Men's Cross Country | September 11, 2015

Full Results

PHILADELPHIA- Junior Fran Ferruzzi led the La Salle men's cross country team and was the first collegiate finisher at the Friends Big 5 Invitational.
 
Ferruzzi finished in third place behind only two unattached runners. The sophomore finished in 19:05.2 on the 6k course to score one point for the team and finish 2.4 seconds ahead of the nearest runner.
 
The pair of senior Stephen Lewandowski and junior David Ozarowski were next to cross the line in 24^th and 25^th place respectively. Lewandowski crossed first in a time of 19:37.6 while Ozarowski was close behind in 19:42.2. sophomore Nick Lefavor scored 23 points for La Salle with in 29^th place finish. He ran a 19:45.6 on the day.
 
"I was impressed with Fran Ferruzzi today," said head coach Tom Peterson. "He went out and really showed the kind of shape that he is in. He was the first college runner to finish and grabbed the top point overall in the race. Stephen Lewandowski stuck with the lead pack early in the race. He paid for it later and faded, but for someone who hasn't run a cross country race in two years he proved he is going to help our team out this season."
 
The final scorer for the Explorers was junior John Pujols in 44^th place scoring 30 points for the Explorers. Pujols crossed with a time of 20:20.1. Close behind was classmate Chris Berry who finished 45^th in 20:20.7.
 
Senior Justin McNabb was next to cross for La Salle as he ran a 21:18.8 for 64^th place. Sophomre Joseph Leconey and junior Dan Rosenblatt finished in 68^th and 69^th respectively with times of 21:28.2 and 21:30.1.
 
Also racing for the Explorers were freshman Nicholas Smart (71^st, 22:04.1), junior Joseph Waddington (74^th, 22:16.4), junior Ryan Magnus (77^th, 23:39.9), freshman Gregory Dix (79^th, 24:29.5) and junior Dallas Penny (80^th, 24:36.2)
 
The Explorers return to action on Friday as they head to Haverford College for the Main Line Invitational.