CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Saint Leo junior Shane Bracken turned in the second-fastest time in program history Friday night at the Royals XC Challenge at McAlpine Creek Park. Bracken took 11^th overall to pace the Green and Gold to a seventh-place finish.
 
Saint Leo finished seventh out of 57 teams with a total of 271 points. Bracken crossed the line in a time of 24:19.2, 31.2-seconds behind the top overall time in program history which was set in 2016.
 
Felix Nadeborn came in at 25:04.8, which is the 12^th fastest time in program history, to be second on the team in 40^th place out of the 545 runners on the course.
 
Tadgh McGinty, Fabio Fornarello, and Blake Watson all finished inside the top-five Friday for the Lions. McGinty finished in 65^th (25:29.5), Fornarello crossed as the 104^th runner (25:56.1) while Watson was 114^th (26:03.4).
 
The Lions concluded the regular season and look forward to the Sunshine State Conference Championships on Oct. 26 at South Country Park in Boca Raton, Fla.
 
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