Men's cross country opens season at Salisbury
Swingle leads Jacket runners in Maryland
SALISBURY, Md. (Sept. 5) – The Waynesburg University men’s cross country team placed fifth out of six teams at the Seagull Opener, which was hosted by Salisbury University.
The Yellow Jackets were led by junior Adam Swingle, who placed a team-best 26th out of 81 individuals with a time of 28:24. Fellow junior Bill Moder placed 35th (28:54) and freshman Matt Crawford made a solid debut with a 54th-place finish (30:30).
Messiah won the men’s overall championship and boasted the top two overall individual finishers in Tyler Newhook (26:18) and Peter Shenk (26:27).
The Jackets will be back in action on Saturday, Sept. 12, when they host the annual Waynesburg Invitational at 10 a.m.