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HC Men’s XC Team Beaten by UPB

Release Date:
September 29, 2006
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ORCHARD PARK, NY – Andy Osborne finished first in 18:48 to lead the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford to a 20-37 win over Hilbert College on Friday at Chestnut Ridge Park. The Panthers Cody Bachand was second in 19:28.

Hilbert’s Lamont Moreno (Harriman, NY/Monroe Woodbury) was the third to cross the finish line and covered the 3.1 mile course in 20:08. Teammate John Koniniec (Depew, NY/Depew) placed 6th in 21:40 amongst the field’s 13 competitors.

Hilbert will next travel to the Nazareth College Invitational on Saturday, October 7th.

RESULTS

UPB – 20 – HC 37

Hilbert Finishers

3rd Moreno 20:08

6th Koniniec 21:40

7th Arns 22:02

9th Wojcik 22:07

12th Reale 29:24

13th Jackson 29:25


Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college’s engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college’s first graduate programs, one a master’s in criminal justice administration and the other a master’s in public administration, and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.