FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Seeing their first action of the 2022 season, the Pace University cross country teams competed in the Adelphi Panthers Invitational on Friday. 
 
Women's Recap (13^th place, 311 points)
Sophomore Meryl Mizell (Round Rock, Texas/Stony Point) led the way for Pace with a 49th-place finish in the 5K. The Texas native raced to a time of 25:08.90. 
 
Graduate student Molly Darfler-Sweeney (Tannersville, N.Y./Hunter-Tannersville) followed with a 52^nd-place effort in a time of 25:24.30 while Jordan Etheridge (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) posted a mark of 31:46.60 to finish in 77^th place.          
            
Emma Voykhanskaya (Brooklyn, N.Y./Edward R. Murrow) and Rhylie Dietrich (Riverview, Fla./Riverview) served as Pace's final two scorers, finishing in 79^th and 90^th place respectively. Voykhanskaya registered a time of 32:18.10 while Dietrich recorded a mark of 36:23.40.
 
Samira Bowa also finished the 5K for the Setters in a time of 36:37.60.

Men's Recap (14^th place, 386 Points)
Junior CJ Defeo (East Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue Medford) piloted the Blue and Gold with a 67th-place finish in the 8K race. The team captain crossed the finish line in 31:50.70, which was about four minutes faster than his time at last year's Adelphi Invite.
 
Freshman Francesco DiBona (Eastchester, N.Y./Eastchester) served as Pace's next finisher with a 106^th-place effort in a time of 36:37.60. 
 
CJ Lugo followed DiBona with a 117-place showing in a time of 40:04.70 while Ryan Murphy (Hawthorne, N.Y./Westlake) came in at 46:06.10 to finish in 131^st.
 
Nicholas Becker (Lynbrook, N.Y./East Rockaway) was right behind Murphy in 132^nd place with a time of 31:46.60 while Reice Jansson () also finished the race with a time 55:50.50.
 
Up Next
The Setters will compete in the Purchase College Invitational next Saturday (Sept. 10).