Sept. 5, 2008

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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - The Marist men's cross country team was in good form for its season opener at Bowdoin Park in Poughkeepsie as the Red Foxes took seven of the top-ten places in the race. Senior captain Girma Segni (Bronx, N.Y.) finished first overall, covering the 5K course in 16:08 and winning by 23 seconds.

Junior Conor Shelley (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) was Marist's second finisher, placing fourth with a time of 16:34. Freshman David Raucci (Clermont, N.Y.) was right behind Griffin, finishing two seconds behind him in sixth place. Joe McElhoney (Beacon, N.Y.) also ran a good race in his Marist debut, rounding out the scoring for the Red Foxes with a seventh-place finish.

Freshman Curtis Jensen (Atlantic Highlands, N.J.) ran a 16:57 to finish 13th, and Thomas Lipari (Greenvale, N.Y.) placed 15th in 17:09.

Marist scored 23 points to win the Marist Season Opener, defeating New York University by 15 points. Saint Peter's was third with 85 points.

The Red Foxes return to action on Sept. 20 at the Iona College Meet of Champions at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y.

Team Results
1. Marist 23
2. NYU 38
3. Saint Peter's 85

Individual Results
1-Girma Segni (Marist), 16:08
2-Calvin Lee (NYU), 16:31
3-Jesse Schneider (NYU), 16:33
4-Conor Shelley (Marist), 16:34
5-Will Griffin (Marist), 16:39
6-David Raucci (Marist), 16:41
7-Joe McElhoney (Marist), 16:48
8-Matt Flint (Marist), 16:49
9-Nick Webster (Marist), 16:50
10-Zach Maher (NYU), 16:53
11-Brian Townsend (Marist), 16:56
12-Jack Fitzhenry (NYU), 16:57
13-Curtis Jensen (Marist), 16:57
14-Justin Harris (unattached), 17:01
15-Thomas Lipari (Marist), 17:09
16-Mike Slinskey (unattached), 17:10
17-Mark Hess (NYU), 17:10
18-Dan Reveles (NYU), 17:16
19-Tim Keegan (Marist), 17:28
20-Sam McMullen (Marist), 17:33
21-John Keenan (Marist), 17:34
22-Zachary Smetana (Marist), 17:36
23-Frank Stewart (Marist), 17:39
24-Rob Joynt (NYU), 17:40
25-Alex Emerel (Marist), 17:40
26-Jason Dessalet (NYU), 17:45
27-Patrick Duggan (Marist), 17:55
28-Mike Bravo (SPC), 18:09
29-Matt Turlip (NYU), 18:16
30-Mike Sacca (SPC), 18:17
31-Greg Mastro (Marist), 18:19
32-Matthew Janczyk (Marist), 18:27
33-Matt Palmer (NYU), 18:28
34-Ryan Brown (Marist), 18:30
35-Ryan Boyd (NYU), 18:37
36-Kyle Havard (Marist), 18:40
37-Noah MacNeil (NYU), 18:52
38-Bernier Lauredan (NYU), 19:08
39-Maciej Szelazek (NYU), 19:17
40-Albert Mendes (SPC), 19:23
41-Steven Au-Yeung (NYU), 19:24
42-Michael Holinko (Marist), 19:29
43-Kris Geist (Marist), 19:37
44-Kenneth McDonnell (NYU), 20:46
45-Jon Raditch (SPC), 20:52
46-Andrew Thompson (SPC), 21:19
47-Steven Delianties (NYU), 21:34
48-Rory Farrell (SPC), 22:40
49-Ralph Nelson (SPC), 26:51
50-Jeff St. Simon (SPC), 27:08