ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – Led by strong performances from Jared Aponte and Rhiannon Ginnetti, the Centenary University cross country teams raced their way to a strong showing at the Fred Pavlich Invitational hosted by Bard College on Saturday morning.

"It was a good day as the course was challenging by in good shape," said head coach Pat Regan. "Almost everyone has improved their pace significantly over the first meet, the hard working is showing."

Regan added, "people are returning from injuries, and they are showing strong improvements and building their confidence. Our hosts from Bard did an excellent job and the post-race "Taste of New York" food and apple cider made our crew almost forget the hills."

The Centenary men finished 11th on the 6k course. Aponte finished 32nd in the field of over 80 runners as he crossed the line in 22:37.8.

Matt Oehrlein was the next Cyclone to cross the line as his time of 24:32.1 was good for 49th place.

A trio of Cyclones crossed the line within 30 seconds of each other. That group included Matt Perine (26:34.6), John Triana (26:35.7) and Gabriel Lentzner (26:56.1).

Another trio of Cyclones all finished near each other. Angelo Piazza posted a time of 28:39.6 and was followed by Kevin Zaccareo Jr. (29:26.4) and Joshua Scialom (29:40.5).

Ginnetti's time of 28:39.5 helped the Centenary women finish sixth on the 5k course. She was the 27th runner in a field of 51 runners.

Kelly Ann Earrusso continued a strong fall as she ran a 30:33.2 and claimed 38th place.

Alexa Visconti was the third Cyclone to cross the line as she posted a time of 32:02.4. Carolyn Rosenberg was the next Centenary runner to finish as she had a time of 34:34.1.

Dara Murphy rounded out the Centenary contingent as she finished in 38:49.7.

Centenary is back in action on Sunday, Oct. 2 when the Cyclones take part in the Queensborough Cross Country Invitational.