BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Daemen University men's cross country team placed eighth out of 13 teams at the Canisius Alumni Classic at Buffalo's Delaware Park on Saturday afternoon. The Wildcat men finished with a team score of 204. Canisius placed first at their home meet with a team score of 70.

Full Results

One week after breaking Daemen's NCAA era (2015-present) 8K record, senior Ethan Keating (Wooster, Ohio) placed 17th out of 139 runners with a time of 25:18.3 to pace the Wildcats. Senior CJ Johnson (Baltimore, Md.) placed second on the team and 29th overall with a time of 25:35.2. 

Finishing third on the team for the fourth consecutive meet, sophomore Simon Evans (Galway, Ind.) posted a time of 26:22.3 to place 42nd. Freshman Ryan Weller (Farmington, N.Y.) posted a PR time of 27:00.3, finishing 57th overall and beating his previous PR (27:10.0 set at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational on Sept. 26) by 10 seconds. Sophomore Andre Kannisto (Boston, N.Y.) finished 85th overall with a PR time of 28:16.8 to round out the Daemen scoring runners. Kannisto's PR was 18 seconds faster than his previous best (28:34.2 set last week at the Highlander Invitational). 

Freshman Michael Gregoire (Amherst, N.Y.) and senior Brad Tobin (Hamburg, N.Y.) finished 98th and 99th, respectively, with times of 29:00.8 and 29:06.2. Gregoire's time set a PR for the freshman, beating his previous best time (29:34.6 set at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational on Sept. 26) by 34 seconds. Sophomore Brendan Smukall (Buffalo, N.Y.) finished 117th with a time of 30:24.2. 

The Wildcats have the next two weeks off for final tuneups before the 2026 East Coast Conference Championships on Saturday, Nov. 7 in Rochester, N.Y. held at the Roberts Wesleyan XC Trails.