PITTSFORD, N.Y.— Sophomore Duncan Kipkoech led the Hobart cross country team this afternoon with a ninth place finish out of 135 runners at the Rodenbeck Invitational hosted by St. John Fisher. Kipkoech's efforts led the Statesmen to a seventh-place team finish out of 10 teams.
 
Kipkoech stopped the clock at 19:50.0 in the 6-kilometer race to lead Hobart in its season-opening race. He was followed by classmate Philip Dilgard-Clark who finished 57th with a time of 21:17.3. Senior Sean Moran rounded out the top-three Statesmen finishers in 83rd place with a time of 22:08.0.
 
SUNY Geneseo finished on top of the team leaderboard after producing six top-10 finishers this afternoon. Buffalo's Cameron Bogdan was the event's individual medalist after finishing the 6k race with a time of 18:52.5.

HOBART'S TOP TIMES:

• Kipkoech, 19:50.0, 9th
• Dilgard-Clark, 21:17.3, 57th
• Moran, 22:08.0, 83rd
• William Green, 22:37.8, 88th
• Connor Gasper, 22:49.4, 91st
• Evan Shannon, 23:26.6, 95th

UP NEXT:
 
Hobart will be back in action Saturday, Sept. 13, when it travels to Canandaigua, New York, to compete at Finger Lakes Community College.