Rider XC Invitational: Wrapping it up

 A few final thoughts on the Friday afternoon meet:

--Major thanks to Bryn Gorberg's parents -- Joe and Judy -- for their wonderful post-race dinner at their house in suburban Princeton. It was very much appreciated by one and all. Nicely done!!!!!!
--Thanks to Palmer Weimann's mom, Martha, for sharing these photos from the men's race.
--On the men's side, this course has garnered a well-earned reputation as being very fast -- and in the case of last year, even slightly short of 8km. Well, this year, it was still fast -- the perfect late summer/early fall weather contributed to that. But Rider coach Bob Hamer confirmed what our runners suspected -- that the course was amended to be made longer this year. Specifically, he said it was 30 meters longer than 8km, which basically makes it 5 miles (which is about 8,045 meters). So the lightning fast times this year are even truer than last year. They are listed again here, along with the pace per mile based on 8km.
--On the women's side, the course was significantly longer this year -- 6,150 meters. Last year's course was slightly long of the standard 6km -- it ran at 6,060 meters last year. Coach Chuck converted the 6,150-meter times to 6km times, and also added the

2015 (6,060-meter) times in a chart that he will distribute to the team. The results below include Friday's times, pace per mile based on the extended distance, and the converted times and last year's times. I know. A lot of numbers. But isn't that what this sport's about?

Rider XC Invitational

Rosedale Park, Pennington, NJ

Friday, September 16

Women’s team standings

1-Richmond 41, Marist 74, 3. St. Joseph’s (Pa.) 87, 4. Temple 115, 5. Siena 117, 6. Rider 131, 7. TCNJ 154, 8. Rutgers 240, 9. LIU Brooklyn 276

Women’s individual results, 6,150-meter (3.82-mile) course

With average pace per mile; 5km conversion; 2015 time at 6,060 meters

3. Mara Schiffhauer 21:59.56 (5:45.4 pace); 17:53; NA

14. Emily Burns 22:34.04 (5:54.5 pace); 18:21; 22:43.6

15. Ali Bartolotta 22:34.07 (5:54.5 pace); 18:21; NA

19. Christine Gambell 22:54.74 (5:59.9 pace); 18:37.5; 26:44.5

24. Shea Bohan 23:12.75 (6:04.6 pace); 18:52.5; 25:06.2

25. Mariah Christian 23:17.89 (6:05.9 pace); 18:56.5; NA

32. Jenna Robinson 23:27.19 (6:08.2 pace); 19:04; 23:53.7

36. Jordan Casey 23:32.81 (6:09.8 pace); 19:08.5; 24:48.9

38. Roxy Novo 23:36.85 (6:10.9 pace); 19:12; 24:04.1

44. Boushra Belkhir 23:42.22 (6:12.3 pace); 19:16.5; NA

45. Denise Grohn 23:42.84 (6:12.5 pace); 19:17; NA

46. Bryn Gorberg 23:44.84 (6:13.0 pace); 19:18.5; NA

47. Alyssa Lafave 23:46.49 (6:13.4 pace); 19:19.5; NA

49. Bianca Luparello 23:49.63 (6:14.2 pace); 19:22.5; 24:56

56. Brianne Vess 24:14.35 (6:20.7 pace); 19:42.5; 24:06.9

60. Kerry Gaye 24:18.83 (6:21.9 pace); 19:46; NA

62. Marissa Porter 24:22.45 (6:22.8 pace); 19:49; NA

64. Emily Franko 24:23.00 (6:23.0 pace); 19:49.5; NA

83. Kerri-Anne Flynn 25:07.06 (6:34.5 pace); 20:25.5; NA

89. Olivia Lappas 25:24.37 (6:39.0 pace); 20:39.5; 25:35.5

90. Hannah Albert 25:31.78 (6:41.0 pace); 20:45.5; 24:29.4

92. Jackie Bunce 25:37.89 (6:42.6 pace); 20:50.5; NA

95. Kim Schwartz 25:43.45 (6:44.0 pace); 20:55; 24:02.9

100. Jess Howe 26:09.11 (6:50.8 pace); 21:15.5; 25:30.4

105. Kristi Licursi 26:27.57 (6:55.6 pace); 21:30.5; 27:23.8

109. Taylor Mueller 26:49.39 (7:01.3 pace); 21:48.5; 26:07.1

111. Shannon Gildea 27:10.89 (7:06.9 pace); 22:06; 27:26.7

122 finishers

Rider XC Invitational

Rosedale Park, Pennington, NJ

Friday, September 16

Men’s team standings

1-Siena 50, 2. Marist 51, 3. TCNJ 95, 4. Rutgers 101, 5. Temple 105, 6. St. Joseph’s (Pa). 167, 7. Rider 186, 8. Richmond 191

Men’s individual results, 8,000-meter (4.97-mile) course

3. Matt Baffuto 24:49.41 (4:59.7 pace)

8. Spencer Johnson 24:59.81 (5:01.8 pace)

10. Alex Hogue 25:02.93 (5:02.4 pace)

13. Dietrich Mosel 25:09.62 (5:03.7 pace)

17. Saad Baig 25:14.49 (5:04.7 pace)

18. Palmer Weimann 25:18.27 (5:05.5 pace)

26. Riley Hughes 25:24.02 (5:06.6 pace)

27. Steven Rizzo 25:24.67 (5:06.8 pace)

29. Mike Kennedy 25:28.04 (5:07.5 pace)

31. Chris Rivas 25:33.08 (5:08.5 pace)

33. Steven Morrison 25:36.01 (5:09.1 pace)

34. Matt Adolph 25:36.57 (5:09.2 pace)

38. Pat Hickey 25:39.72 (5:09.8 pace)

46. Joe Miller 25:48.87 (5:11.6 pace)

47. Stefan Morton 25:49.71 (5:11.8 pace)

48. Zachary Ropes 25:50.24 (5:11.9 pace)

53. Elias Platanias 25:56.73 (5:13.2 pace)

65. Conor Stack 26:34.79 (5:20.9 pace)

77. Drew Burns 26:54.83 (5:24.9 pace)

88. Zach Toner 27:11.85 (5:28.3 pace)

89. Brian Henderson 27:14.65 (5:28.9 pace)

96. Will Duggan 27:20.51 (5:30.1 pace)

99. Connor Levins 27:25.53 (5:31.1 pace)

101. Will Esposito 27:31.28 (5:32.2 pace)

106. Jake Hensler 27:47.62 (5:35.5 pace)

113. Eddie White 28:04.29 (5:38.9 pace)

115. Eamonn Beers 28:07.79 (5:39.6 pace)

116. Jalyn Alvarez 28:14.09 (5:40.9 pace)

129 finishers