MAAC XC Championships: My theory of relativity

The Albert Einstein quote goes something like this: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. (Interesting side note: In trying to ‘fact check’ this, it turns out that Einstein probably never said that, but he is almost always connected to this quote). Anyway. Einstein is one of my favorite sources of pithy quotes – the signature on my emails contains an Einstein quote: (“Strive not to be a success but rather to be of value” … I also like, “If you cannot explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough”). The “insanity” quote (whether he said it or not) is fresh and relevant in my mind in light of the deeply disappointing outcome of yesterday’s MAAC cross country championships for both our men’s and women’s team down at Disney. We are on our way home now, but we continue to try to unpack this meet in an effort to learn from it and to move forward in a positive manner. It is also fresh in my mind as our first course of action for most of the men and some of the women this morning was to seek out an appropriate venue for our Sunday long run. With help from a fellow MAAC coach and the trusty Internet (not to mention Begs), we ventured off Disney property about 25 minutes into rural Lake County, Florida, to a world-class 10-mile loop on clay/dirt roads. I say “world class” because national and international caliber runners have flocked to this venue for some forgiving soft surfaces and gentle rolling hills – as well as an awesome sunrise in the Sunshine State.

We experienced all of the above on a cool Florida morning. It was an outstanding choice, despite the early wake-up call after a late night of MAAC activities – awards banquet and fireworks at a jam-packed/crowded Epcot (wait, what happened to that pandemic thing?). After arriving back at our Disney hotel at Coronado Springs resort pretty late last night, there was discussion of skipping this side trip and simply doing our long run back in Poughkeepsie on Monday morning. I’m glad we resisted the temptation to roll over, hit the snooze and not run on the clay dirt. It was worth it, definitely worth it. Back to that insanity thing. The temptation, after a dismal performance at a meet, is toward self-reflection and “what do we need to do differently and better so this doesn’t happen again?” That process started soon after the races concluded, continued all day yesterday (at least in my mind) and still pervade my thoughts as I type this at 33,000 feet on jetBlue flight 1294 back to Westchester County Airport. Waking up to do a team long run on a Sunday falls squarely into the “same thing over and over” category, to be sure. Do we want the same outcome in our final two cross country meets, or next year at MAACs XC, or if and when we return to Disney for this meet? Of course we don’t! Sheesh! Did we define insanity by doing this long run this morning, as we do most Sunday mornings? Maybe. But you know what? As the sun rose over the eastern skyline in rural central Florida on this Halloween, the day after a meet we’d like to quickly forget on the final day of a Disney trip that on balance was a truly great “student-athlete experience” for our team and the other MAAC teams, there was no place our small group of runners would rather have been. I mean, who am I to second-guess Einstein? Maybe we’ll mix things up moving forward – this week, this month and in the future – so as to tip the outcome scales more in our favor. For today, the “same old” long run was not your ordinary Sunday mileage, and my theory of relativity states that it was pretty neat, even if yesterday’s meet results weren’t. OK.

MAAC XC Championships: Women's results

MAAC Cross Country Championships

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Disney’s Wide World of Sports

Women’s team standings

1-Iona 36, 2-Siena 61, 3-Quinnipiac 84, 4-Monmouth 95, 5-Rider 131, 6-Marist 133, 7-Canisius 201, 8-Fairfield 206, 9-Niagara 281, 10-Manhattan 318, 11-St. Peter’s 334

Individual results, 6km course

11-Hayley Collins 21:44.5 *All-MAAC

19-Tori Mariano 22:16.4

25-Gianna Mastromatteo 22:36.1

33-Hannah Belleville 22:58.1 *All-Rookie

53-Talia Cutrone 23:28.8

66-Adele Alexander 23:58.0

78-Mary Dougherty 24:25.2

79-Anaiya Bobo 24:26.0

83-Kate Murtagh 24:31.3

85-Samantha DeStefani 24:38.3

92-Kathryn Tenney 24:45.2

97-Raven Stanet 24:57.2

107-Kayla Shapiro 25:24.0

111-Sinead Heaney 25:34.7

120-Caitlin McCann 26:44.5

132 finishers

MAAC XC Championships: Men's results

MAAC Cross Country Championships

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Disney’s Wide World of Sports

Men’s team standings

1-Iona 17, 2-Monmouth 78, 3-Siena 89, 4-Manhattan 109, 5-Rider 128, 6-Canisius 149, 7. Marist 181, 8-Quinnipiac 227, 9-Fairfield 279, 10-Niagara 333, 11. St. Peter’s 342

Men’s individual results

23-Ramsey Little 25:44.2

38-Christopher Paxis 26:05.4

50-Matthew Hartman 26:23.8

59-Brendan Dearie 26:42.4

61-James Moehringer 26:47.2

68-John Ignacz 26:55.4

73-Gabe Rodriguez 26:59.9

74-Jack Parsons 27:03.2

75-Dylan Perkinson 27:05.2

76-Patrick Kutch 27:05.9

84-Jeremy Mbogo 27:18.0

94-Zachary Ropes 27:31.0

101-Daniel Czop 27:51.5

102-Steven Viera 27:58.0

121-Christian Locker 29:02.1

139 finishers

MAAC XC Championships at Disney: Women 6th, men 7th

The results were disappointing this morning at ESPN's Wide World of Sports complex. We feel that we are a better team than we showed today. But in the words of legendary football coach Bill Parcells, "you are what your record says you are," and so, this is what we are today: The men's race went off first and we finished a disappointing 7th place out of 11 teams. The women's race followed and we finished an equally disappointing 6th place out of 11 teams. We believe we are better than that and we believe we prepared better than that and yet we are what we are: 6th (women), 7th (men). Results to follow. 

MAAC XC Championships at Disney

 Race times this morning are 9a for men and 9:45a for women. Here is the link to the live race feed on ESPN. 

Alums shine in races near and far

Out in San Diego on Sunday, we had two stellar performances among Marist Running Alums. In her debut marathon, Shea Bohan won her age group and ran 3:01:36. In the half marathon, Spencer Johnson was the overall winner in his adopted hometown’s race in an impressive time of 1:06:06. Both ran smartly paced races. The weekend before in Massachusetts, Janelle Solviletti completed her first marathon at Bay State with an outstanding time of 3:02:58.4, good for third in her age group.

Hayley Collins = MAAC Runner of the Week

It's been awhile since one of our athletes won such an award! Congrats to graduate student (fifth-year senior) Hayley Collins for being named MAAC Runner of the Week. Hayley was our lead runner at the Vermont meet, which our women's team won. She has had a strong and solid season, and we are hopeful that she will ride it out to an ever stronger and more solid conclusion at our upcoming three championship meets. Here is a link to the story on GoRedFoxes.com. 

Yeah. It's a Disney year

Our next race is the MAAC Cross Country Championships on Saturday, October 30, at Disney’s Wide World of Sports. Yeah. It’s a Disney Year. Oddly enough, this was actually the year the MAAC meet was supposed to be at Disney. It was NOT postponed from 2020, like everything else. The MAAC XC meet started appearing at Disney in 2000, and every four years (every presidential election year) after that. Until 2020. But again, this had nothing to do with the pandemic. For some scheduling reason, the race was slated for this year instead of last year. And so, we prepare to go to Florida, for this meet, for the sixth time. Yes. There are plenty of memories from this trip. That first year, my wife Heidi traveled down with our then-14-month-old son Joey. You know, the same kid who is now 22 and a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force. Yeah. A lot has happened in the ensuing 21 years! But the magic of Disney, and the MAACs at Disney, endures. In 2000 and again in 2004, our women's team won the race. Talk about magical! In 2004, the men's team decided to shop at a thrift store for "formal" clothing and the results were comical. In 2008, we had our best showing as a men's team with a goofy crew of guys (see below for some proof). In 2012, half of our team got stranded down there because of Hurricane Sandy. In 2016, the men's race for second was nailbitingly close. 

It’s a great trip and a great experience for our athletes. We’ll leave it at that, and continue to prepare our teams as best as possible. And with that, I’ll leave you with this vintage 2008 photo from MAACs at Disney, featuring loyal blog follower and Forever Fox Conor Shelley, who was part of perhaps the best men’s XC performance in school history at the meet. Conor seemed right at home with this magical rodent.

Loss.

Most of you who read this blog know of (or know) Marty McGowan. Our biggest fan, our most loyal and ardent follower. Class of 1973, Marist Cross Country, Forever Fox. Earlier this fall, Marty’s beloved wife of 30 years, Annie, lost a courageous battle with cancer. This is an open letter to my dear friend Marty McGowan:

Marty. Dude. Brother. I wish I could give you a hug. I wish I could hug away your pain. But, I cannot. We cannot. Your pain is acute, real, unfathomable. You lost your best friend. You lost a woman who’s smile lit up every room. Her voice seemed to emanate a smile, even over the phone. She was your sunshine. Your best friend. You married up. Hell, most of us men, we marry up, don’t we? So many of us, we are blessed by loving, beautiful spouses, and yours was a blessed marriage. When I came into your home at 101 E Raleigh, before the NYC Marathon, within seconds of entering, I felt at home. You did that. She did that. And now your home has a chasm in it. A gaping hole that can never be filled, except in your loving memories. Gone too soon, dreaded friggin cancer, again, takes another good, wonderful, beautiful soul. I know you read this blog every morning. My intention is not to make you cry, although it is probable that this will bring some tears. Rather, my intention is to know that you are loved. You have an extended family of Foxes up here. These young, shirtless punks, they don’t know who you are, but you are connected to them. Fifty years ago, you were one of them, logging your miles on the same campus and similar roads that they do now. There is a connection and always will be. At practice, I have spoken of the “old guy down in Staten Island” who is their biggest fan. They’ve seen you hanging around with me, with us, at Ocean Breeze, when you can get there. So, they know. I hope you can feel our love. If a simple, humble, short blog post can hug, let this be it. With love.

Flipper feet, revisited

In case you missed Conor Shelley’s comment on the Jiggy shoe post, here it is. Thanks to Conor for doing the archival research on this blog!

Jiggy, you're not the first crazy minimalist guy on the squad (age has removed me from this roster). I've seen some folks use duct tape to get a few more miles out of their beaters!

https://runredfox.blogspot.com/2010/12/flipper-feet.html

(December 13, 2010) in case the hyperlink doesn't work. Be advised, I wouldn't actually recommend this method as the neoprene upper of a water moc tends to stretch and slip.

Alumni weekend, Saturday at McCann

This coming weekend is Homecoming (aka Alumni Weekend) and we are hopeful to welcome back many of you reading this. The previously planned “big” track reunion has been shelved till 2022, but we will still be around and we are eager to see you back on campus and show you the “new” McCann Center. Check the Marist website and alumni office (as well as your emails!) for more details about all the excellent on-campus and off-campus (reunion years) activities. This is a “reunion year” for me, as I am the Class of 1986 (35^th anniversary). Anyway, for all of you loyal Forever Foxes/Marist Running Alums, we’ll be around campus in McCann from late morning through the early afternoon. We’ll have team XC practice in the morning (possibly off campus) and should be wrapped up no later than 11 a.m. We will be in and around the McCann Center for the rest of the late morning and early afternoon. Stop by and say hi and check out our new digs. Please don’t ask me for team gear; these days, we only order enough for the current team (sorry). Also, as I write this, my voice is quite hoarse (think an aging Babe Ruth) from the weekend and/or a viral infection. I just came back from a doctor’s appointment and he said to rest my voice and drink lots of fluids (coffee and water, my daily mainstays), hopefully my voice will be functioning better on Saturday, if not you can make fun of me and call me old. Anyway, if will be coming back on Saturday, email me (runhed246@hotmail.com) or call/text me (845 309 3640) or just stop down and find us, we'll be somewhere in the vicinity. It will be a lot of fun to get back to normal and see everyone after so many years. OK!

Jiggy's sneakers

Oh gosh, his teammates gave him merciless grief for wearing them to practice, wearing them out on runs. They appeared to be air conditioned because they were so beat up. They looked like a pair of lawn mowing sneakers that the dog used as a chewy toy. Finally, mercifully, Jiggy (aka sophomore John Ignacz) retired these sneakers. Jiggy is one of THOSE guys. Perhaps you know them. They run in minimalist shoes, and they try their darnedest to make them even more minimalist by wearing down the rubber, methodically, each day, with high-mileage training. They wear them well beyond the prescribed 300 to 500 miles – we estimate that these retired ragamuffin sneakers had close to 2,000 miles on them! And, in a nod to Chris MacDougall’s seminal work, “Born to Run,” going minimalist and wearing sneakers down to threadbare cushioning did not send Jiggy to the athletic training room. The kid does the highest mileage on the team. And he doesn’t get hurt. He’s durable. About as durable than these finally retired sneakers. 

UVM Fall Foliage meet: Women's results

There are few things more thrilling as a cross country coach than seeing your top runners coming toward the finish in close succession near the top of the field. Such was the case on Saturday when our ladies took four of the top six spots, led by Hayley Collins and followed closely by Tori Mariano, Gianna Mastromatteo and Hannah Belleville. There are few things scarier as a cross country coach than seeing a big gap between your fourth and fifth runners – really, a big gap between any two runners in the scoring pack! … but especially when you anxiously await that final scorer to cross the line. Both of these scenarios played out on Saturday at Vermont. Fortunately, a late flurry by our fifth-runner pack secured the victory for us over host Vermont. We really liked this meet and can easily envision a return engagement here. It’s an excellent place to tune up for our championship season in a low-key and pretty setting. Onto the championship meets!

Fall Foliage Invitational

Hosted by the University of Vermont

Hard’ack Recreation Area, Saint Albans, VT

Saturday, October 16, 2021

Team scores

1-Marist 31, 2-Vermont 37, 3-Sacred Heart 70, 4-Bryant 90, 5-Plattsburgh 146

Individual results, 5km course

2-Hayley Collins 18:23.4

3-Tori Mariano 18:42.9

4-Gianna Mastromatteo 18:47.6

6-Hannah Belleville 19:10.5

16-Anaiya Bobo 19:56.0

20-Talia Cutrone 20:00.1

23-Adele Alexander 20:08.1

26-Kate Murtagh 20:14.3

33-Raven Stanet 20:27.7

35-Kathryn Tenney 20:37.1

46-Mary Dougherty 20:58.9

48-Sinead Heaney 21:06.4

51-Samantha DeStefani 21:10.7

55-Caitlin McCann 21:18.1

59-Kayla Shapiro 21:33.2

66-Greta Stuckey 22:01.5

74-Madison Whited 22:28.1

77-Hunter von Ahn 22:35.2

81-Rebecca Walters 22:53.8

84-Alexa Mocko 23:08.8

90-Marissa Sciotto 23:38.3

98-Kaitlyn Hastings 25:15.6

101 finishers

UVM Fall Foliage meet: Men's results

What an incredibly interesting few days. After scrambling at the last minute to find any nearby hotel space in northern Vermont, we somehow were able to secure lodging at a beautiful resort community on the shores of Lake Champlain, near Vergennes, Vermont. It was a totally random occurrence, as there was a last-minute wedding cancellation. Our athletes were scattered about in rustic cottages. When we arrived on Friday night, resort staff were exceedingly friendly and escorted everyone to cabins via golf cart in the dark. It was actually an awesome experience. When it came time to drive the 80 minutes north to get to the cross country venue in St. Albans, Vermont, UVM officials were very nervous and concerned about the impending cold front and potential for an extended period of thunderstorms that could shutter the men’s race. There was the very real possibility that the men's race wouldn't happen.

Fortunately, we were able to get both races in. The women’s race weather was perfectly fine except for the strong winds that preceded the storm. The men’s race featured even more wind and a little rain toward the end, which got steadier and heavier during cooldown. But again. We got them in. The course was mostly lumpy grass and mostly flat. For the men, this featured the return of Ramsey Little from injury and he led the way for us in his first race in nearly two years. Despite missing Chris Paxis and Brendan Dearie due to illness, our chase pack packed it in tightly and enabled the men to edge out a solid Bryant team for second place. Host UVM dominated things, easily winning with 18 points. We really liked this meet and will strongly consider returning to it in the future. It’s a long drive, but worth the effort. It’s something different, and that’s sometimes a good thing!

Fall Foliage Invitational

Hosted by the University of Vermont

Hard’ack Recreation Area, Saint Albans, VT

Saturday, October 16, 2021

Team scores

1-Vermont 18, 2-Marist 51, 3-Bryant 57, 4-Plattsburgh 124, 5-Sacred Heart 137, 6-Clinton CC incomplete

Individual results, 8km course

3-Ramsey Little 26:07.3

12-Gabe Rodriguez 26:47.4

13-Patrick Kutch 26:48.8

17-Matthew Hartman 27:06.1

18-James Moehringer 27:08.1

20-John Ignacz 27:08.5

23-Steven Viera 27:14.1

26-Christian Locker 27:19.8

27-Ian Wiesinger 27:20.6

30-Jack Parsons 27:29.5

34-Daniel Czop 27:44.6

38-Dylan Perkinson 27:46.9

39-Zachary Ropes 27:50.9

40-Brad Rynkowski 27:51.8

41-Jon Kittredge 27:56.9

48-Dominic Mastromatteo 28:31.6

51-Francisco Mendonca 28:57.6

63-Neel Viswanathan 30:19.4

74 finishers

TTB in the city

Life is full of surprises. Sometimes, they are actually good! When Loyal Alum Hild reached out last Friday morning with the seemingly spontaneous and random thought of going to see the Tedeschi Trucks Band at the Beacon Theatre in NYC on Saturday night, my first default thought was, “nah, too far, too late, probably should just chill at home.” But then I thought more about this. An off weekend. Not a ton going on. TTB is the one band I had yet to see and I have longed to see, and with good reason: They are considered one of the finest live music acts out there. Hild offered to drive me. Yes, that’s boldface, for sure. There was no reason not to go, and so we went. Oh man oh man oh MAN. From the first song to the last, this was, in fact, one of the finest – if not the absolute best – live shows I’ve ever seen. TTB packs a wallop of full sound: three-piece horn section, soulful, three-person back-up vocalists, two killer drummers, a surprisingly incredible keyboard player, solid bass, and of course the stars – guitar wizard Derek Trucks and his soulful singing and guitar slinging wife, Susan Tedeschi. Wow, wow, WOW! What could top this? TTB likes to invite “special guests” … and at the end of the show, the last of their multi-night run at the Beacon, none other than my all-time favorite, Warren Haynes, strolled onto the stage and jammed and sang and did his thing. Best show ever? Pretty damn close. Sometimes, surprises are excellent. Thanks to Hild for doing it all – he was in town for a wedding the next day, so it was a good way to see a great show for him, and he was a brother to drive the old man both ways. Highly, highly neat!

What's next: Fall Foliage meet at Vermont

On Saturday, we travel to St. Albans, Vermont, for the Fall Foliage Invitational, hosted by the University of Vermont. St. Albans is about 30 minutes north of Burlington, and about 30 minutes south of the Canadian border. We look forward to this change-of-pace meet for us. Women’s 5km is at 1p, men’s 8km is at 1:45p.

Weekend alumni race results

At the Hartford Marathon, Chris Rivas had a strong debut with a time of 2:40:50. His first 13.1 miles were a bit peppy (1:18:02) and he hung on for a strong time. Annie Gould struggled with digestive issues during the second half of the race, showed a lot of grit and gutted out a finish time of 3:55:04. Classmate and former teammate Brie Vess completed the half marathon in 1:55:27. At the Newport Half Marathon, Pat Rynkowski ran a personal-best time and placed third overall in 1:19:05. Congrats to all Forever Foxes out there on the roads.

Pave paradise ...

There’s nothing to it, really. It’s just a random, mostly empty parking lot, in the middle of Ulster County, in New Paltz, home to BOCES and other offices. This parking lot, on the edge of the woods, close to historic Huguenot Street, near the Wallkill River Rail Trail, has become a second home for our cross country team. It has become our go-to for hard Friday workouts on non-race weeks. Recent generations of runners may remember that. Recent graduates will NOT remember THIS: We also hang out in this parking lot on weekends now too. A lot. On Sunday mornings (Saturdays on non-race weeks), we meet at the McCann Center at 8a (yes, 8 o’clock in the morning, on the weekend) and head over to that nondescript parking lot for a flat, soft-surface long run. This Saturday, the River to Ridge trail was added to the repertoire in an effort to incorporate some hills, too. We sometimes see the Army West Point teams out there as well. Yes, it’s worth the trip, even for them (fortunately, our trip is shorter). FYI? We’re going off campus a LOT these days.

The Millbrook Dirt Roads, another preseason staple of training venues, has now spilled into the regular semester as well (a few weeks ago, we were there during a midweek downpour). Maybe we are over-correcting after having to run the same boring road and rail trail loops from campus last school year during the pandemic. Maybe the pent-up demand of awesome off-campus runs burst into a flurry of van trips for training runs. Hey, as long as I have my coffee and a modicum of control of the music in the front, I’m fine with this. The bottom line is, the team is craving it and we are happy to oblige their craving for high-quality training. There are no guarantees in running, just as in life. Will all this quality training translate into improved race performances? That is our hope and that is our belief and that is our desire. Ultimately, we are doing it because it is the right and proper thing to do, a course correction after a school year off course in so many ways. Anyway. For now, if you’re searching around the McCann Center for us on a weekend morning, where you might have used to find us? You might be better off checking out mostly this abandoned parking lot about 25 minutes west of campus.

Poetry in motion

The Paul Short Run trip last Thursday and Friday was the first time I was on a JTR bus for this school year. The first two meets, I drove a van to our nearby venues to alleviate the crowding on the bus. Along with so many other things, it was great to be back to this version of normal. A year ago, I would have done anything to complain about the fact that there was no WiFi on the bus, or it was too hot/too cold on the bus, or that the bathroom in the back of the bus smelled, or that it has become increasingly difficult for me to get anything productive done on the bus for any combination of these reasons. Even reading is difficult on the bus for me, although I cannot blame JTR for that one. I think I need to get more powerful reading glasses. On Thursday, on the way down to Pennsylvania, I tried to read and remarkably I was able to knock out about 35 pages of this pretty neat book of poetry. Alert readers might be thinking: “Pete? Poetry? Did I misread that?” And you’d be correct! My reading tastes tend to veer toward non-fiction history and sports books, with some religious titles mixed in there on occasion.

Well, this was not just any old book of poems. This was a book of poems by our own Janelle Solviletti, Marist Running alum, soon-to-be first-time marathoner … and pretty darn good writer! When Janelle was a student at Marist, she contributed to The Mosaic, a collection of Marist-written poetry. Janelle used to share some of her work in college. I’ll be honest. I’m in awe of anyone who can write poetry, and write it well. It is such a different realm of writing that I find it impossible to even fathom. Obviously, I’m biased, but Janelle is really good at this (she was in college, too). Her debut book of poetry is called The Cameo. It’s self-published and it can be purchased on Amazon, which I hastily and gladly did after Nicki Nesi told me about it, last weekend. Please don’t take this as a formal “book review” … my assessment of poetry is probably as nuanced and well-informed as my assessment of fashion trends. And again, I’m obviously biased! So far, my favorite poem is entitled “Brooklyn.” Several of these poems have subtle references to Janelle’s time spent at Marist as a valued and valuable student-athlete in our program, and this one fits into that category. Please! Support Janelle as she gets started in the literary world. Find her book on Amazon and buy it. OK!     

Paul Short Run: Women's results

Wow, what a race this was up front – a national-caliber field with top teams duking it out. Our top 3 women ran strong and tough, placing well into the top half of the field. Our gap between them and the chase pack remains larger than we’d like, but we have several weeks to build upon this. Back-to-back 6km races was tough on our ladies, and they battled gamely in a high-powered field. On to Vermont, and then the championships!

Paul Short Run

Lehigh University

Friday, October 1, 2021

Women’s team standings, Gold division

1-Northern Arizona 85, 2. Villanova 85, 3. Utah State 93, 4. Georgetown 102, 5. Adams State 199, 6. Penn State 253, 7. Army West Point 302, 8. Navy 318, 9. George Washington 355, 10. Cornell 376, 11. George Mason 410, 12. Boston University 420, 13. Stony Brook 453, 14. LaSalle 473, 15. East Carolina 495, 16. Monmouth 517, 17. Siena 531, 18. James Madison 554, 19. Rice 555, 20. Rutgers 573, 21. Lehigh 577, 22. Bowling Green 585, 23. Temple 591, 24. Quinnipiac 594, 25. Bucknell 657, 26. Binghamton 668, 27. William and Mary 670, 28. Richmond 724, 29. Yale 772, 30. Duquesne 787, 31. Marist 797, 32. Vermont 800, 33. Lafayette 878, 34. SNHU 906, 35. Maryland 945, 36. American 950, 37. UMBC 1098, 38. Hartford 1168

Women’s individual results, Gold division, 6km

100. Hayley Collins 21:42.4

124. Tori Mariano 21:51.6

148. Gianna Mastromatteo 22:04.7

260. Hannah Belleville 23:09.4

269. Adele Alexander 23:14.1

289. Talia Cutrone 23:30.4

303. Anaiya Bobo 23:44.6

316. Ellie Davis 24:02.4

329. Kate Murtagh 24:21.0

342 finishers

Women’s individual results, open division, 6km

71. Raven Stanet 23:56.7

79. Mary Dougherty 24:07.5

89. Samantha DeStefani 24:14.3

122. Kathryn Tenney 24:39.4

142. Caitlin McCann 24:54.7

143. Kayla Shapiro 24:56.5

162. Greta Stuckey 25:15.9

169. Sinead Heaney 25:22.1

177. Sara Leavens 25:30.2

204. Madi Whited 25:55.4

246. Alexa Mocko 26:58.6

253. Marissa Sciotto 27:17.2

291 finishers 

Paul Short Run: Men's results

It’s easy to get caught up in the results – placements and times – and yes, we can do that. I mean, that's why the gun goes off and the clock records finishing times and such! But let’s be honest. Just being back at the Paul Short environment was friggin awesome today! Two years ago in this race, we were fourth overall. Today, we were ninth overall. Not as good. Not where we want to be. But we slowly nudge the improvement needle with this team. We have much work to do in the coming weeks, with all our championship meets in front of us. For now, we’ll take these results and move forward with them in a positive manner. Pax continues to be a strong presence and leader on our team and he had another in a series of solid races for us. There were some other positive performances as well. Our next race is at University of Vermont (a first for us!), on Saturday, October 16. After that, it's Championship Season.

Paul Short Run

Lehigh University

Friday, October 1, 2021

Men’s team scores, Brown Division

1-Southern Connecticut State 90, 2. RPI 114, 3. Amherst 191, 4. Concord 211, 5. Penn 218, 6. Connecticut College 236, 7. Rider 254, 8. Christopher Newport 303, 9. Marist 363, 10. VCU 400, 11. Loyola 413, 12. NYU 416, 13. Duquesne 442, 14. Mount St. Mary’s 457, 15. Trinity 475, 16. Indiana (Pa.) 514, 17. TCNJ 522, 18. Johns Hopkins 532, 19. Wesleyan 554, 20. Quinnipiac 555, 21. Hofstra 558, 22. Allegheny 561, 23. Lock Haven 565, 24. Miami 581, 25. St. Francis (Pa.) University 598, 26. Ramapo 604, 27. Nazareth 613, 28. LIU 662, 29. Bloomsburg 720, 30. Swarthmore 742, 31. Robert Morris 827, 32. Moravian 839, 33. Colgate 857, 34. Kutztown 870, 35. Holy Cross 929, 36. Fairfield 993, 37. SNHU 1065, 38. Baldwin Wallace 1133, 39. St. Mary’s (Maryland) 1241, 40. Chestnut Hill 1242, 41. Niagara 1265

Men’s individual results, Brown Division, 8km course

30. Christopher Paxis 25:31.5

65. Brendan Dearie 25:55.7

75. Gabe Rodriguez 26:03.0

78. Matthew Hartman 26:04.4

118. Patrick Kutch 26:26.3

148. Dominic Mastromatteo 26:43.5

189. John Ignacz 27:10.0

192. Jeremy Mbogo 27:12.0

195. Christian Locker 27:13.5

340 finishers

Men’s individual results, Open Division, 8km course

110. Daniel Czop 26:30.7

145. Steven Viera 26:51.5

172. Jack Parsons 27:03.2

175. Roshan Kalikasingh 27:05.1

188. Zachary Ropes 27:16.5

191. Francisco Mendonca 27:19.0

196. Jon Kittredge 27:22.3

219. Brad Rynkowski 27:39.7

232. Ian Wiesinger 27:45.1

295. Neel Viswanathan 28:49.1

380 finishers