Oct. 8, 2010

BRONX, N.Y. - The Marist men's cross country team finished tenth overall at the Metropolitan Championships at Van Cortlandt Park on Friday afternoon, finishing with 257 points. Competing with a young squad which consisted of six freshmen and two sophomores, Marist's top-five finishers placed within 34 seconds of each other.

Freshman Isaiah Miller (Middletown, N.Y.) was the top overall finisher for Marist, placing 55th overall with a time of 28:01.

Freshman Patrick Deedy (Concord, Mass.) and sophomore Will Schanz (Latham, N.Y.) rounded out the Red Foxes' top-75 finishers. Deedy crossed the finish line of the five-mile course in 28:13 while Schanz followed just behind him with a time of 28:25.

The men's cross country team will send a split squad to the UAlbany Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 16, with half of the team also scheduled to compete in the Penn State National Meet at 10 a.m. that day.

Men's results
Team standings:

1-Columbia 17
2-NYU 70
3-Fordham 101
4-Rutgers 110
5-Iona 120
6-Manhattan 206
7-Hofstra and Wagner 222
9-St. Francis 237
10-Marist 257
11-Seton Hall 291
12-St. Peter's 334
13-FDU 347
14-LIU 395

Marist individual results
5-mile course

55-Isaiah Miller 28:01
65-Patrick Deedy 28:13
72-Will Schanz 28:25
76-Nick Salek 28:31
80-Mike Keegan 28:35
86-Doug Ainscow 28:48
109-Billy Hild 30:18
123-Brendan Green 31:11