Beres, Cougars Third at Siena Heights Invite

(Oct. 3, 2020 - Adrian, Mich.) -- In only their second race collegiately, Ethan Beres (Fr. - Howell, Mich.) and Camden Staples (Fr. - Commerce, Mich.) are quickly establishing themselves as a formidable duo on the Cleary University men's cross country team.

Beres finished third overall at the Siena Heights University Invitational Saturday afternoon with his time of 27:20.6, which was a little less than 1:15 off the winner (Liam Hartsuff of Siena Heights) and 35 seconds behind the runner-up (Rochester's Havi Carroll).

Staples also grabbed a top 10 finish when he crossed at 28:42.62, which earned him an eighth-place finish while Alex Misniakiewicz (Fr. - Manistique, Mich.) barely missed a top 10 result himself as he was 14th at 30:27.19.

Joel Hartleb (Fr. - Brownstown, Mich.) and Josh Bonner (Fr. - Hale, Mich.) finished within 30 seconds of each other as Hartleb crossed at 33:15.49 while Bonner finished at 33:43.34.

Zach Reed (Fr. - Hale, Mich.) was the final Cleary runner on the day as he finished in 25th place overall. 

The Cougars have two weeks until their next race when they will run in the Concordia Old School Invite in Ann Arbor on Oct. 17 followed by the Midwest XC Challenge in Indiana on Oct. 24 to wrap up their fall schedule.