Queensborough, N.Y. - (9/14/2014) – The Chestnut Hill College cross country teams opened their seasons today, Sunday, September 14, at New York's historic Van Courtlandt Park, competing in the Queensborough Community College Invitational. The Griffins took home three medals, two in the men's eight-kilometer (8K) race and one in the women's five-kilometer (5k) race.
 
A sixth place finish from Sophomore Paige Antall (Hanover Township, Pa.) paced the women to a seventh place finish out of 12 full squads (174 points), covering the challenging course in 22:08. Behind Antall, was freshman Emily Benson-Abotangelo (East Meadow, N.Y.), ran a 24:07, good for 24^th place in the field of 115. Also scoring for the Griffins were sophomores Lea Sanders (North Merrick, N.Y.), 50^th (25:29), Susan Abraham (Staten Island, N.Y.), 58^th (26:10), and senior Mary Markowski (Parkton, Md.), 77^th (29:02).
 
The men's fifth place finish (5^th of 10, 104 points) was earned on a third place finish (27:57) from sophomore Samuel Mondello (Staten Island, N.Y.) and a sixth place finish from fellow sophomore Eric Barton (Colora, Md.) (28:41). Also scoring for the men were freshman Luis Cordero (Bunnell, Fla.), 32^nd (32:25), sophomore Christian Leary (West Babylon, N.Y.), 35^th (32:33), and junior Dan Repsik (Haddonfield, N.J.), 73^rd (35:47).
 
The men's and women's cross country teams run next at the Penn State – Brandywine Invitational, which is scheduled for Saturday, September 20, at the campus in Media, Pennsylvania.