Princeton Invitational: Men's results

Solid day for the men, top to bottom. It was a more competitive race than last year, and for some reason the course seemed to run a bit slower despite the great conditions. It was cloudy, cool and dry, maybe a bit breezy. One thought is that the course was very CROWDED with a larger field, and thus runners may have had a more difficult time moving out there. Our top-5 spread in both races was excellent. Our top-5 Championship Division times were remarkably similar to 2013! In 2013 it was 25:15/25:33/25:35/25:49/25:53; in 2014 it was 25:14/25:27/25:37/25:47/25:51. However! Last year, we were 22nd of 31 and this year we were 19th of 38 in what appeared to be a more competitive race. The Open Division results were once again tremendous, with Omar Perez leading the way with his second straight stellar performance. On to the championship season ...

Princeton Invitational

Saturday, October 18, 2014

West Windsor Fields

Men’s Championship Race

Team standings

1-Villanova 45, 2-Virginia Tech 71, 3-Penn 139, 4-Bucknell 179, 5-UMBC 198, 6-American 224, 7-St. Joseph’s 231, 8-Cornell 256, 9-Columbia 267, 10-Haverford 315, 11-Binghamton 325, 12-Iona 346, 13-Princeton 362, 14-George Mason 370, 15-Monmouth and Buffalo 417, 17-Harvard 433, 18-Widener 443, 19-Marist 473, 20-Stony Brook 540, 21-Lehigh 577, 22-Rider 578, 23-Swarthmore 678, 24-St. Francis Pa. 728, 25-Rutgers 734, 26-George Washington 735, 27-Susquehanna 742, 28-Bridgewater (Va.) 777, 29-Rowan 827, 30-Hofstra 882, 31-Johns Hopkins 932, 32-La Salle 960, 33-Hartford 979, 34-Mt. St. Mary’s 994, 35-Sacred Heart 1044, 36-Loyola Maryland 1067, 37-NJIT 1080, 38-FDU, Inc.

Men’s Championship Race

Individual results, 8,000-meter course

60. Johnny Lee 25:14

81. Ken Walshak 25:27

99. Mark Valentino 25:37

121. Saad Baig 25:47

130. Ryan Colabella 25:51

140. Pat Rynkowski 25:57

155. Spencer Johnson 26:05

158. Steven Morrison 26:08

204. Steven Rizzo 26:36

221. Patrick Hickey 26:56

301 finishers

Men’s Open Race

Team standings

1-Penn 32, 2-Adelphi 101, 3-TCNJ 136, 4-Columbia 164, 5-Marist 166, 6-Ramapo 169, 7-Haverford 225, 8-Elizabethtown 258, 9-St. Joseph’s 273, 10-Fordham 284, 11-Moravian 313, 12-Wilmington 361, 13-Lehigh 370, 14-Philadelphia 377, 15-LIU Post 400, 16-Widener 404, 17-Rider 406, 18-Bridgewater 455, 19-Rowan 479, 20-Monmouth 502, 21-UMBC 505, 22-Scranton 680, 23-Georgian Court 694, 24-U of Sciences 784, 25-FDU 787, 26-Cabrini 849, 27-Brookdale CC 852

Men’s Open Race

Individual results, 8,000-meter course

46. Omar Perez 26:21

54. Bryan Buttigieg 26:26

56. Joseph Miller 26:29

57. Charlie Ropes 26:30

66. Jake Hensler 26:36

82. Pat Ginty 26:47

83. Mark Vuono 26:48

115. Stefan Morton 27:11

131. Eddie White 27:26

146. James Ball 27:36

171. Ian Dorset 27:51

196. Will Duggan 28:05

206. Zach Toner 28:11

337 finishers