Men's Cross Country | 10/21/2023 4:30:00 PM

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – The Bloomsburg men's cross country team had a strong race at the 2023 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Cross Country Championship meet, Saturday morning. The Huskies finished eighth as a team and Ryan Duff (Plymouth Meeting, Pa./Plymouth-Whitemarsh) earned first team all-conference accolades.
 
Duff paced the Huskies for the entire race, finding his grove in the final 2,000-meters. At the first 1K split, Duff sat in 18^th-place with a time of 3:11.1. He moved his way into 13^th at 9:54.8 with a 6:43.7 split at the 3,000-meter mark. He took over 11^th at the 5K split at 16:45.0 and 10^th at 23:37.1 at the 7K split. Duff finished 13^th overall with a time of 26:54.9 to earn first team all-PSAC accolades, his first career all-PSAC honor.
 
Michael Gavio (Marlton, N.J./Cherokee) ran a strong race for Bloomsburg as he started the day in 56^th place at the 1,000-meter split with a time of 3:16.7. He moved into 51^st at the 3K split and jumped into 41^st at 5K and a time of 17:24.9. Gavio dropped a couple spots to 43^rd at the 7K split and took 44^th overall with a time of 28:09.6.
 
Peyton Riley (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) got off the starting line quickly and hit the 1K mark in 36^th at 3:14.1. He stayed ahead of teammate Gavio at the 3K mark with a time of 10:13.1 and moved into 61^st at 17:34.1. He made up some ground with a strong 2K run to get to the 7K split at 24:53.2. He took over seven places to close out the race at 47^th overall with a time of 28:12.5.
 
Stephen Suwala (Brigantine, N.J./Cedar Creek) was the fourth Husky across the finish line as he took 51^st overall with a time of 28:14.7. He started the race in 55^th  at 3:16.3 at 1K and maintained his strong pace and worked his way into 50^th overall at the 7K mark before finishing 51^st overall.
 
Brayden Graham (Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg) was the final scoring Husky as he took 71^st overall with a time of 28:44.3. He stayed right with Suwala for most of the first half of the race before finding his own pace at the 5K mark. He hit the split 66^th overall with a time of 17:37 and moved to 72^nd at the 7K split with a time of 25:10.5. Graham overtook the runner in front of him to finish 71^st.
 
Caden Dufrene (Watsontown, Pa./Warrior Run) took 75^th overall with a time of 28:55.5 while Matthew Carroll (Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra Area) finished 91^st with a time of 29:32.6. Rich Loughran (Ottsville, Pa./Pennridge) came in 100^th at 29:53.5 and Peter Tepper (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East) finished 104^th at 30:01.7.
 
Zach Ryan (Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) was the 10^th Bloomsburg runner to finish as he took 112^th overall with a time of 30:41.6 while Matthew Campbell (Marlton, N.J./Cherokee) finished 123^rd at 31:17.0. Nathaniel Welch (/) rounded out the Huskies with a 127^th-place finished at 31:34.1.
 
The Huskies have next weekend off as they prepare for the NCAA Atlantic Region Championships. The race will take place at Lock Haven on November 4.