TROY — A pair of Rochester students made the final cut on the The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men’s cross country roster.

Among the Engineers 12 freshmen, eight sophomores, five juniors and seven seniors. the team includes James Anderson and Nolan Feola, both or Rochester.

Founded in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is America’s oldest technological research university. For nearly two centuries, the Institute has been a driving force behind breakthroughs in engineering and science in virtually every arena-from transportation and infrastructure to business, medicine, outer space, and cyberspace.

As it approaches its bicentennial anniversary, the Institute continues to define The New Polytechnic, a new paradigm for teaching, learning, and research that uses advanced technologies to enable fresh collaborations across disciplines, sectors, and regions, in order to answer the global challenges of our day.