ERIE, PA – The Alfred University men's cross country team defeated Westminster University on Friday evening as the Saxons finished second overall in the Penn State Behrend Invitational.
 
George Mecca (Derby, NY/Eden) was the top finisher for the Saxons as he took fifth out of collegiate runners, running a time of 29:40.2, edging out a time of 29:44.1 from a Behrend runner coming down the final stretch.
 
"It was great to have a race finish like what we saw today," Head Coach Matt Phillips '10 said. "We focus a lot of pack-running mentality and we definitely showed that today. We're going to keep working on that as we inch closer and closer to E8's."
 
Kyle Jenkins (Marcellus, NY/West Genesee) was next to cross the finish line for AU as he finished eighth with a time of 30:09.3. Gavin Wilbert (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas) and Yuner Sesmas (Apollo, PA/Kiski Area) took 11^th and 12, respectively with times of 31:21.9 and 31:35.3.
 
Chris Mayo (Wolcott, NY/North Rose-Wolcott), Kevin Flint (Caledonia, NY/Caledonia-Mumford) and Tim Mayo (Wolcott, NY/North Rose-Wolcott) rounded out the Saxon scorers in scoring positions 15^th, 16^th and 17^th places on Friday.
 
The Saxons will next head to SUNY Geneseo on Saturday, October 2 for an 11:00am start.