Sept. 18, 2010

BRONX, N.Y. - The Marist men's cross country team placed 15th overall at the Iona College Meet of Champions on Saturday afternoon at Van Cortlandt Park. Making his collegiate running debut in the five-mile distance, freshman Ken Walshak (Babylon, N.Y.) placed 62nd overall with a time of 26:25.28 to lead the Red Foxes.

As a team, the Red Foxes earned 404 points, edging out Manhattan which finished 16th with 429 points. LaSalle won the race, finishing with 93 points.

Junior Nick Webster (Latham, N.Y.) finished 91st with a time of 26:47.22.

Rounding out the top five finishers for the Red Foxes were seniors Patrick Duggan (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) and Zachary Smetana (Niskayuna, N.Y.) who ran times of 26:57.98 and 27:08.38, respectively.

Marist will return to action on Saturday, September 25 when they travel to Fairfield, Conn. to compete in the Fairfield Invitational.

Men's team standings:

1-LaSalle 93

2-Penn 108

3-U Albany 140

4-Brown 147

5-Harvard 163

6-Army 168

7-Iona 186

8-Columbia 199

9-Shawnee State 209

10-Kentucky 236

11-Cincinnati 237

12-Lehigh 257

13-Fairfield 334

14-AIC 356

15-Marist 404

16-Manhattan 429

17-Conn College 494

18-Youngstown State 536

19-Ramapo 599

Marist individual results

5 miles

62-Ken Walshak 26:25.28

74-Thomas Lipari 26:37.20

91-Nick Webster 26:47.22

106-Patrick Duggan 26:57.98

117-Zachary Smetana 27:08.38

119-Nick Hughes 27:12.90

134-Billy Posch 27:26.92

144-Joel Moss 27:37.75

145-Mike Nicoletti 27:38.04

176-Timothy Keegan 28:37.57