KINGS PARK, N.Y. | The Farmingdale State College men's and women's cross country teams competed at the St. Joseph's-Long Island Invitational on Saturday at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, N.Y. In the windy and cold conditions, the men finished sixth out of 17 teams in the 8k race, while the women placed 11th out of 18 teams in the 5k. St. Thomas Aquinas was victorious in both the men's and women's races.

Freshman Ryan Donohue (Islip, N.Y.) led the Rams with a 27th-place finish out of 137 competitors in the men's 8k race in 30:52.04. Junior Jack Lengyel (Cheshire, Conn.) followed in 32nd place with a time of 31:18.56, while freshman Matthew Rintoul (Lake Grove, N.Y.) was 33rd in 31:24.64.

Senior Max Reilly (Bethpage, N.Y.) finished 36th in 31:41.06, followed by sophomore Gavin Calvo (Mastic, N.Y.) in 40th place in 31:45.52. Freshman Zongcan Wu (Seaford, N.Y.) crossed in 54th in 33:08.45, while sophomore Thomas Galante (Massapequa, N.Y.) finished 62nd in 33:44.07.

On the women's side, junior Alice Valenzuela (Elmont, N.Y.) led Farmingdale State with a 34th-place finish out of 119 competitors in the 5k race in 23:49.73. Freshman Julia Vitello (Webster, N.Y.) placed 43rd in 24:20.72, while freshman Star Mensah (Bronx, N.Y.) finished 53rd in 25:10.66.

Freshman Ciara Cromie (Levittown, N.Y.) rounded out the Rams' top four with a 63rd-place finish in 26:06.32.

Farmingdale State will next compete at the Skyline Conference Championship, hosted by St. Joseph's-Long Island at Stony Brook University, on Sunday, October 25th beginning at 11 a.m.