MONTGOMERY, N.Y. – Hitting the halfway point of the 2021 regular season, the Pace University men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Jasper Fall Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

Men's Results (3^rd Place, 8K Course)
Sophomore CJ Defeo (East Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue Medford) led a Pace contingent that featured five finishers within the top-28. The Long Island native clocked an 8K mark of 33:16.5, which was good for 20^th-place.

Senior Killian McCole (Staten Island, N.Y./Monsignor Farrell) followed Defeo in 24^th-place (34:51.7), while junior Sean Lowery (Staten Island, N.Y./Monsignor Farrell) posted a mark of 35:50.6 to place 26^th.

The Setters' scoring was rounded out by near-identical times from juniors Ryan Murphy (Hawthorne, N.Y./Westlake) and CJ Lugo. Murphy put together an 8K of 37:40.6, while Lugo finished right behind with a mark of 37:43.6.

Women's Results (10^th place, 6K Course)
Senior Juliet Rich (New York, N.Y./Trevor Day School) posted the top time for the Setters on Saturday. The New York City native placed 64^th with a 6K mark of 26:31.8.

Freshman Meryl Mizell (Round Rock, Texas/Stony Point) and senior Marina Lopez (East Syracuse, N.Y./East Syracuse Minoa) served as Pace's next two finishers, tallying respective times of 28:01.8 (75^th-place) and 28:25.1 (76^th).

A pair of seniors capped off the Blue and Gold's top-five. Lisa Clarke (Nanuet, N.Y./Nanuet Senior) rounded the course in a time of 29:03.3 (78^th) while Crystal Raines (Roosevelt, N.J./Hightstown) clocked in at 29:28.6 (80^th).

Up Next
The Blue and Gold will travel to Branch Brook Park, N.J. to take part in the Highlander XC Challenge on Oct. 2.