Nathan Mienke came away with a 22^nd-place finish in the season-opening Lebanon Valley College Dutchmen Invitational to guide the Pitt-Johnstown men's cross country team to an eighth-place team finish.
 
Lebanon Valley's Rory Lieberman earned medalist honors with a time of 25:05 on the 8K course at Union Canal Tunnel Park in Lebanon to lead the Dutchmen to the team title with 21 points.  Pitt-Johnstown finished eighth with 217 points.
 
Mienke 22^nd-place finish at 26:53.4 in the field that featured 14 teams, eight partial teams, and over 180m runners led the Mountain Cats' top-five runners.  Nicholas Kelly (28:28.1) and Charlie Banks (28:38.1) finished 64^th and 67th, respectively for Pitt-Johnstown, while Brandt Patterson was 71^st at 28:42.3 and Ryan Hayes was 109^th at 29:53.6.
 
Following Lebanon Valley's meet-best 21 points, Ursinus was the runner up with 66 points.  Moravian (111 points) was third and Susquehanna and Scranton tied for fourth with 113 points.
 
Pitt-Johnstown travels to the Bethany (WV) College Invitational next Saturday and to the Lock Haven University Invitational on Sept. 28.