FREDONIA, N.Y. – The Hartwick College men's cross country team competed at the Fredonia Kara Hall Memorial Invitational on Friday afternoon, placing 13th with 400 points in the 8K race.

Sophomore Avery Lungstrom (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air) was the first Hawk to cross the finish line, placing 101st overall with a time of 29:59.7. He was followed by Freshman Brady Stryker (Niskayuna, N.Y.), who finished 122nd in 31:28.5.

Junior Devon Spalding (Mineola, N.Y./Mineola) came across next for Hartwick, finishing 123rd overall with a time of 31:40.0. Sophomore Basil Metz (Highland, N.Y./Highland) was fourth for the Hawks and 125th overall in 31:50.2, while freshman Matthew Canning (Saranac, N.Y.) rounded out Hartwick's scoring five with a 127th-place finish in 31:52.2, as he competed in his first collegiate race.

Rounding out the Hartwick runners were junior Lawrence McCumiskey (Delhi, N.Y./Delaware Academy), who placed 137th in 33:14.7, freshman Carter Wayman (Hobart, N.Y.), who finished 141st in 35:01.3, and junior Calvin Higgins (Buffalo, N.Y./Amherst Central), who placed 146th in 36:16.5.

Hartwick is next in action on Saturday, October 10 at the Hamilton Invitational in Clinton, N.Y., set for an 11:45 a.m. start.

SUNY Geneseo won the team competition with 43 points, followed by Ithaca with 78 points and RIT with 90 points. Hartwick finished with a team average of 31:22.2 and a 1-5 spread of 1:52.5.