MAAC XC Championships on Saturday

 Once again, the MAAC meet with by at Twin Ponds on the Farm in nearby Montgomery, on Saturday, November 1. Race times are 11a for women's 6km and 12 noon for men's 8km.

Shagging flies at North Field

 One of the many, many unique and cool things about having on-campus track practice is that we share our North Field space with the wildly successful softball team. Their Field of Champions is just north of the Track at Gartland Commons. When legendary coach Joe Ausanio is pitching batting practice to his outstanding young players, the right-handed hitters launch missile-like home runs over the left-field fence ... and onto our track! Well-meaning administrators (and others) expressed concern over this. Pffft. I think it's awesome! It hasn't caused an issue with our athletes and it's fun to watch these home runs soar toward the high jump mats. If I have time, I'll even collect the bright yellow softballs and retrieve them to the softball field, until my aching left shoulder allows. Maybe one day I'll bring my baseball mitt! Again, this is Highly Neat!

Up late with (Uncle) Terry

 Did you stay up to watch Game 3 of the World Series the other night? My guess = NOT. The game went 18 innings and finished at close to 3a here on the East coast, when Freddie Freeman (one of my favorite MLB players) ended it with a home run. You know who WAS up for most (but not all) of the game? Legendary track coach Terry Horton, aka "Uncle Terry" to generations of Marist track athletes. Terry made it till around 2a, before he finally conked out. Terry is a Dodgers' fan. Can you guess WHY? Because he is part of a rapidly shrinking cohort of men who remember when the Dodgers actually played in Brooklyn!

The series is now tied at 2-2, which is great because it means there will be at least two more games remaining in the MLB season. I love baseball and I don't want it to end. Of course, with my (current) sleep schedule, I'm lucky to be awake in the middle innings!

Alumni (and virtual) Jerks

 Apparently! The alumni (Citera and current fifth-year Steven Viera) and virtual alum (Neel) were upset not be included in the lovely Jerk Squad collage of the previous post. So ... here you GO

(the triumphant return of) Jerk Squad (circa 2025)!

 

IC4A/ECAC Championships results

 IC4A Championships
Friday, October 17, 2025
Van Cortlandt Park
Team standings
1-Northeastern 58, 2-St. Joseph’s 83, 3-UMBC 136, 4-American 137, 5-Colgate 149, 6-Siena 151, 7-Bucknell 186, 8-Fordham 203, 9-George Mason 207, 10-Marist 248, 11-Iona 263, 12-Brown 316, 13-NJIT 395, 14-Lafayette 401, 15-Fairfield 428, 16-LIU 451, 17-Manhattan 500, 18-Wagner 521, 19-UAlbany 544, 20-FDU 591, 21-Quinnipiac 592, 22-St. Peter’s 633
Individual results, 8km course
31-Logan Schaeffler 25:12.2
42-Jackson Borge 25:20.5
44-Raffi Buchakjian 25:23.5
63-Kieran Donnelly 25:39.9
69-Miles Chamberlain 25:45.0
85-Matthew Ferreri 25:59.4
115-Ryan Wisker 26:20.8
136-Dennis Love 26:37.3
174-Steven Viera 27:02.2
 
ECAC Championships
Friday, October 17, 2025
Van Cortlandt Park
Team standings
1-Brown 81, 2-Bucknell 83, 3-UMass Amherst 143, 4-Iona 173, 5-Delaware 183, 6-Northeastern 195, 7-George Mason 248, 8-Lafayette 251, 9-American 282, 10-St. Joseph’s 293, 11-Marist 310, 12-UMBC 321, 13-Colgate 344, 14-Fairfield 346, 15-Wagner 357, 16-Fordham 407, 17-NJIT 421, 18-Harvard 476, 19-Siena 485, 20-Manhattan 506, 21-St. John’s 607, 22-UAlbany 661, 23-LIU 667, 24-FDU 758, 25-St. Peter’s 797
Inidividual results, 6km course
39-Emily Litke 22:17.9
44-Mallory Holloway 22:21.6
49-Abigail Kowalcyk 22:27.5
96-Parker O’Brien 23:01.7
104-Julia Zydanowicz 23:06.0
168-Edy Livingston 24:07.3
183-Isabella Colabatistto 24:38.6
186-Christina Diorio 24:40.9

Mets Championships results

 

Metropolitan Championships
Saturday, Oct 8, 2025
Branch Brook Park
Newark, New Jersey
Team standings

1-Seton Hall 52, 2-Hofstra 57, 3-Marist 69, 4-NJIT 132, 5-Columbia 153, 6-Fordham 160, 7-Ramapo 172, 8-St. Peter’s 181, 9-Monroe 200
Individual results, 8km course

4 - Isaac Gross, 24:45
13 - Sanjith Nomula, 25:28
14 - Justin Schwartz, 25:31
18 - Davis Haines, 25:40 (2024 time - 26:21)
20 - Kevin Cannon, 25:43 (2024 time - 26:38)
25 - Pierce Francis, 25:47 (2024 time - 26:43)
26 - Kaleb Stoeckmann, 25:49
52 - Mason Mayer, 27:06
53 - Jack Dovaras, 27:10

Metropolitan Championships
Saturday, Oct 8, 2025
Branch Brook Park
Newark, New Jersey
Team standings

1-Columbia 44, 2-Seton Hall 46, 3-Hofstra 77, 4-St. John’s 126, 5-Fordham 134, 6-Ramapo 148, 7-Marist 175, 8-NJIT 196, 9-Monroe 259

Women’s individual results, 5km course

33 - Christina Diorio, 19:24 (2024 time – 20:24)
35 - Isabella Colabatistto, 19:28
41 - Melina Montgomery, 19:35
48 - Evelyn Hoak, 19:47
55 - Nora White, 20:18

Mets Championships on Saturday

 Metropolitan Championships will be Saturday morning at Branch Brook Park in Newark, NJ. We will be racing 10 men and 5 women in the meet. Women's 5km at 10a, men's 5 mile at 10:45a. OK!

Paul Short results

Paul Short Run
Friday, October 3, 2025
Lehigh University
Men’s results
Team standings
6 of 38 teams, 248 points
Individual results, 8km course
19-Jackson Borge 24:59.7
41-Kieran Donnelly 25:28.3
52-Raffi Buchakjian 25:36.8
64-Miles Chamberlain 25:40.7
74-Matthew Ferreri 25:45.8
94-Steven Viera 25:59.2
157-Logan Schaeffler 26:32.2
160-Ryan Wisker 26:33.9
178-Dennis Love 26:44.6
Women’s results
Team standings
29 of 39 teams, 697 points
Individual results, 6km course
53-Mallory Holloway 22:07.2
66-Emily Litke 22:19.6
168-Abigail Kowalcyzk 23:24.1
183-Sierra Fisher 23:44.1
299-Nora White 26:06.3

Victory Lap - More Photos

 

Thanks to our loyal sports information supporter Caitlin Bombassei, a sophomore at Marist, for providing these photos from Saturday's memorable day. I was texting with an alum earlier today and he called the day "surreal, amazing and memorable." Agree x3!

What's next = Paul Short Run

Our annual pilgrimage to Lehigh University for the Paul Short Run is this week - college/university races are on FRIDAY. 

Men's Brown race is at 2p

Women's Brown race is at 2:45p

Hope to see you there!