The William & Mary men's cross country team turned in one of its strongest performances of recent years on Friday, finishing fourth at the Penn State National Open and upsetting five more highly-ranked teams.  The Tribe scored 123 points with five runners in the top-50, while Temple won the 11-team event with 56 points ahead of Penn (71) and host Penn State (76).  The 5.2 mile course is roughly a quarter-mile (400m) longer than the NCAA-standard 8K race for the regular season.

How it Happened
- For the Tribe, the top performance was turned in yet again by redshirt-junior JP Trojan (Chardon, Ohio), pulling away over the last half of the race to win the 5.2 mile event in 25:16.0.  Trojan's win was his second of the year, and third top-two finish in three races as he continued to establish himself as a runner to watch on the national stage.  Trojan finished 18 seconds ahead of the rest of the field, and is the first W&M runner to win at this event since Hall-of-Famer Sean Graham '03 back in 2001.
- Next across the line was junior Spencer Tsai (Eugene, Ore.) in 26:00.9 for 21st overall, continuing his streak of finishing second for the Tribe in every race this season.
- Redshirt-sophomore Evan Goodell (St. Louis, Mich.) was close behind Tsai in 26:05.9 for 26th overall, and senior Cooper Leslie (Camp Hill, Pa.) was 37th overall in 26:20.3.
- The final scorer for W&M was redshirt-sophomore Patrick Lynch (Vienna, Va.), who flashed across the finish in 26:26.8 to take 42nd overall.
- Rounding out the varsity line-up were two more redshirt-sophomores, Jack Mackey (Alexandria, Va.) and John Cacciatore (Indialantic, Fla.).  Mackey ran 27:15.4 and finished 75th, while Cacciatore stopped the clock in 82nd overall with a time of 27:21.9.

Up Next
William & Mary has next weekend off, and will return to action on Saturday, Nov. 2, chasing its 20th-consecutive Colonial Athletic Association Championship.  The CAA Championships will be hosted by James Madison at the New Market Battlefield State Park, and will begin at 11 a.m.

Penn State National Open - 5.2 Miles
Penn State University Golf Course - State College, Pa.

Team Standings
1. MA5 Temple 56
2. MA3 Penn 71
3. MA7 Penn State 76
4. SE14 William & Mary 123
5. GL13 Akron 148
6. S4 Georgia Tech 154
7. NE14 Buffalo 167
8. MA11 Saint Joseph's 205
9. MA10 Lehigh 209
10. Kent State 244
11. MA12 Bucknell 249

Top Five Runners
1. JP Trojan (W&M) 25:16.0
2. Anthony Russo (PENN) 25:34.0
3. Caleb Covell (BUFF) 25:35.2
4. Marc Migliozzi (AKR) 25:36.3
5. Zach Seiger (TEM) 25:36.7

Other W&M Runners
21. Spencer Tsai 26:00.9
26. Evan Goodell 26:05.9
37. Cooper Leslie 26:20.3
42. Patrick Lynch 26:26.8
75. Jack Mackey 27:15.4
82. John Cacciatore 27:21.9
85. Johnny Rogers 27:25.0
99. Micah Bremer 27:48.2
102. Chris Short 27:54.6
108. Ryan McCracken 28:14.1
112. Raul Chavez-Gutierrez 29:03.9