The Crusader Cross Country team returned to Genesee Valley Park for the 61^st annual McQuaid Invitational.

Varsity placed 17^th out of 41 teams from as far away as Washington State and Canada.

Canisius bested teams from Amherst, Starpoint, City Honors, Oswego, and Bradford-PA, just to name a few.

The team was led by Brody Campbell '28 of Orchard Park with a 36^th place finish and PR time of 16:38.

Syd Pratt '28 of Kenmore placed 39^th with a PR time of 16:45.

Aidan Rivera '27 of Orchard Park, sporting only one shoe, continued the scoring with a time of 17:07.

PR Scoring performances were also delivered by Vincent Ladori '29 of Buffalo (18:27) and Eli Green '30 of Clarence (18:31).
Connor Dickerson '29 of Clarence, Jackson Polino '29 of Amherst, and Ben Oswald '27 of Orchard Park also contributed Varsity PR times. 

The JV squad finished 15^th of 25 teams and were led by Daniel Kooshoian '29 of Buffalo with a time of 18:23. PR scoring times came from Levon Weaver '30 of Hamburg, Thierry Antoine '30 of Williamsville, Charlie Sass '29 of Cheektowaga, and Blake Boldt '27 of Grand Island. PR times were also provided by Cam Dunning '28 of Buffalo, David Jones '30 of Cheektowaga, and Charlie Cannon '30 of Orchard Park. 

The team returns to league action on Wednesday as they face strong rival teams from Nichols and Timon. Race time is 4:15pm at Como Lake Park.