MAAC XC Championship: Men's results

Our lack of formal preparation showed today. That sounds like an excuse, it is an excuse (more of a reason, but still ...) and again no one felt sorry for us out there. But it did seem kind of odd for all of us. The pre-race spirit was great. Guys were psyched and pumped up. They went out decently hard on the first 2km loop. And then reality set in and we wound up in the middle of the pack, as you see by the team standings – five points separating fifth place, sixth place and seventh place. Unfortunately, we were on the back end of that tally, which sucks. But you know what didn’t suck? Racing. As a team. In uniform. It was really windy out there and quite chilly. No one – not one person on our team – complained about it. Not even the old man holding the stopwatch, the guy who is perpetually cold. This felt warm in our hearts. Not the results we wanted. But we’re back in the game. For today, at least.

MAAC Cross Country Championships

Friday, March 5, 2021

Seaview Golf Course, Galloway, NJ

Men’s individual results, 8km

28. James Draney 26:05.01

33. Matthew Hartman 26:19.79

39. Graham Strzelecki 26:34.13

41. Christopher Paxis 26:36.16

49. Daniel Czop 26:49.30

51. Brendan Dearie 26:51.22

53. Patrick Kutch 26:54.00

81. John Ignacz 27:52.04

83. Aidan Sweeney 28:00.63

84: Ian Wiesinger 28:00.93

86. Jack Parsons 28:05.06

93. Brendan Zeng 28:16.88

98. Paul Sandford 28:40.15

127 finishers

Men’s team standings

1-Iona 15, 2. Monmouth 77, 3. Rider 94, 4. Siena 105, 5. Manhattan 156, 6. Canisius 157, 7. Marist 161, 8. Quinnipiac 234, 9. Fairfield 263, 10. St. Peter’s 316, 11. Niagara incomplete