Men's Cross Country | 10/27/2018 1:50:00 PM

FREDONIA, N.Y. --  Fredonia senior Ethan Francis (Dunkirk, N.Y. / Dunkirk) was competing in his final SUNYAC Championship Meet, this time on his home course.

The Dunkirk native would finish fourth in 29:07.0, just 38.8 seconds off the pace.

The Devils finished seventh in the 10-team field. Geneseo took the team title with six of the top seven finishers. Sean McAneny won in a time of 28:28.2.

During the the post-meet awards cememony, Francis was cited as the SUNYAC Elite 20 Award winner for having the highest grade-point average of all the competitors in the men's meet. The senior Video Production and Political Science student has maintained a 3.95 GPA.

Fredonia's finished ahead of Buffalo State and earned two points in the Battle By The Lake competition. That enabled the Blue Devils to take a 6-4 lead. 

Other finishers for the Blue Devils were:
Kyle Campbell (Niagara Falls, N.Y. / Niagara Falls), 46th, 31:23.8
Noah Watkins (Cortland, N.Y. / Cortland), 60th, 32:06.5
Ryan Dunning (Syracuse, N.Y. / West Genesee), 65th, 32:24.7
Kyle Egan (Monroe, N.Y. / Monroe-Woodbury), 74th, 32:55.3
Seth Fonda (Buffalo, N.Y. / Cheektowaga), 77th, 33:19.0
Jeremy Erman (East Meadow, N.Y. / East Meadow), 82nd, 33:36.5
Matthew Erman (East Meadow, N.Y. / East Meadow), 95th, 34:29.0
Tony Gettino (Camillus, N.Y. / West Genesee), 102nd, 35:13.8