HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The University of Dayton men's cross country team won the opening meet of the season at the 2018 Queen City Invitational.

The Flyers had five runners in the top 20 out of 178 competitors.

Dayton opened the season as the preseason Atlantic 10 favorites and showed little has changed since last year's title-winning performance.

TEAM RESULTS
1. Dayton – 41
2. Kentucky – 86
3. Xavier – 104
4. Cincinnati – 125
5. Cedarville – 138
6. Northern Kentucky – 141
7. Ohio State – 148
8. Eastern Kentucky – 157
9. Wright State – 286
10. Morehead State - 307

Individual Results
2. J.P. Flavin – 15:25.8
3. Chris Negri – 15:30.7
5. Spencer Danielson – 15:32.2
14. Luke Hoover – 15:46.3
18. Michael Laughlin – 15:48.7
38. Griffin Barger – 16:15.3
42. Kevin Lawson – 16:22.0
46. Andrew Tighe – 16:24.0      PR
50. Jonas Chimbanda – 16:25.7     PR
55. Will Majercak – 16:26.7      PR
56. Brandon Christopher – 16:26.8     PR
57. Sean MacGregor – 16:26.8       PR
68. Kyle Vernot – 16:32.4     PR
76. Jordan Koczenasz – 16:38.3
90. Colin Theis – 16:53.3
98. Garrett Grissim – 17:05.5
100. Ryan Schroeder – 17:08.2     PR
107. Colin Lamb – 17:16.0     PR
139. Ryan Kronk – 18:14.6
 
COACH'S COMMENTS
"The men performed really well led by our very strong senior class including J.P. Flavin who was our top finisher," said head coach Jason Ordway. "We went two, three, five, and had a couple more in the low teens. It was a really strong team effort top to bottom and we had a really good pack behind as well. This was a very good starting point on the men's side. We came out and did what we wanted to do and what we are capable of doing. It was nice to see us execute our game strategy we put together on the day. We are looking to improve on this and build on this."

UP NEXT

• The Flyers will continue the season on Sept. 14 with the National Catholic Invitational in South Bend, Ind. and Sept. 15 at the Friendship Invitational in Cedarville, Ohio.