QU Men Open Season with Fourth-Place Finish

Saturday, September 2

Stony Brook, N.Y.

10:30 AM

Quinnipiac University

Stony Brook Invite

Nolan Kus runs in his gold uniform with Quinnipiac across the chest.

9/2/2023 4:41:00 PM | Men's Cross Country

FULL RESULTS

STONY BROOK, N.Y. — The Quinnipiac men's cross country team placed fourth to open the 2023 campaign, led by Nolan Kus' 33rd-place finish at the Stony Brook Season Opener on Saturday Morning on Long Island.

Kus clocked in at 20:14.4 to pace the Bobcats, who bested LIU but fell short of Wagner by three points for third in the 6.2k race.

SCORERS

Nolan Kus (33rd overall) - 20:14.4
Andrew Woodbine (43rd overall) - 21:05.3
Keegan Metcalfe (46th overall) - 21:12.6
Robert Kiernan (52nd overall) - 22:03.5
Michael Strain (54th overall) - 22:17.4

STATS AND NOTES

Strain ran his first collegiate race in a Bobcat uniform.
On the same course as a season ago, Kus bested his 2022 mile pace (5:50) by 35 seconds, averaging 5:15.5 this time around.
After falling to the squad by four points a season ago, the Bobcats bested LIU this time around, finishing four points ahead of the Sharks.

UP NEXT
After a week off, Quinnipiac heads to the 2023 MAAC Championship course in Montgomery, N.Y., running the Jasper Fall XC Invite at Twin Ponds on the Farm on Sept. 16.

For an inside look at the Quinnipiac men's cross country program, be sure to follow it on social media @QU_MXC or go to gobobcats.com/mxc.