MAAC XC Championships: Men's results

 

The men had their strongest race of the season, closing the gap on MAAC rival schools. It was a wild and exciting battle behind perennial powerhouse Iona. While we're not satisfied with 5th place, we are certainly pleased with the efforts exhibited today. Two of our true freshmen earned All Rookie honors. Neat. 

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Twin Ponds on the Farm, Montgomery, NY
Men's team standings
1-Iona 19, 2-Siena 81, 3-Rider 99, 4-Canisius 102, 5-Marist 115, 6-Mount Saint Mary's 197, 7-Niagara 212, 8-Manhattan 233, 9-Quinnipiac 239, 10-Fairfield 240, 11-Saint Peter's 359

Men's individual results, 8km course
19-Gabriel Rodriguez 25:47.9
23-Kieran Donnelly 26:10.6
24-Sean Dearie 26:13.4 *All-Rookie
32-Tyler Perry 26:31.1
33-John Ignacz 26:35.7
35-Raffi Buchakjian 26:37.7 *All-Rookie
47-Jeremy Mbogo 27:06.3
52-Dennis Love 27:13.2
54-Ian Wiesinger 27:19.7
56-Thomas Cavuoto 27:31.5
57-Francisco Mendonca 27:33.2
64-Alexander Pattison 27:49.4
68-Jack Dovaras 27:59.7
70-Matthew Ferreri 28:03.5
71-Ryan Wisker 28:04.0
73-Christian Locker 28:05.5
77-Alexander Ushchak 28:17.0
84-Anthony Citera 28:24.1
87-Thomas Rogers 28:34.4
95-Mason Mayer 28:55.7
115-Seamus Reidy 30:15.8
126 finishers

MAAC XC Championships: Women's results

 Very strong showing for our lead runner, Parker O'Brien, who moved up in the field and earned All-MAAC honors (top-15). Otherwise, we fell a bit short of our team and individual goals on a sunny and warm late morning. On to the NCAA Northeast Regional meet!

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships

Saturday, October 28, 2023
Twin Ponds on the Farm, Montgomery, NY
Women's team standings
1-Quinnipiac 31, 2-Iona 40, 3-Siena 87, 4-Rider 117, 5-Canisius 125, 6-Marist 159, 7-Manhattan 184, 8-Fairfield 244, 9-Mount Saint Mary's 271, 10-Niagara 279, 11-Saint Peter's 355

Women's individual results, 6km course
12-Parker O'Brien 21:53.2 *All-MAAC
26-Sierra Fisher 22:37.1
35-Mallory Holloway 23:15.8
45-Paige McCaul 23:44.6
54-Raven Stanet 24:16.1
59-Christina Diorio 24:32.8
60-Tori Mariano 24:32.8
68-Grace LaCapra 24:50.7
74-Anaiya Bobo 25:07.7
77-Jackie Caron 25:23.8
80-Karlie Genevive 25:30.9
83-Hannah Belleville 25:35.9
121 finishers

What's next = MAAC XC Championships

 The first of three MAAC Championships of the academic year in our sport -- cross country -- will be held on Saturday at Twin Ponds at the Farm in Montgomery (Orange County). Manhattan College is the host. But really, we (Marist) are the closest school to the Farm, a mere 43 minutes away! One coach from a prominent MAAC powerhouse team texted me a few weeks ago, saying that his team would be "staying in Poughkeepsie" on the night before the meet. I replied: "Neat! So are we!" They may even do their team dinner at Cosimo's across from the Marist campus. Also neat! Anyway? The long-range weather forecast looks like it will be unseasonably mild this week, leading into Saturday's races. The women's 6km race is at 11a; the men's 8km race is at 12 noon. Hope to see (some of) you there!

Been a long time ...

Most days, you just go through the motions. Think about it. Think about all you miss by not truly paying attention. Randomly, one day last week at the track at practice, a place I’ve been hundreds and hundreds of times through the years, I stopped and caught a glimpse of an image in my horizon and I scrambled to take a picture with my crappy old Android phone. This is the picture, and this is the story it tells: A coaching lifer, Terry Horton, still coaching and caring and showing up every day, at age 75, more than 50 years after he started. This, too, is highly neat.

Ashokan view

Last Sunday, while the women’s XC team was getting ready for their truly outstanding showing at the University of Vermont, the men’s XC team requested a special long-run venue = Ashokan Reservoir in Ulster County. They agreed to an earlier departure (7:30a) and it was worth the slight sleep deprivation! It was a crisp and cool morning and the men enjoyed a great long run (along with a few recruits!) and followed it up with an awesome group photo in front of the reservoir. Highly neat.

UVM Fall Foliage Invitational: Women's results

An excellent tuneup for the MAAC meet in two weeks. Some strong times and the gaps between our runners is closing. Good stuff. A lot to be excited about!

Fall Foliage Invitational

Hosted by University of Vermont

St. Albans, VT

Team standings
1-Vermont 26, 2-Marist 56, 3-Sacred Heart 70, 4-Bryant 80
Individual results, 5km course

3-Parker O'Brien 18:17.0

6-Sierra Fisher 18:40.5

13-Mallory Holloway 18:51.0

18-Kayla Hawkins 19:06.4

23-Paige McCaul 19:22.1

31-Raven Stanet 19:32.6

37-Anaiya Bobo 19:40.9

42-Christina Diorio 19:51.8

43-Kaitlyn Hastings 19:53.5

56-Jackie Caron 20:27.5

59-Karlie Genevive 20:33.2

63-Grace LaCapra 20:42.0

79-Rachael Turek 21:50.0

90 finishers

IC4A Championships: Men's results

 It was a beautiful day weather-wise at Vanny. We were hoping for a bit better in terms of team and individual results. Next up = MAAC meet in 2 weeks.

IC4A Championships, 114^th annual
Friday, October 13, 2023
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
Men’s championship results, individual 8km
135-Gabe Rodriguez 25:44.0
151-Jeremy Mbogo 25:48.7
199-Sean Dearie 26:11.9
213-Tyler Perry 26:18.1
222-Dennis Love 26:24.1
236-John Ignacz 26:34.4
267-Raffi Buchakjian 27:07.7
310 finishers
Team standings
27^th of 34 teams, 798 points
Men’s open race, 8km
79-Alexander Ushchak 27:54.1
83-Seamus Reidy 28:04.9
 

What's next: IC4A Championships (Friday, men) and UVM (Sunday, women)

 Attention all NYC-area alums and friends of the program! Our men's XC team will be racing at Van Cortlandt Park on Friday morning at the IC4A Championships. We will have a few athletes in the Open race at 10a and the Championship Race (which is LOADED) will be at 10:45a. Weather looks good too!

On Sunday, our women's XC team will be racing at the University of Vermont's Fall Foliage meet in St. Albans, VT. 

Check back for results and updates. OK!

Metro championships: Men's results

Strong day for a partial squad of men at Mets, with a third-place (hardware) finish on a fast course in Newark. Here are (some of the) men’s highlights:
 
--All 9 finishers posted personal-best times for 8km cross country (this is highly neat)
--Third-place finish was highlighted by a tight 1-5 compression (20.67 seconds separated first finish through fifth finisher). This continues to be a season-long goal for the men
--Mendonca’s lead-runner finish was a major breakthrough effort. Go Franko!
--Mendonca, Locker and Pattison earned top-5 scoring spots for first time in their Marist XC careers (also highly neat)
--5 of the 9 finishers were freshmen (Mayer, Wisker, Cavuoto, Ferreri)
--Next up for the men = IC4A Championships, Friday, 13 Oct at Van Cortlandt Park
 
 
Metropolitan Championships
Saturday, October 7, 2023
Branch Brook Park, Newark, NJ
Hosted by NJIT
Men’s team standings
1-Columbia 29, 2-Seton Hall 93, 3-Marist 95, 4-Hofstra 104, 5-NJIT 118, 5-Manhattan 128, 6-Ramapo 128, 7-Essex CC 250, 8-St. Peter’s 254
Men’s individual results, 8km course
11-Francisco Mendonca 25:56.79
18-Mason Mayer 26:05.83
21-Ryan Wisker 26:15.18
22-Christian Locker 26:16.84
23-Alexander Pattison 26:17.46
31-Anthony Citera 26:34.64
43-Thomas Cavuoto 27:05.39
44-Matthew Ferreri 27:13.63
67-Joseph Logan 29:42.09
82 finishers

Metro championships: Women's results

A really strong day for a partial squad of our women's XC team, with a boatload of personal-best times to go around, led by two strong freshmen performances from Mallory and Kayla. Next up for the women is the Fall Foliage XC meet at University of Vermont. Neat! 

Metropolitan Championships
Saturday, October 7, 2023
Branch Brook Park, Newark, NJ
Hosted by NJIT
Women’s team standings
1-St. John’s 68, 2-Manhattan 77, 3-Seton Hall 99, 4-Fordham 119, 5-Columbia 128, 6-Marist 132, 7-Ramapo 154, 8-Hofstra 169, 9-NJIT 181, 10-St. Peter’s 290
Women’s individual results, 5km course
12-Mallory Holloway 18:30
18-Kayla Hawkins 18:45
32-Raven Stanet 19:23
33-Kaitlyn Hastings 19:25
38-Christina Diorio 19:33
41-Jackie Caron 19:40
53-Anaiya Bobo 20:02
57-Grace LaCapra 20:22
63-Karlie Genevieve 20:36
69-Rachael Turek 21:18
82 finishers