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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa.  — The Lincoln University men's cross country team finished with a perfect score on Thursday afternoon as the Lions opening their season with a victory over rival Cheyney in The Battle of the First Kick-Off.
 
Lincoln took the top five spots to finish with 15 points, while Cheyney had 49 points.
 
Kyle Edwards (Bloomfield, CT/Bloomfield HS) paced the Lions by capturing first in 17 minutes, 13 seconds. Federico Ghelli (Rome, Italy/Liceo Mons. Tozzi) took second in 17:41, while Wilson Bailey (Englewood, NJ/Dwight Morrow HS) placed third in 17:46. Abraham Noel (North Lauderdale, Fla./Fort Lauderdale HS) (19:27) and Miles Green (Baltimore, MD/Baltimore Polytechnic Institute) (20:46) rounded out the top five for Lincoln. Eddie Jones (Cleveland, OH/Warrenville HS) and Dashon Jones (Easton, PA/Easton Area HS) were sixth and eighth, respectively, in 21:05 and 21:36.
 
Lions head coach Rafeal "Ray" Williams said the men were successful because they were able to work together as a unit.  He was very excited about the performance of his second-year runner Ghelli, whose primary sport was soccer. 
 
“He is really learning the fundamental science of distance running,” Williams said. “He is a very intelligent student-athete. He had a great finish last year in track and we are expecting great things from him this year.”
 
Lincoln's next meet is Saturday, Sept. 8 in Wilmington, Del., at the University of Wilmington Invitational.