RESULTS

NORTHVILLE, Mich. – The Macomb men's cross country team had another successful showing on Saturday (Sept. 12), this time at the Tommy Titan vs. W the Warrior Classic, co-hosted by the University of Detroit Mercy and Wayne State University, at Northville's Cass Benton Park.

After running a 6K to open the season last week, Saturday's event was of the 4-Mile variety in a field that featured Detroit Mercy (NCAA D1), Wayne State (NCAA D2), Cleary University (NAIA), Spring Arbor University (NAIA), the University of Michigan-Dearborn (NAIA) and Muskegon Community College (NJCAA).

The Monarchs finished fourth overall with 82 points, behind Detroit Mercy (27), Wayne State (45), and only four back of Spring Arbor (78). The Blue and White finished ahead of the following teams: Titan Legends (169), Muskegon (171), Cleary (189) and Michigan-Dearborn (192).

Four Monarchs crossed the finish line with top 30 performances in Saturday's talent-laden field, led by Michael Nivala Jr. who finished seventh overall with a 4-Mile time of 21:01.2. The reigning MCCAA Runner of the Week made his case for a potential repeat performance after finishing ahead of several NCAA D1 and D2 runners.

Jacob Kosidlo was close behind at 21:15.8, a time good for 11^th place overall and well ahead of a host of high-level, four-year runners.

The first freshman across the finish line for the Monarchs was John Blaskowski who checked in 22^nd at 21:50.8. Dylan Penberthy was 27^th at 22:10.3 and Mario Carducci rounded out the scoring for the Monarchs in 31^st place with a mark of 22:29.9.

Henry Terrien was 40^th at 23:01.0, while Noah Nasceif was 55^th (24:10.1), Chris Sayers was 59^th (24:57.2) and Seamus Murphy was 67^th (26:02.3).

The Monarchs return to the course Sept. 26 in Western New York at Robert Wesleyan University's Harry F. Anderson Invitational.