GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Ursinus Men's Cross Country team returned to action for the first time in almost a full month by racing at the Aubrey Shenk Invitational on Saturday morning at Gettysburg College.
 
 
It was the Bears first race Since September 19^th due to the Lehigh Paul Short Run being canceled and the team placed 12^th of 44 teams at the meet with 384 points.
 
 
Sophomore Elias Knoll led the Bears with a time of 25:52.0 to place 46^th overall and senior Sean Geherty was second among Ursinus runners and 78^th overall with his time of 26:17.8. First-year Chase Kalesh was third among Bears runners with his time of 26:22.0 in 88^th and senior Troy Hedrick was next at 26:40.6 while sophomore Evan O'Connor rounded out the Bears top-five at a time of 26:45.4.
 
 
Sophomore Ryan Ickes crossed the line at 27:00.0 and junior Siyu Huang was right behind him at 27:00.9. Junior Aidan Furtek posted a time of 27:40.0 and sophomore Alex Balbuena followed with his time of 27:40.8. Sophomore Nick Sirdashney finished with a time of 28:08.3, junior Johnathan Sabo had a time of 29:52.4, senior Dom Nunez had a time of 32:09.3, and junior Conor Flaherty had a time of 32:11.9.
 
 
The Bears return to action on Friday, October 23^rd as they will compete in the Haverford Invitational at 4:30 p.m. in a final tune-up before Centennial Championships at the course.