PURCHASE, N.Y. (Sept. 6, 2025) - The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy men's cross country team won the Purchase College Invitational outright on Saturday morning at Purchase College. The Mariners scored 35 team points, edging out rival Coast Guard by one point.
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The Blue and Gray placed five runners inside the top 10. Junior Luke Zwiesler (Colbert, Wash.) led the way with a runner-up finish in 19:36.5. Freshmen Cooper Johnson (Honolulu, Hawaii) and Arjun Suresh (Plainsboro, N.J.) followed in sixth and eighth with times of 20:26.6 and 20:40.2.
Rounding out the top 10 for Merchant Marine were senior Silas Glynn (Folsom, Calif.) in ninth in 20:52.5 and senior Casey Symons (Harrington Park, N.J.) with a time of 20:58.8.
The Mariners get back to action on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Fred Pavlich Invitational at 10:30 a.m.
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