BUFFALO — The Niagara men’s cross country team competed at the Canisius Alumni Classic held at the Delaware Park Golf Course on Saturday

Senior Tyler Van Leeuwen led the Purple Eagles to be the top runner in every meet this season. Van Leeuwen ran the 8K event in 26:23.2 to place 28th out of 138 runners. The freshman quartet of Ryan Delola (27:25), Ethan Graves (27:41), Matt Whitworth (27:43.9) and Aidan Russell (27:59.3) rounded out the group.

Niagara will compete in the 2016 MAAC Championships in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. on Oct. 29 at 8 a.m. The championship will air on ESPN3.

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