Ethan Wechsler finished as 5th man Friday for nationally ranked Syracuse at the Nuttycombe Invitational in Madison, Wisc.
Wechsler, a senior from Cherokee, ran 24:45 on the hilly, challenging Zimmer Championship Course at the University of Wisconsin and Syracuse placed 12th in the country in the annual pre-NCAA shown of the nation’s top programs. Wechsler ran 15 seconds faster than he ran on the same course last year.
Wechsler was Syracuse’s 7th man two weeks ago in Syracuse’s season opener at the Harry Groves Invitational at Penn State.
The Orangemen are ranked No. 2 in the Northeast Region (behind Harvard, which didn’t race Friday) in this week’s U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll and 19th nationally.
Syracuse finished with 325 points Friday, just 13 behind No. 17 Villanova and 12 behind No. 15 Virginia.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 