Earlysville, Va. - The Roanoke men's cross-country team takes third at the NCAA D3 South Regional Preview.  

Race Information  
Finish: 3rd of 16 teams  
Event: NCAA D3 South Regional Preview 
Host: University of Lynchburg  
Location: Earlysville, Va. (Panorama Farm) 

Notes and Notables  

• Roanoke tied Berry for third place with 108 points but won the tiebreaker, with three of our five runners finishing higher than Berry.  

• Nathaniel Orban was the top finisher, placing 2nd with a time of 25:44.0, only behind Lynchburg's Ty Blair by one second.  

• The remaining Maroons finished as follows: Parker Blosser in 15th, 26:42.8; Gabe Ramirez Hannon in 20th, 26:51.1; Elias Ammon in 40th, 27:50.4; and Aaron Massey in 45th, 28:01.4.  

• Jackson Coombes, Beau Brebner, and Michael Foley rounded out RC's eight with times of 28:03.7, 28:46.0, and 28:46.1.  

• Orban shed 1:05.1 from the last time he ran the 8K course last year.  

Up Next  
The Maroons will take a week off before traveling to Pennsylvania to compete at the Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh University on Oct. 2.