GENESEO, N.Y. -- In an impressive field filled with nationally-ranked competition, the Allegheny College men's cross country team turned in a 16th-place performance at the 41st Annual Mike Woods Invitational, hosted by 16th-ranked SUNY Geneseo.

Six of the teams that finished inside the top 10 were either in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) top-35 or were receiving votes. That includes No. 34 Case Western Reserve University, which won the event with 62 points, No. 16 SUNY Geneseo, No. 29 Middlebury College, and No. 35 Rowan University.

A handful Gators ran eight-kilometer personal records. Leading the way for Allegheny in 78th place out of 365 individual competitors was Joe McAuliffe (Massillon, Ohio/Jackson), who logged a PR time of 26:37.1. McAuliffe was six places ahead of Sean Heintzleman (Pittsburgh, Pa./Winchester Thurston), who shaved 1.3 seconds off of his previous PR and was clocked at 26:42.7.

Xavier Grove (Pittsburgh, Pa./CAPA) (26:59.8) and Colm Mulligan (Chestnut Hill, Mass./Brookline) (28:37.1) also produced PR times for Allegheny.

Team Results
1. Case Western Reserve - 62
2. SUNY Geneseo - 68
3. Middlebury - 95
4. Washington & Lee - 154
5. Franklin Pierce - 167
6. SUNY Brockport - 178
7. Dickinson - 187
8. Geneseo Alumni - 212
9. Berry - 253
10. Rowan - 264
11. St. Bonaventure - 302
12. RIT - 314
13. Misericordia - 359
14. SUNY Oneonta - 379
15. Fredonia State - 427
16. Allegheny - 456
17. St. John Fisher - 474
18. SUNY ESF - 481
19. Rochester - 596
20. Alfred State - 641
21. Hobart - 673
22. Oswego State - 684
23. Alfred - 739
24. Medaille - 804

Allegheny Results
78. Joe McAuliffe - 26:37.1
84. Sean Heintzleman - 26:42.7
106. Xavier Grove - 26:59.8
152. Mac Polny - 27:41.7
154. Caleb Freeman - 27:45.1
155. Cole Jooste - 27:45.1
168. Patrick Sharp - 27:57.7
194. Colm Mulligan - 28:37.1
232. William Lane - 29:16.7
297. Ryan Stuart - 31:07.2
348. Eliel Cortez - 35:24.0

Up Next
The Gators will return to the trails on Saturday, October 15, when they head north to Waterford, Connecticut, to compete in the Connecticut College Invitational.