MILTON, N.Y. – Competing for a third straight weekend to begin the 2022 season, the Pace University men's and women's cross country teams took the course at the New Paltz Invitational on Friday.
 
Men's Recap (8^th Place)
Junior captain CJ Defeo (East Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue Medford) once again directed the Setters' scoring with an 18^th-place finish. The Long Island native posted an 8K time of 33:18.7.
 
Sophomore Daniel Pacheco (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Walter Panas) followed Defeo in 36^th place (36:24.1) while Francesco DiBona (Eastchester, N.Y./Eastchester) registered a 37^th-place finish in a time of 37:58.5.
 
Pace's final two scorers on Saturday were in the form of Ceasar Lugo (Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Spellman) and Nicholas Becker (Lynbrook, N.Y./East Rockaway). Lugo recorded a time of 39:04.0 to cross in 42^nd while Becker tallied a mark of 45:18.2 to finish in 65^th. 
 
Women's Recap (No Team Score)
Graduate student Molly Darfler-Sweeney (Tannersville, N.Y./Hunter-Tannersville) put together her second straight top-10 finish to lead the women's squad. The Greene County native finished seventh with a 6K time of 28:37.9. 
 
Sophomore captain Meryl Mizell (Round Rock, Texas/Stony Point) rounded the course second for Pace with a 17^th-place effort in a time of 30:56.4. 
 
Jordan Etheridge (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) and Emma Voykhanskaya (Brooklyn, N.Y./Edward R. Murrow) served as the Blue and Gold's final two finishers. Etheridge placed 30^th with a mark of 35:46.0 while Voykhanskaya crossed in 47^th place (40:53.7).
 
Up Next
The Setters will enjoy a weekend off prior to competing at the Golden Eagle Invitational on Sept. 30.