Nov. 20, 2010

BRONX, N.Y. - The Marist men's cross country team earned a fifth-place at the IC4A Championships, held Saturday at Van Cortlandt Park. The finish was the second-best for the Red Foxes in IC4A history, and they finished just 21 points out of second place. Junior Matthew Flint (Queensbury, N.Y.) finished in seventh place and earned IC4A Championship Division All-East honors for the second straight year.

Marist's fifth-place finish was topped only by the team's third-place finish in 2008. Flint completed the five-mile race in 25:11.8, which set a personal best at Van Cortlandt Park by over 37 seconds. His time at Van Cortlandt Park is tied for second-fastest in school history with Mike Melfi and trails only Girma Segni (25:01).

Sophomore Arquimedes DelaCruz (Wantagh, N.Y.) also earned All-East honors on the strength of his 14th-place finish in 25:26.4. That time was a personal best for him at Van Cortlandt Park by one minute, 34 seconds. In all, 18 Marist runners set personal bests on the day.

"This race was an excellent way to conclude what has been a very strong season for our men's program," Marist Directory of Men's and Women's Cross Country/Track & Field Pete Colaizzo said. "The men worked very hard and ran well during our end-of-season championship meets. It was great to see."

IC4A Championship Division race
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
Course: Five miles

Men's team standings
1-Duke 44, 2-Duquesne 141, T3-Harvard and Central Connecticut 147, 5-Marist 162, 6-George Mason 189, 7-Columbia 190, 8-Albany 201, 9-William & Mary 209, 10-Syracuse 239, 11-Iona 273, 12-Princeton 318, 13-Delaware 340, 14-Boston College 344, 15-La Salle and Rider 346, 17-UMass 446, 18-St. Joseph's 489, 19-Boston University 551

Individual results
7-Matt Flint 25:11.5 *IC4A Championship All-East (personal best)
14-Arquimedes DelaCruz 25:26.4 *IC4A Championship All-East (personal best)
26-Will Griffin 25:32.6 (personal best)
34-Ken Walshak 25:47.8 (personal best)
84-Tim Keegan 26:32.6
90-Pat Duggan 26:38.7 (personal best)
98-Nick Webster 26:45.1 (personal best)
114-Joel Moss 26:58.3 (personal best)
124-Ryan Scrudato 27:08.9 (personal best)
129-Mike Nicoletti 27:14.5 (personal best)
148-Nick Hughes 27:49.4

Coaches Association race
5-Brian Townsend 27:05.1 (personal best)
7-Nick Salek 27:16.6 (personal best)
8-Isaiah Miller 27:22.9 (personal best)
12-Ryan Brown 27:30.9 (personal best)
14-Kevin O'Sullivan 27:41.1 (personal best)
15-Mike Keegan 27:42.4 (personal best)
17-Billy Posch 27:44.1
21-Ryan Fitzsimons 27:56.2 (personal best)
22-Zak Smetana 28:04.7
28-Ben Windisch 28:16.0 (personal best)
32-Pat Deedy 28:24.2
35-Will Schanz 28:31.3
37-Billy Hild 28:36.9 (personal best)
44-Doug Ainscow 28:48.3 (personal best)
49-Brendan Green 29:55.8 (personal best)

The race concluded the Red Foxs' cross country season.