Nov. 21, 2009
NEW YORK - The Marist College men's cross country team completed its season with a sixth-place finish out of 13 teams in the Championship Division of the 101st annual IC4A Championships, held Saturday at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. The Red Foxes had 153 points, trailing fifth-place Columbia by just three points.
Sophomores Matthew Flint (Queensbury, N.Y.) and William Griffin (Columbia, Conn.) earned IC4A Championship Division All-East honors with their personal-best finishes on the 5-mile course. Flint was 12th overall in 25:48.5. Griffin was 23rd overall in 26:07.7.
Rounding out the scoring pack were sophomore Curtis Jensen (Atlantic Highlands, N.J.), who was 27th in a personal-best time of 26:12.6; junior Timothy Keegan (Huntington, N.Y.), who was 39th in 26:26.2; and senior captain Conor Shelley (Rockville Centre, N.Y.), who closed out his record-breaking and stellar career with a 52nd-place showing of 26:35.1.
The Red Foxes were without the services of two varsity runners - sophomore Adam Vess (Cromwell, Conn.) and freshman Arquimedes DelaCruz (Wantagh, N.Y.) - who sat out due to season-ending injuries. Marist was third at this meet in 2008.
The IC4A meet concludes the cross country season for the program.
Team Standings (Championship Division)
1. Duke 41
2. William and Mary 67
3. George Mason 113
4. La Salle 130
5. Columbia 150
6. Marist 153
7. Syracuse 193
8. Princeton 213
9. Delaware 230
10. UMass 240
11. St. Joseph's 242
12. Duquesne 318
13. Harvard 320
Marist Individual Results (5-mile course)
12-Matthew Flint 25:48.5 *IC4A All-East
23-William Griffin 26:07.7 *IC4A All-East
27-Curtis Jensen 26:12.6
39-Timothy Keegan 26:26.2
52-Conor Shelley 26:35.1
71-Nick Webster 26:55.0
80-Zachary Smetana 27:04.5
83-Thomas Lipari 27:07.0
86-Sam McMullen 27:11.3
89-Sean Nestor 27:16.4
94-Patrick Duggan 27:23.7
100-Matthew Janczyk 27:36.7
Coaches Association race (5-mile course)
6-Mike Nicoletti 27:55.8
10-Billy Posch 28:04.8
11-Kyle Havard 28:07.6
16-Ryan Brown 28:40.7
20-Joel Moss 29:01.7
21-Colin Johnson 29:11.7
25-Michael Keegan 29;32.5
26-Ryan Fitzsimons 29:54.2
30-Greg Masto 30:25.8
33-Brendan Green 30:53.4
