BETHLEHEM, PA – The Rider University men's cross country team continued the 2023 season with a 5th-place finish out of 47 teams at the Paul Short Run Brown 8K at Lehigh University Saturday. Tamrat Snyder was the Broncs' top performer finishing with a time of 25:22.2, good for 17th place in the field of 1,159 runners, followed by Gobi Thurairajah with a time of 25:23.3.

Noah Taylor (25:43.3, 42nd), Dominik Lisicky (25:44.4, 44th) and Jeremie Garcia (25:58.1, 67th) rounded out the Broncs' top five finishers. 

NOTES AND QUOTES
"The men raced really well today. I was really pleased with how we executed the race plan and that we were able to race in groups. We likely needed to be a little more aggressive in the first mile but I was happy that we moved up as the race progressed."

"Tam and Gobi raced really well today. It was good to see them work together. They moved nicely throughout the race and this was a good step forward for them today.  – Rider Head Coach Bob Hamer  

- Central Connecticut won the Brown Race with the Blue Devils' top five finishers taking second, seventh, 21st, 28th and 36th places for 94 points. 
- Columbia's Jacob Ireland took first place individually in 24:36.8. 

UP NEXT
The Broncs return to action Oct. 13, when they compete at ECAC/IC4A Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx, NY.