What a great day at Van Cortlandt Park!
The weather was awesome -- the forecasted strong winds never really materialized.
The post-race parents' tailgate was incredible -- alumni and athletes from other teams even crashed it. The more the merrier! Thanks to all who contributed the great bounty of food.
And oh yeah ... the teams ran pretty well, too.
Individually for the women, freshman Kiersten Anderson had a banner day. She was 2nd in the ECAC University Division race in 18:10.3 on the 5K course. Coach Chuck provided me with the following highlights:
--She earned ECAC University All-East honors (goes to top-25 finishers)
--She tied the best individual finish in school history (Addie DiFrancesco from 2008)
--Her 18:10.3 breaks Liza Grudzinski's VCP school record of 18:23, set in 2002. Nicely done!!
In addition:
--Erin O'Reilly ran a VCP personal-best time
--Briana Crowe ran an overall 5km cross country personal-best time
Here is the complete stats for the women.
ECAC University Division Championships
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
5-kilometer course
Women’s team standings:
1-U Albany 49, 2-Monmouth 99, 3-Towson 104, 4-St. John’s 161, 5-Marist 179, 6-Binghamton 209, 7-Sacred Heart 219, 8-Bucknell 281, 9-Pittsburgh 288, 10-Fordham 307, 11-Holy Cross 321, 12-Rider 323, 13-Central Connecticut 330, 14-New Hampshire 346, 15-Robert Morris 358, 16-Fairfield 361, 17-Temple 447, 18-Hofstra 464, 19-Manhattan 491, 20-Seton Hall 548, 21-NJIT 575, 22-Siena 614, 23-Longwood 619
Individual results
2-Kiersten Anderson 18:10.3 *ECAC University Division All-East
35-Erin O’Reilly 19:16.6
40-Briana Crowe 19:20.9
50-Katie Messina 19:35.0
53-Kathryn Sheehan 19:36.3
77-Julie Hudak 20:00.4
79-Kara Lightowler 20:03.3
96-Jillian Corley 20:16.5
97-Kelley Hanifin 20:17.0
110-Kelley Gould 20:25.5
139-Dayna McLaughlin 20:53.0
152-Allyson O’Brien 21:08.7
Coaches Association Race results
7-Tara Nuccitelli 20:18.1
14-Elizabeth O’Brien 20:36.3
15-Miy Mahran 20:44.9
18-Becca Denise 21:00.9
26-Kim Bartlett 21:34.7
27-Laura Lindsley 21:39.7
29-Colleen Smith 21:44.4
39-Natalie Rowland 23:01.4
44-Ashley Jensen 23:15.7
The men had a pretty strong day as well. Our gap from 4 to 5 hurt us, but overall everyone ran great with a lot of current VCP personal-best times (as you will see). More number-crunching analysis of that in a future post.
The fifth-place finish was the second highest in school history (we were 2nd in 2008) and we were just 21 points out of second place today.
Matt Flint and a hard-charging Quimes DelaCruz earned All-East honors and both ran big PRs. Will Griffin and Fab Freshman Kenny Walshak finished out strong varsity seasons with big PRs as well.
The guys in the Coaches Association race really rocked it too. In particular, Big Blog Follower Billy Hild improved his time from Mets by 1:48. Nicely done, Mr. Fresh!
It was a great way for this awesome senior class to go out.
More analysis later ...
Men’s team standings
1-Duke 44, 2-Duquesne 141, 3-Harvard and Central Connecticut 147, 5-Marist 162, 6-George Mason 189, 7-Columbia 190, 8-Albany 201, 9-William & Mary 209, 10-Syracuse 239, 11-Iona 273, 12-Princeton 318, 13-Delaware 340, 14-Boston College 344, 15-La Salle and Rider 346, 17-U Mass 446, 18-St. Joseph’s 489, 19-Boston University 551
Individual results
7-Matt Flint 25:11.5 *IC4A Championship All-East (personal best)
14-Arquimedes DelaCruz 25:26.4 *IC4A Championship All-East (personal best)
26-Will Griffin 25:32.6 (personal best)
34-Ken Walshak 25:47.8 (personal best)
84-Tim Keegan 26:32.6
90-Pat Duggan 26:38.7 (personal best)
98-Nick Webster 26:45.1 (personal best)
114-Joel Moss 26:58.3 (personal best)
124-Ryan Scrudato 27:08.9 (personal best)
129-Mike Nicoletti 27:14.5 (personal best)
148-Nick Hughes 27:49.4
Coaches Association race
5-Brian Townsend 27:05.1 (personal best)
7-Nick Salek 27:16.6 (personal best)
8-Isaiah Miller 27:22.9 (personal best)
12-Ryan Brown 27:30.9 (personal best)
14-Kevin O’Sullivan 27:41.1 (personal best)
15-Mike Keegan 27:42.4 (personal best)
17-Billy Posch 27:44.1
21-Ryan Fitzsimons 27:56.2 (personal best)
22-Zak Smetana 28:04.7
28-Ben Windisch 28:16.0 (personal best)
32-Pat Deedy 28:24.2
35-Will Schanz 28:31.3
37-Billy Hild 28:36.9 (personal best)
44-Doug Ainscow 28:48.3 (personal best)
49-Brendan Green 29:55.8 (personal best)
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