KINGS PARK, N.Y. – In their final preparation before hitting the road to compete in the East Coast Conference next weekend, the Queens College men's and women's cross country team competed in the SJC Invitational Saturday morning at Sunken Meadow State Park. 
 
Led by sophomore Alexis Hall (West River, MD) top 50 finish, the women's side finished seventh overall, while a top 20 finish from junior Steven Cuascut (Queens Village, N.Y) the men's placed 13^th on the day. 
 
Women's 5K 
 
Competing against a few ECC foes, Queens finished third among Division II opponents with a team average of 25:40:88. 
 
Hall paced the Knights with a 30^th place finish in 22:29.80, while freshman Nicole Colombi (Wantagh, N.Y.) was the next player to cross the finish line with a time of 24:09.84 to earn a 42^nd finish. 
 
The next Knights player to complete the course was freshman Natalia Cuttler (Islip, N.Y.) with the 55^th spot with a time of 25:29.41.
 
Favour Onyinyechi Anyalewechi (Lagos, Nigeria) earned a personal-record finish completing the course in 26:56.95 to place 70^th. To round out the top 100 finishes, freshman Melanie Rodriguez (East New York, N.Y.) completed the course with a time of 29:18.42 and Olutoyosi Ajanlekoko (Queens, N.Y.) completed the course in 30:25.78 to record a personal best. 
 
Freshman Aisha Khan (East Elmhurst, N.Y. ) completed the Sunken Meadow course with a time of 40:18.38. 
 
Men's 8K
 
Cuascut led the Knights with a 16^th place finish with a time of 30:03.15. Freshman Andrew O'Gorman (Melville, N.Y.)completed the course with a time of 33:28.39 to place 60^th while graduated student Njehan Phillip (Brooklyn, N.Y.) placed 69^th in 34:43.37.
 
To round out the regular-season finale freshman Valeriy Borkun (White Plains, N.Y.) rounded the course in 38:23.61, while teammate Keith Hyland (Levittown, N.Y.) finished the course with a time of 44:46.37 to complete their preparations for the ECC championship. 
 
UP NEXT: Head coach Robert Davis and the Knights head to Rochester, N.Y. to compete in the ECC Championship hosted by Roberts Wesleyan College from Matt St. James Cross Country Trails. Action slated to start at 10:00 A.M.
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