Houghton, NY — Russell Sage College's men's cross country team competed on Friday evening at the 2021 Empire 8 Cross Country Championships held at Houghton College. The race was held at the Dreams Course on the campus of Houghton College, a 6 k course.

Men's Team Scoring

1^st           Nazareth             29 points

2^nd          St. John Fisher    43 points

3^rd          Houghton            55 points

4th         Alfred                   129 points

5^th          Utica                    143 points

Sage NTS

Gator rookie Dominic Nova (Rensselaer, NY/Columbia) was the top finisher for the Gator men as he was 14^th with a time of 20:10.5. Senior Holden Maynard (Schenectady, NY/Mohonasen) was the next finisher for RSC as he was 28^th in 21:09.9.

Junior Jared Young (Winthrop, NY/Brasher Falls Central) was 48^th in 24:13.3 and junior Brett LaBier (Albany, NY/Colonie) rounded out the Gator runners taking home 57^th place in 29:51.3.