Fast marathons by alums at CIM!

These things are difficult to quantify but ... Sunday's California International Marathon (CIM) might have been the greatest (marathon) showing ever for Forever Foxes on a single day. Wow!

Spencer Bossi-Johnson (2:16:54, 5:14 pace) and Hayley Collins (2:37:38, 6:01 pace) both ran personal-best times -- in Hayley's case, a major breakthrough! -- and fell just shy of the newer (and MUCH tougher) Olympic Trials standards. Both are believed to be the fastest Marist Alumni times in school history. 

In addition! Kevin O'Sullivan (2:21:01, 5:23 pace) and Ryan Fitzsimons (2:33:27, 5:52 pace) both ran personal-best times. 

A great day to be a Running Red Fox in California!

Fastrack Season Opener: Women's results (4 school records!)

 Four school records, many personal bests, good start to the season.

Fastrack Season Opener
Friday, December 5, 2025
Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex
Women’s results
60-meter dash, invitational
2-Gabrielle Bozeth 7.67 *school record, previous record 7.83 by Alexandra Samperi, 2025
3-Madison Duffy 7.80 *breaks previous school record, previous record, 7.83 by Alexandra Samperi, 2025
11-Makenzy Nielsen 8.02 *personal best
13-Alyssa Dapont 8.10
20-Elena Ramos 8.20 *personal best
200-meter dash
7-Madison Duffy 26.06 *personal best
9-Makenzy Nielsen 26.28 *personal best
12-Alyssa Dapont 26.54 *personal best
17-Elena Ramos 26.63 *personal best
300-meter dash
9-Stephania Granados 42.76 *personal best
400-meter dash
1-Julia Kropo 57.98 *school record, previous record, 58.05 by Danisha Craig, 2017
2-Isabella Milojevic 58.75 *personal best
4-Breelyn McNamara 1:00.19
10-Julie Cristinzio 1:02.13
17-Lauren Capela 1:05.42
800-meter run
1-Julianna Mirabile 2:17.16
6-Mackenzie Schubert 2:31.02
Mile run
1-Parker O’Brien 5:05.99
3-Kayla Hawkins 5:09.43 *personal best
60-meter hurdles
3-Madison LaCreta 9.00 *school record, previous record 9.03 by Chrissy McDevitt, 2007
9-Alicia Ramos 9.35 *personal best
10-Emma Murphy 9.40 *personal best
1,600-meter relay
1-Marist A (Breelyn McNamara 1:01.75, Gabrielle Bozeth 56.30, Stephania Granados 59.33, Julia Kropo 57.76) 3:55.12
5-Marist B (Julianna Mirabile 59.36, Julie Cristinzio 1:00.80, Lauren Capela 1:04.94, Isabella Milojevic 59.65) 4:04.64
Long jump
11-Emma Murphy 5.08 meters (16 feet, 8 inches)
18-Olivia Rothstein 4.76 meters (15 feet, 7.5 inches)
Triple jump
10-Olivia Rothstein 10.15 meters (33 feet, 3.5 inches)
11-Gracie Taylor 10.05 meters (32 feet, 11.75 inches)

Fastrack Season Opener: Men's results

 One school record, numerous personal bests, good start to season. 

Fastrack Season Opener
Friday, December 5, 2025
Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex
Men’s results
60-meter dash, invitational
2-Amari Mathis 6.80 *personal best
21-Arbri Halilaj 7.26 *personal best
400-meter dash
2-Ryan Trocolar 49.24
3-Simon Advento 49.94 *personal best
11-Weston LaBrecque 51.49
300-meter dash
7-Christopher Lynch 36.46 *personal best
12-Emmanuel Harris 36.89 *personal best
500-meter dash
9-Miracle Okoli 1:07.66 *personal best
12-Adam Staffier 1:08.27 *personal best
13-Mikiyas Ashenafi 1:08.87 *personal best
28-Jordan Dolansky 1:13.92
800-meter run
1-Joaquin Bell-Andrade 1:54.99 *personal best
2-Cole Lucas 1:55.15 *personal best
9-Patrick Wininger 1:57.91 *personal best
10-Marcel Stewart 1:58.14 *personal best
13-Dante Melfi 2:01.03
Mile run
14-Sean Wilson 4:30.57
60-meter hurdles
17-Christopher Lynch 8.81
1,600-meter relay
2-Marist A (Simon Advento 51.20, Amari Mathis 50.86, Ryan Trocolar 49.14, Miracle Okoli 50.42) 3:21.60
7-Marist C (Arbri Halilaj 51.51, Adam Staffier 51.09, Christopher Lynch 51.78, Jordan Dolansky 55.20) 3:28.54
10-Marist B (Sean Wilson 52.85, Joaquin Bell-Andrade 51.58, Cole Lucas 51.06, Patrick Wininger 53.06) 3:29.57
High jump
6-Luke Adami 1.85 meters (6 feet, 0.75 inches)
Long jump
2-Luke Adami 7.07 meters (23 feet, 2.25 inches) *school record
11-Manasi Simpkins 6.82 meters (22 feet, 4.5 inches) *personal best
16-Ramsey Heredia 6.65 meters (21 feet, 9.75 inches)
20-Baxter Clark 6.38 meters (20 feet, 11.25 inches)
Triple jump
19-Baxter Clark 12.70 meters (41 feet, 8 inches)
 

Army Crowell Open: Men's 5km results

Army Crowell Open
Gillis Field House
West Point, NY
Friday, December 5, 2025
Men’s 5,000-meter run
1-Steven Viera 15:34.01
2-Kevin Cannon 15:40.57
4-Pierce Francis 15:50.56
5-Kaleb Stoeckmann 15:51.02
6-Chase Kober 15:53.15
8-Matthew Ferreri 15:57.52
9-Dennis Love 15:58.36
13-Ryan Wisker 16:33.54
14-Jack Dovaras 16:36.84
16-Mason Mayer 17:08.82

Fastrack Season Opener: Time schedule

 

Fastrack Season Opener Meet   12/5/25 

Order of Events   Women than Men, all running events

 

1pm                 60 h     trials

1:20pm            Mile    final

1:55pm            60h      final

2:05pm            60m     trials

2:35pm            500      final

2:55pm            300      final

3:20pm            60m     final

3:30pm            400      final

3:55pm            600      women only   

4:00pm            800      final

4:20pm            200      final

4:55pm            3000    final

5:45pm            4x800  final

5:58pm            4x400  final      

                       

                       

 

1pm                 M & W  LJ,  Using two Pits,  top 8 to the final

                        TJ’s after conclusion of the LJ,   top 8 to the final

                        Women Pole Vault,  Men to follow

                        Opening   TBD.

                       

1pm                 Men & Women SHOT to throw using both cages if needed. 

                        Flight Assignments at check in. 

                        Weight Throw to follow using both circles as well.

 

                        HJ, will be set up after all dashes are complete. 

                        Opening 1.40 women/ 1.84 men        

 

Notes:

-           Everyone must make an initial check in no later than 45 minutes prior to the scheduled time of their event.  CIRCLE the number next to your name.

-           Heat and Lanes will be given out 15 minutes prior to your event time at the clerks.

-           ALL Field Events will check in at the EVENT site 

-           Please REPORT All scratches as soon as you know them, so we are not guessing

            if someone is showing up for their race.       

 

 

 

(first) snow day at the (new) track

 First storm of the (winter) season? Snow problem! We had an unidentified staff member shovel lane 1, we had our (men's) distance team utilizing the "fast" lane and ... we had our first snow angel on the track. Neat x3!

Track season begins (in a week!)

 Hello. Hope you all had a reasonably OK Thanksgiving and you are (currently) enjoying a long weekend. It's a safe bet that MANY of you ran a Turkey Trot race yesterday. Back in the salad days of this blog, there would be MANY posts about Turkey Trot results. Alas, we are getting old, and (in case you haven't already noticed?) the number of posts has decreased with the years. However! We have been posting (here) for close to 20 years, so that has to count for SOMETHING!

Anyway? The 2025-2026 track journey through indoor and outdoor track seasons begins a week from today. The majority of the team will be heading down to Ocean Breeze for the Fastrack Season Opener, hosted by our good friend Nick McDonough, next Friday afternoon/evening. Some men's XC runners will have a much shorter commute, as Coach Billy is bringing them to West Point for a (flat-track) 5km -- also on Friday evening!

That will be it for the December portion of our season, with a full slate of meets in January and February for our indoor track season. Our outdoor track season follows closely on the heels of indoors, taking up the second half of March, all of April and the first half of May. Of note, we will be hosting our inaugural home track meet on Saturday, April 18, 2026. We are (quite) excited about this! We hope you will attend.

NCAA Northeast Regional: Women's results

NCAA Northeast Regional
Friday, November 14, 2025
New Hampshire State Fairgrounds
Contoocook, NH
Team results
22^nd of 41 teams
Progression
2km: 33^rd place, 887 points
4km: 25^th place, 746 points
6km: 22^nd place, 682 points
(2024 finish = 29^th with 836 points)
Individual results, 6km course
109-Abigail Kowalczyk 21:41.6
132-Emily Litke 21:52.4
136-Mallory Holloway 21:58.4
141-Parker O’Brien 22:02.7
174-Julia Zydanowicz 22:31.0
229-Edy Livingston 23:34.9
242-Isabella Colabatistto 24:21.7
251 finishers

NCAA Northeast Regional: Men's results

 NCAA Northeast Regional
Friday, November 14, 2025
New Hampshire State Fairgrounds
Contoocook, NH
Team results
26^th of 41 teams
Progression
2km: 23^rd place, 652 points
4km: 26^th place, 705 points
6km: 26^th place, 728 points
8km: 26^th place, 709 points
10km: 26^th place, 713 points
(2024 finish = 28^th with 777 points)
Individual results, 10km course
103-Logan Schaeffler 31:11.1
136-Kieran Donnelly 31:39.9
145-Miles Chamberlain 31:44.9
165-Raffi Buchakjian 32:02.9
172-Justin Schwartz 32:06.4
208-Jackson Borge 32:47.7
212-Isaac Gross 32:50.8
263 finishers

NCAA Northeast Regional

 The (2025) cross country season concludes on Friday in New Hampshire with the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (races). Women at 11a, men at 12 noon. Millenium timing will have live results (for those interested in following along). This is the same course as the 2024 meet, a great spectator course as it is a continuous 2km loop (3x for women, 5x for men). Team goal is to improve upon the 2024 standings. OK!

MAAC XC Championships: Men's results

Three-place improvement from 2024, 1-5 spread of 14 seconds, 1-7 spread of 23 seconds.

MAAC Championships
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Twin Ponds on the Farm
Montgomery, NY
Men’s team standings
1-Iona 15, 2-Siena 67, 3-Marist 85, 4-Rider 141, 5-Canisius 142, 6-Merrimack 166, 7-Fairfield 183, 8-Quinnipiac 228, 9-Sacred Heart 234, 10-Manhattan 276, 11-Niagara 335, 12-St. Peter’s 362, 13-Mount St. Mary’s 387
Men’s individual results, 8km course
18-Logan Schaeffler 24:54.9
19-Raffi Buchakjian 24:57.6
20-Jackson Borge 24:58.3
22-Miles Chamberlain 25:02.2
26-Kieran Donnelly 25:09.0
27-Isaac Gross 25:11.2 *All-Rookie
30-Justin Schwartz 25:18.7
43-Matthew Ferreri 25:41.9
45-Kevin Cannon 25:46.5
50-Kaleb Stoeckmann 25:54.0
51-Davis Haines 25:54.9
58-Dennis Love 26:03.3
65-Chase Kober 26:14.4
72-Ryan Wisker 26:19.1
86-Pierce Francis 26:34.1
102-Jack Dovaras 26:54.5
122-Mason Mayer 27:20.1
124-Sanjith Nomula 27:21.6
139-Steven Viera 27:42.3
145-Sam Tellefson 27:55.4
175 finishers

MAAC XC Championships: Women's results

 Two-place improvement from 2024, 1-5 spread of 26 seconds.

MAAC Championships
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Twin Ponds on the Farm
Montgomery, NY
Women’s team standings
1-Quinnipiac 36, 2-Iona 64, 3-Sacred Heart 106, 4-Marist 125, 5-Fairfield 128, 6-Merrimack 140, 7-Rider 187, 8-Mount St. Mary’s 221, 9-Manhattan 233, 10-Siena 242, 11-Niagara 302, 12-Canisius 337, 13-St. Peter’s 428
Women’s individual results, 6km course
21-Abigail Kowalczyk 21:52.9 *All-Rookie
23-Parker O’Brien 21:55.6
25-Emily Litke 22:01.9
27-Julia Zydanowicz 22:07.7
35-Mallory Holloway 22:18.9
93-Isabella Colabatistto 23:56.8
98-Edy Livingston 24:09.7
103-Melina Montgomery 24:15.3
110-Christina Diorio 24:29.8
124-Evelyn Hoak 25:03.6
150 finishers

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!

Personal tour = Dan Kuffner

 

Dan Kuffner, Class of 1968, was back on campus on Monday morning, joined by his classmate Joe Walsh and his son. Mr. Kuffner was a member of the first track teams back in the late 1960s. He had a long and distinguished teaching career in nearby Hyde Park. Through it all, he has remained a loyal Marist Athletics supporter as a longtime Red Fox Club member. Mr. Kuffner no longer lives in the area -- he splits time between Arizona and Long Island. He very much wanted to be at the Victory Lap celebration, but his schedule wouldn't permit. I told him, as I have told many others who couldn't make it back on Saturday, that whenever he was able to make it here, I would give him a personal tour. And, that's exactly what we did on Monday morning. Showing off our (new) track = it will never get old. Neat.

Drone photos = INCREDIBLE

 The following drone images were taken by Marist professor of communication Jeff Basinger. These photos are HIS property so please do not share until I get permission from him to share. There will be more. THESE ARE AWESOME PICTURES

Victory Lap = it's about the kids

 

Thanks to Mark Valentino for sending this picture via text. When we do another alumni gathering at the track -- WHEN, not IF -- we will focus on alumni children and do many more kids' dashes.

More REALLY GREAT drone photos coming soon.

WHAT A GREAT DAY

 

It was an overwhelmingly successful Saturday at the track, a day we'll never forget. There's only one "grand opening" and this one was certainly grand, as alumni, family and friends came out in full force for the Victory Lap celebration. It represented all that is so very good about our Track and Cross Country Family at Marist. 

This is one day I wish I were on social media, because I heard there were a lot of neat posts. For this post, this awesome photo will have to do -- Lisa Chase and her children, and the old coach, all smiling at the end of a fulfilling day. 

As more photos become available, I will post them here.

Saying "thank you" doesn't come close to encapsulating the gratitude I have for everything involving this day. It was a long time coming, and it was worth a lifetime of waiting. 

If you are one of the alums who could not make it today, please know that our new track is YOUR home too, and it will be forever, and when you do eventually make it back to campus, it will be my duty and honor to give you a Personal Tour of the track. 

Going home, going home
By the waterside I will rest my bones
Listen to the river sing sweet songs 
To rock my soul

Victory Lap celebration on Saturday

 Looking forward to what should be a great day at the track on Saturday afternoon. The event starts at 3p but if you are reading this and coming from outside the area? Stop by the track anytime and it's likely I'll be there! The schedule for the day looks (something) like this:

3p = arrive, check in, etc.

3:15p = welcome words

3:30p = Victory Lap group photo and lap

4p = Mile race in three sections (fast one first)

4:30p = Track team senior day

Post-event dinner/drinks will be at Mahoney's.

See you tomorrow or SOON.

The bricks!

 What an absolute Pleasant Surprise this afternoon at the track. The BRICKS -- for large donations and personalized messages -- started to be placed at the track! The work was in progress so it is not clear how many have been placed and how many more still need to be placed. It's great that some (maybe ALL?) will be on display for Saturday's Victory Lap Celebration. Highly NEAT. Here's a sampling,

(scenes from) track practice

 A loyal blog follower -- a record-setting recent graduate who now lives Far Away -- says he checks the blog frequently "when he's bored" at work. He will be (GREATLY) missed at Saturday's Victory Lap Celebration (more on that later). But I promised him to post some pictures from a (recent) practice. Admittedly, I'm not great at Taking Pictures. This was speed and power practice (this blog follower had plenty of Speed and Power in his DAY).