PURCHASE, N.Y. – Hitting the road for their second meet of the season, the Pace University cross country teams took part in the Purchase College Invitational on Saturday.  
 
Women's Recap (5^th place out of 10 teams)
A pair of top-14 finishers led the way for Pace in a solid showing on Saturday.  
 
Graduate student Molly Darfler-Sweeney (Tannersville, N.Y./Hunter-Tannersville) piloted the efforts in 10^th place in a time of 23:15.5 while sophomore Meryl Mizell (Round Rock, Texas/Stony Point) followed closely in 14^th (24:30.9). 
 
Another graduate student, Jordan Etheridge (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle), followed after the first duo in 31^st-place (28:24.1).
 
The Blue and Gold's final two scorers were back-to-back finishers at 59^th and 60th. Rhylie Dietrich (Riverview, Fla./Riverview) posted a time of 35:58.1 while Samira Bawa (Bronx, N.Y./Metropolitan Lighthouse College Preparatory Academy) recorded a mark of 36:01.3. 
 
Men's Recap (9^th Place)
For the second straight week, junior CJ Defeo (East Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue Medford) served as the men's top scorer. The Long Island native registered a 25^th-place finish in a time of 32:42.8.
 
Sophomore Daniel Pacheco (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Walter Panas) followed Defeo in 41^st place (36:19.9) while senior Ceasar Lugo (Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Spellman) posted a 54^th-place effort in a time of 41:25.1. 
 
Pace's other two seniors, Nicholas Becker (Lynbrook, N.Y./East Rockaway) and Ryan Murphy (Hawthorne, N.Y./Westlake), rounded out the Setter scoring. Becker vaulted across the finish line in 58^th place (46:56.4) while Murphy secured 60^th in 50:02.6. 
 
Up Next
The Blue and Gold return to action next Friday (Sept. 16) at the New Paltz Invitational.