CHARGERS WIN SUNY PURCHASE INVITATIONAL

September 9, 2017

CHARGERS WIN SUNY PURCHASE INVITATIONAL

Purchase, N.Y. (9/9/17) The Dominican College men's cross country team won the SUNY Purchase Invitational held this morning. The team finished with a team score of 52 to bring home the team title.

Purchase, N.Y. (9/9/17) The Dominican College men's cross country team won the SUNY Purchase Invitational held this morning. The team finished with a team score of 52 to bring home the team title.

Senior Jovan Zigic (Burnaby, Bristish Columbia) took second place overall in the 8K race with a time of 27.50.2, averaging 5:36.0 per mile.

Oscar Vidal (New City, N.Y.) averaged 5:45.9 per mile to finish with a time of 28:39.6 and a sixth place finish.

Junior Darren Guzman (Teaneck, N.J.) finished in 11th place with a time of 29:38.6 (5:57.8 per mile).

Cameron Whitton (Monroe, N.Y.) and Connor Croke (Watertown, Conn.) finished in 15th and 18th place respectively with times of 30:01.1 and 30:13.7.

Freshman Nicholas Beutel (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.) ran a time of 30:49.0 to take 24th place overall and Ryan McKivergan (New City, N.Y.) finished in 39th place with a time of 32:18.0.

Rollens Florvil (Spring Valley, N.Y.) had a time of 33:29.6 to claim 56th place, with David Jeffers (Florida, N.Y.) finishing in 77th place with a time of 35:32.2.

Dominican will travel to the Queensborough XC Invitational on Sunday, September 17th.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.