On Friday, Salem University XC team traveled to Westminster College to open up their season. After sitting out the 2020 season, this was a highly anticipated restart of the cross-country schedule.  The men's team were led by senior Dominic Mazzariello, who finish 26th out of 82 runners. Mazzariello ran a new school record 5k time of 17:19, followed by Anthony Cole who finished 38th with the 4th fastest time in school history. Andrew Paradise finished 80th with a time of 23:47 which is the 10th fastest in school history. "I am very impressed with how the men ran considering where we are in our training.   Dominic started the season with breaking a school record, what else can beat that?" Coach Leonard mentioned. 

The women were led by Indira Rauf who ran a time of 35:54. Asia King finished close behind. Both completed the 2nd half of the race faster than the 1st, Rauf four minutes faster. "Both females showed that they have potential for increased improvement and are headed towards having their best season of their college career." stated Coach Marshall Leonard 

The Salem Cross Country team returns to action on Friday, Sept 10th, as they travel to Beckley WV to compete at the Golden Bear Classic.