Wrapping up MAACs: Championship history

While more than half of our team still remains in Disney, I figured this would be a good time to put a wrap on the MAAC Championships by including a recap of our history at the meet since our program joined the conference back in 1997. You'll notice that on the men's side, this was our highest second-place point total in history -- not a surprise, considering how tight the race for second was this year. We will savor this one and be proud of our runner-up streak, as it gets more and more difficult with each passing year. On the women's side, this was a pretty standard-issue second-place finish in terms of points. Could we have run better? Yes. Could we have challenged Iona this year, even with a perfect race? Not a chance.

So again, a job well done by our athletes. Onward to our remaining championship meets -- NCAA Regionals and IC4A/ECAC ...

MAAC Championships history, men
1997: 6th place, 149 points (VCP)
1998: 2nd place, 70 points (VCP
1999: 3rd place, 102 points (VCP)
2000: 4th place, 91 points (Disney)
2001: 3rd place, 69 points (VCP)
2002: 4th place, 91 points (VCP)
2003: 2nd place, 60 points (VCP)
2004: 3rd place, 77 points (Disney)
2005: 2nd place, 73 points (VCP)
2006: 2nd place, 52 points* (VCP)
2007: 2nd place, 61 points (VCP)
2008: 2nd place, 55 points (Disney)
2009: 2nd place, 57 points (VCP)
2010: 2nd place, 53 points (Hammonasset)
2011: 2nd place, 66 points (VCP)

2012: 2nd place, 80 points (Disney)
MAAC Championships history, women
1997: 4th place, 103 points (VCP)
1998: 1st place, 39 points* (VCP)
1999: 1st place (tie), 41 points (VCP)
2000: 1st place, 42 points (Disney)
2001: 3rd place, 93 points (VCP)
2002: 5th place, 114 points (VCP)
2003: 5th place (tie) 102 points (VCP)
2004: 1st place, 40 points (Disney)
2005: 3rd place, 83 points (VCP)
2006: 2nd place, 87 points (VCP)
2007: 4th place, 115 points (VCP)
2008: 3rd place, 78 points (Disney)
2009: 2nd place, 56 points (VCP)
2010: 4th place, 106 points (Hammonasset)
2011: 2nd place, 60 points (VCP)

2012: 2nd place, 65 points (Disney)
*lowest championship point total in school history
bold = MAAC Champions