The crisp air of fall is slowly returning and students are heading back to school, which can only mean the start of a new cross country season is upon us. Kevin Robertson got things off on the right foot Saturday as he took home the men’s title at the Harry Lang Invitational hosted by Colgate University. Racing for the Orange of Syracuse, Robertson completed the 6.4 kilometre course in 19 minutes and 39.5 seconds, five seconds ahead of teammate Ethan Weschler. In fact, Robertson led a complete sweep of the top five positions for the Orange as Syracuse won with a perfect 15 points.
Despite starting his third year of Computer Engineering at Syracuse, this was Robertson’s cross country debut in an Orange singlet. His last cross country event was the 2020 U20 Pan Am XC Cup in Langford, BC where he placed 19th overall.
The next event up on the Orange’s schedule will be Friday’s Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational at Penn State. We will be keeping an eye out for Shona McCulloch on the start line to se if she will be making her debut for Syracuse after transferring as a graduate student from the University of Washington.
Full results from the Harry Lang Invitational are available at Leone Timing.