Ethan Francis leads a pack of runners on the muddy 8,000 campus course.
Fredonia senior Ethan Francis of was competing in his final SUNYAC Championship Meet, this time on his home course.
The Dunkirk native would finish fourth in 29:07.0, just 38.8 seconds off the pace.
The Devils finished seventh in the 10-team field. Geneseo took the team title with six of the top seven finishers. Sean McAneny won in a time of 28:28.2.
During the post-meet awards ceremony, Francis was cited as the SUNYAC Elite 20 Award winner for having the highest grade-point average of all the competitors in the men's meet. The senior Video Production and Political Science student has maintained a 3.95 GPA.
Fredonia's finished ahead of SUNY Buffalo State and earned two points in the Battle By The Lake competition. That enabled the Blue Devils to take a 6-4 lead.
Other finishers for the Blue Devils were:
Kyle Campbell (Niagara Falls, N.Y./Niagara Falls), 46th, 31:23.8
Noah Watkins (Cortland/Cortland), 60th, 32:06.5
Ryan Dunning (Syracuse/West Genesee), 65th, 32:24.7
Kyle Egan (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury), 74th, 32:55.3
Seth Fonda (Buffalo/Cheektowaga), 77th, 33:19.0
Jeremy Erman (East Meadow/East Meadow), 82nd, 33:36.5
Matthew Erman (East Meadow/East Meadow), 95th, 34:29.0
Tony Gettino (Camillus/West Genesee), 102nd, 35:13.8
