Oct. 2, 2009

BETHLEHEM, PA. - The Marist men's cross country team placed 16th out of 42 teams at the Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh on Friday afternoon. The Red Foxes finished the meet with 534 points, 22 points behind 15th place Army. The Marist scoring pack had an average time of 24:59, setting a new school record. Marist's 16th place team finish is also the team's highest finish at the meet, which included numerous nationally and regionally ranked schools. Only 18 seconds separated Marist's top-four runners.

Senior Conor Shelley (Rockland Centre, N.Y.) was Marist's top finisher, covering the 8K course in a time of 24:47 to place 79th. Curtis Jensen (Atlantic Highlands, N.J.) and Nick Webster (Latham, N.Y.) rounded out the scoring pack for the Red Foxes and also ran personal-bests Friday. Jensen ran the course in a time of 25:05 to finish in 118th place while Webster ran a time of 25:25, placing 165th.

Three other Marist runners ran personal-bests Friday at Lehigh. Freshman Sam McMullen (Newton, N.J.) finished the race in a time of 26:17, and Patrick Duggan (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) ran a time of 26:19.

Indiana won the meet with 44 points, with Iona in second with 55 points.

Marist will next race on Oct. 16th and 17th. A select group of runners will run at the Penn State National Meet on the 16th, with the rest of the team competing at the UAlbany Invitational on the 17th.

Individual Results
79. Conor Shelley 24:47
82. William Griffin 24:49
90. Matthew Flint 24:52
118. Curtis Jensen 25:05
165. Nick Webster 25:25
Tim Keegan 25:28
Arquimedes DelaCruz 25:29
Zak Smetana 25:57
Sam McMullen 26:17
Patrick Duggan 26:19

Open Race Results
50. Matt Janczyk 26:00 (personal best)
81. Sean Nestor 26:18 (personal best)
87. Billy Posch 26:21 (personal best)
123. Mike Nicoletti 26:39 (personal best)
152. Matt Panebianco 26:56 (personal best)
169. Brian Townsend 27:07
191. Kyle Havard 27:19 (personal best)
193. Joel Moss 27:20 (personal best)
199. Michael Keegan 27:23 (personal best)
201. Ryan Brown 27:24 (personal best)
209. Colin Johnson 27:29 (personal best)
229. Ryan Fitzsimons 27:41 (personal best)
262. Greg Masto 28:02
342. Mike Holinko 29:30
374. Brendan Green 30:55 (personal best)