Glassboro, NJ (October 14, 2023) - The DeSales University men's cross country team took second place out of 31 teams at the Rowan Border Battle at Dream Park on Saturday morning.

The Bulldogs went head-to-head against tough Metro Region competitors, including Rowan, Swarthmore, Moravian, Ursinus, Stevens, Widener, and Ramapo. Even with a shorthanded squad, the team was able to sneak a second-place team finish thanks to a plethora of personal bests at the home of this year's Metro Region Championship.

In the Championship 8k race, three Bulldogs received awards for finishing in the top 30 overall. Senior Shane Artis notched a third-place overall finish, setting a personal best with a time of 24:57.8. Graduate student Matt Santacoloma also came in with a huge personal best, finishing in 11^th place with a time of 25:17.1. First-year Joey Wilson set yet another personal record in a time of 25:35.8, good for 26^th overall.

Rounding out the top five scorers for DeSales while setting personal bests were sophomore Davis Trump (25:40.1, 32^nd overall) and graduate student Brian Bruno (26:16.5, 67^th place). Several other Bulldogs set huge personal records in the Championship 8k race, including:

• Dean Ricco, Senior – 26:18.9, 71^st overall
• Dylan Doskocil, First-year – 26:33.0, 100^th overall
• Matt Chylack, Senior – 26:53.2, 127^th overall
• Tom Greve, Graduate – 26:55.0, 131^st overall
• Cody Smith, Junior – 27:01.7, 138^th overall\

There were a ton of personal bests from Bulldogs in the Open 8k race as well, including:

• Jozef Callano, First-year – 27:05.9, 21^st overall
• Antonio Rinaldi, Sophomore – 27:27.4, 30^th overall
• Forrest Miller, Sophomore – 27:47.4, 39^th overall
• Teddy Novak, First-year – 28:24.6, 60^th overall
• Andrew Sidorski, First-year – 29:01.1, 77^th overall
• Patrick Smith, Sophomore – 29:04.8, 79^th overall
• Jaden Parrish, First-year – 29:51.5, 93^rd overall
• Jordan Gallo, Sophomore – 29:53.9, 94^th overall
• Chase Curry, Sophomore – 30:45.5, 108^th overall

After an incredibly successful showing, some of the Bulldogs will return to action next Friday, October 20^th at Lebanon Valley University's Union Canal Tunnel Park for the Last Chance Run at 5:15 PM. Meanwhile, the top 12 Bulldogs will take a week of rest from competition to prepare for the MAC Championships on Saturday, October 28 at Misericordia University.