2nd of 16 at DeSales Invitational

Senior Ryan Lesmez (Arlington, Va./Yorktown) and senior Ahmed Hamed (Hilliard/Bradley) turned in top-5 finishes for Ohio Wesleyan at the DeSales Invitational, hosted by DeSales University on Saturday in Center Valley, Pa.

NCAA Division II entity East Stroudsburg had 4 runners finish in the top 6 to take the team title with 28 points to 63 for Ohio Wesleyan.  DeSales placed third with 80 points, followed by Lebanon Valley (86), Lancaster Bible (164), Penn College (196), Arcadia (201), Baruch (264), Delaware Valley (296), Middlesex County College (317), Penn State-Abington (323), Lycoming (335), Penn State-Schuylkill (354), Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham (358), Immaculata (370), and Centenary (N.J.) (447).

Casey Ellis of East Stroudsburg won the race in 25:44.9, finishing less than 2 seconds ahead of Lesmez, who crossed the line in 25:46.5.

Hamed finished fourth in 26:22.0.

Freshman Ethan Bradt (Berea/Berea-Midpark) placed 16th in 26:58.8, freshman Levi Kilian (Ault, Colo./Heritage Christian Academy) was 19th in 27:06.5, and senior Ben Loeper (Medina) rounded out the Bishop scoring with a 22nd-place finish in 27:09.4.

Sophomore Wyatt McQueen (Heath) was 30th in 27:47.0 and freshman Jay Tyler McConkey (Cambridge) finished 32nd in 27:51.3.

"The spread between our 1-5 runners is tightening, which will allow us to look really good during championship season," said Bishop head coach Ben Carlson.  "Ryan (Lesmez) is poised for a spectacular end to his senior year, and Levi (Kilian) competed in an 8000-meter race for the first time and ran a very good race."

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