kristian Johnson	29:17
141	Matthew Pietryka	34:01
148	Wyatt Beers	35:51
149	Gage Perry	36:03
152	Justin Bormann	37:25
154	Jonathan Bedward	38:13
156	Derick Chavez	38:52
160	Calvin Branchaud	42:18
165	Owen Cavalier	48:18

 

• Smith paced SUNY Canton with a time of 29:50 in the 6-kilometer-long course to finish in 93^rd place out of 118 runners. Jenna Leshkevich had a time of 32:32 and finished 105^th to become the second Roo to cross the finish line.
• Megan Cowles (107^th – 34:17), Kylie Rivera (116^th – 41:26), and Sydney Pelerin (117^th – 42:07) rounded out the top five for the Roos.
• Audrey Maclean out of Middlebury led the pack with a time of 21:32. Middlebury won the meet as a team with 27 points with Queen's (30) and St. Lawrence (80) as the second and third teams respectively.
• SUNY Canton finished in ninth place out of nine teams with 291 points

   

Place	Name	Time
93	Brielle Smith	29:50
105	Jenna Leshkevich	32:32
107	Megan Cowles	34:17
116	Kylie Rivera	41:26
117	Sydney Pelerin	42:07
118	Hannah Lapierre	50:50

 
 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos are off next weekend before returning to the trails at the Word of Life Bible Institute Invitational on October 4th. The women race at 10:15 a.m. followed by the men at 11:15 a.m.
   


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