Szulska Debuts With First Place Finish at Harry Lang Invitational

Saturday, September 2

Hamilton, NY

11:00am

Harry Lang Invite

Harry Lang Women's 5k Winner Aleksandra Szulska - Credit - Brian Miller

Photo by: Brian Miller/Colgate Athletics

Szulska Debuts With First Place Finish at Harry Lang Invitational

9/2/2023 2:13:00 PM | Cross Country

HAMILTON, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo cross country team competed at the Harry Lang XC Invitational hosted by Colgate University on Saturday morning. The men placed third of nine teams at the event, finishing with 75 points. The women placed fourth of nine with 101 points, headlined by first place finisher, freshman Aleksandra Szulska.

On the men's side, six Bulls finished consecutively, all placing inside the top twenty. Senior William Marchant led the pack, placing 13^th with a time of 19:40.6, with five Bulls falling in behind; Sean O'Brien (14^th place, 19:40.7), Jacob Brink (15^th place, 19:40.8), Noah Brightman (16^th place, 19:41.1), Luke Stoeffler (17^th place, 19.41.4) and Matt Gensel (18^th, 19:44.8).

"We had a lot of freshmen, and a few other young athletes compete in their first cross country race in the blue and black," said Associate Head Coach, Todd Witzleben.

For the women's 5k, Szulska placed first in her NCAA debut, with a time of 17:57.7. Also making their blue and black debuts, freshmen Lacey Danilovitz (19^th, 19:05.1) and Juliette Salazar (24^th, 19:17.7) finished strong for the Bulls, with sophomores Paris Welker (29^th, 19:25.4) and Bronagh Cassidy (37^th, 19:38.8) falling in after to cap off the Bulls' top-five finishers.

"The individual win for Szulska was exciting in her debut. Our top three finishers were all freshmen, followed by three sophomores," stated Head Coach Vicki Mitchell. "Both groups will look to continue that momentum into next week's showdown in Happy Valley at the Penn State Invitational."

The Bulls next event is Friday, September 8, when they travel to Penn State to participate in the Spiked Shoe Event.

For complete men's results, click here. For complete women's results, click here.

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