CANFIELD, Ohio (Oct. 31) – Led by a strong group effort, the Saint Vincent College men's cross country team earned a fifth-place finish at the 2026 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Cross Country Championships on Saturday afternoon at the Gorby Family Championship Cross Country Course in Canfield, Ohio.
The Bearcats finished fifth in the eight-team field with 134 points, placing all five of their scoring runners within 49 seconds of one another on the 8,000-meter course.
Geneva captured the team championship with 32 points, followed by Grove City in second with 59 and Franciscan in third with 77. Washington & Jefferson finished fourth with 94 points, while Saint Vincent rounded out the top five, finishing ahead of Allegheny (163), Waynesburg (191) and Westminster (202).
Sophomore Noah Channel led the way for Saint Vincent, completing the 8K course in a time of 28 minutes, 9.5 seconds. Channel finished 28th overall and 24th among scoring PAC runners to pace the Bearcats.
Freshman Brayden Cosky followed closely behind, crossing the finish line in 28:11.2 to place 30th overall and 25th in the conference scoring standings, just 1.7 seconds behind Channel.
Junior Will Stickman was the third Saint Vincent runner to finish, placing 33rd overall with a time of 28:19.0, good for 26th among PAC scorers.
Sophomore Harry Bogner followed, finishing 35th overall in 28:22.5, while senior Kenny Battistelli rounded out the Bearcats' five scoring runners with a time of 28:58.2, placing 48th overall.
Sophomore Liam Wilson finished in 30:59.0, followed by junior Roger Kwiat, who completed the course in 31:31.2. Sophomore Nick Dzurica rounded out Saint Vincent's eight competitors, crossing the finish line in 31:47.6.
Saint Vincent's five scoring runners combined for a total time of 2:22:01, averaging 28:25 per runner.
Washington & Jefferson's Dom Flitcraft captured the individual PAC championship, finishing the course in 25:47.0, while Geneva placed four runners among the top 10 conference scorers en route to the team title.
