ITHACA, N.Y. — The men's cross country team competed Saturday at Pre-Nationals in Louisville, Ky., and at the Canisius Classic Invitational in Buffalo, N.Y.
 
The squad that travelled to Pre-Nationals place 14^th in a competitive field of 42, led by senior Ben Rainero, who finished the 8K course in 11^th with a time of 23:32.8. Sophomore Dominic DeLuca was next for the Big Red, crossing the line in 24:16.1 for 90^th.
 
Senior Brian Eimstad finished in 24:17.3 (95^th), while sophomore Josh Dyrland came in at 24.24.2 (117^th). Senior Connor Herr (142^nd, 24:34.9), junior James Gowans (195^th, 24:52.2) and junior David Taylor (250^th, 25:19.4) rounded out Cornell's results.
 
In Buffalo, the Big Red finished team first and took five of the top seven spots. Junior Mark Tedder led Cornell, placing third in 25:07.1. Junior Zack Israel (4^th, 25:09.9), senior Tyler Kawalec (5^th 25:12.7) senior Sam Baxter (6^th, 25:14.1) and freshman Tyler Fisher (7^th, 25:17.9) helped the team to victory.
 
Freshman Patrick Murphy (18^th, 25:59.2) and sophomore Will Ronchetti (19^th, 26:03.0) also placed in the top 20.
 
Other Big Red finishes: sophomore Michael Wang (21^st, 26:08.9), freshman Tomas Reimer (23^rd, 26:13.2), senior Matt Crawford (35^th, 26:37.9), freshman Roc Johnson (39^th, 26:46.2), freshman Richard Buchanan (41^st, 26:52.7), sophomore Tim Boston (45^th, 27:03.6), senior Mitch Martin (48^th, 27:20.3) and freshman Brandon Phillips (63^rd, 27:36.1).

Pre-Nationals results can be found here.

Canisius Classic Invitational results can be found here.
 
Cornell will race its lone home meet at the John Reif Memorial Run at Moakley Course on Friday, Oct. 23.