Clinton, NY - The Men's Cross Country team finished 5^th out of 8 teams at the Hamilton Invitational on Saturday as the only two year program competing at the meet. Paul Clark led the way with a 14^th overall finish and an 8k PR time of 27:28. With this, Paul has improved by a minute on average for each 8k this season and has the 3^rd fastest 8K time in the history of OCC Cross country.  Cayden McKay was next for Onondaga (52nd overall), completing the course in 31:02, shaving a minute and a half from his previous best time.  Ashton Murdock followed closely behind (56th) with a PR of 31:25. Jerry Czyz (61st overall) and Bryce Burdick (67th overall) rounded out the top 5 for OCC. Sophomore Michael Jocz beat his previous 8k time by nearly a minute and a half. 
 
The Women's team was represented by Kaitlyn Fico who placed 61st overall, completing the 5k course in a personal record time of 25:46. 

Onondaga Top Times:

• Paul Clark, 27:28 (PR), 14th
• Cayden McKay, 31:02 (PR), 52nd
• Ashton Murdock, 31:25 (PR), 56th
• Jerry Czyz, 32:31, 61st
• Bryce Burdick, 33:35, 67th
• Dylan Baker, 34:51, 73rd
• Michael Jocz, 35:21 (PR), 76th
• Jeremy Smothers, 40:03, 81st

The team will head to Finger Lakes Community College for the MSAC Conference Championship race on Saturday, October 19th, at 11:30am.

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