PURCHASE, N.Y. — Seniors Danielle Bourne (Brooklyn, N.Y./Christ the King) and Alex Helfant (Quito, Ecuador/Alliance Academy International) were the lead finishers for the St. Joseph's University, N.Y. – Brooklyn cross country teams as they took part at the Purchase College Invitational on Saturday morning; kicking off the 2024 season. The women's team earned a sixth-place finish while the men came in seventh.
Borne completed the women's 5k course in 25:34, good for 13th place overall and sixth place among Skyline Conference participants. Kristen Donovan (Maspeth, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) and Joell McKeon (Narrowsburg, N.Y./Sullivan West) crossed the finish line in 30:21 and 30:54 respectively. Newcomer Gabriella Cinque (Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville) and senior Elizabeth Yu (Vista, Calif./Rancho Bueno Vista) rounded out the top five with times of 33:11 and 33:30.
Helfant's 38:19 finish on the men's 8k course placed him inside the top 25. Miguel Toribio (Brooklyn, N.Y./Williamsburg Prep) and Tariq Belma (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Loughlin) each completed the race in 39:23. Joshua Gordon (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Loughlin) and Noah Gray (Fishers, Ind./Deane Bozeman) had finishes of under an hour.
Up Next
The Bears travel to Galloway, N.J. for the Stockton University Operey Open on Saturday, September 14. The men's 8k meet begins at 10:30 am followed by the women's 6k at 11:15 am.
