Colten Appleby of Darien has made the nationally-ranked RPI men's cross country team

 Colten Appleby of Darien is a member of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's cross country team, which is 27th in the nation, studying .

RPI is nationally-ranked after finishing in the top 3 in each of the four meets it has competed, including third of 38 on October 3.

More specific details about Colten can be found by clicking on his name on the team's roster at http://rpiathletics.com/roster.aspx?path=mcross&. For more information or photographs, please contact Kevin Beattie at beattk@rpi.edu.

Rensselaer competes in the Inter-Regional Border Battle, hosted by Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J., on Saturday.

For additional information about Rensselaer men's cross country, please visit www.rpiathletics.com.

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