STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Marist men's cross country team placed fourth out of five teams at the Wolfie Invitational on Sept. 13. Nationally-ranked Providence and Columbia took the top two spots in the meet, followed by UConn, Marist and host Stony Brook.
Freshman Steven Morrison led the way for the Red Foxes, placing 30th in the 8,100-meter individual race with a time of 26:15.30. A tight-scoring pack followed closely, with junior John Lee (Wading River, N.Y.) placing 34th (26:19.19), senior Mark Valentino (Smithtown, N.Y.) in the following spot (26:30.15) and freshman Steven Rizzo coming in next (36th; 26:30.95). Junior Patrick Rynkowski (Ridgewood, N.J.) completed the scoring for Marist, finishing in 43rd place with a time of 26:47.71.
The individual performances were a huge improvement over 2013, as the first eight Marist runners across the line exceeded last year's first-place finisher for the Red Foxes.
Marist returns to action Sept. 20 at the Monmouth Invitational in Holmdel, N.J., site of this year's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships.
Men's Team Standings
1- Providence College 26
2- Columbia University 30
3- UConn 102
4- Marist 107
5- Stony Brook 132
Men's Individual Results: 8,100-meter course
30- Steven Morrison 26:15.30
34- John Lee 26:29.19
35- Mark Valentino 26:30.15
36- Steven Rizzo 26:30.95
43- Patrick Rynkowski 26:47.71
44- Patrick Hickey 26:48.71
48- Spencer Johnson 26:58.17
53- Dietrich Mosel 27:08.80
57- Joseph Miller 27:21.86
58- Bryan Buttigieg 27:27.61
61- Patrick Ginty 27:32.76
63- Brian Edsall 27:38.00
68- Charles Ropes 28:05.27
69- Stefan Morton 28:05.85
71- Omar Perez 28:16.81
72- Mark Vuono 28:21.91
73- Jake Hensler 28:24.02
75- Eddie White 28:33.31
76- James Ball 28:34.43
77- Richard Willi 29:00.63
79- Ian Dorset 29:40.72
80- Justin Tampellini 30:06.22
81- Will Duggan 30:14.51
