Syracuse struggles in distance races at Virginia Challenge on Saturday

On the second night of the Virginia Challenge track meet, SU competed in the men’s 1500-meter and the men and women’s 5000-meter.

Save for senior Philo Germano’s fourth place finish in the 1500-meter, Syracuse came up empty. In the men’s 1500-meter race, Germano placed fourth with a 3:43.46 time. Behind him in 20th and 38th were teammates Simon Smith (3:47.32) and Nathan Henderson (3:58.01).

Iliass Aouani, Colin Bennie, Kevin James, Joe Dragon and Dominic Hockenbury all ran the men’s 5K race, but none of them cracked the top-15. Aouani and James crossed three seconds apart at 20th and 21st, respectively. Dragon finished right behind them at 23rd and Hockenbury placed 27th. Bennie did not finish.

Sophomore Madeleine Davison, the only SU runner to compete in the women’s 5000-meter invitational, finished in 16th place, last among runners who crossed the finish line.