GALLOWAY, New Jersey – Senior captain James Draney led the Marist men's cross country team with a 28^th-place finish at Friday's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships, held at Seaview Golf Club.
 
Draney finished the 8K course in a time of 26:05.01. He was followed closely by sophomore Matthew Hartman (33^rd), senior captain Graham Strzelecki (39^th), freshman Chris Paxis (41^st), sophomore Daniel Czop (49^th), and sophomore Brendan Dearie (51^st).
 
"Even though it wasn't the outcome we wanted, the fact that we raced together in Marist uniforms is a huge win for us," head coach Pete Colaizzo said.
 
As a team, the Red Foxes placed seventh, and were just five points out of fifth.
 
Here are the team results, and Marist's finishers:
 

Team Results

1-Iona, 15
2-Monmouth, 77
3-Rider, 94
4-Siena, 105
5-Manhattan, 156
6-Canisius, 157
7-Marist, 161
8-Quinnipiac, 234
9-Fairfield, 263
10-Saint Peter's, 316
 

Marist Finishers

28-James Draney, 26:05.01
33-Matthew Hartman, 26:19.79
39-Graham Strzelecki, 26:34.14
41-Christopher Paxis, 26:36.16
49-Daniel Czop, 26:49.30
51-Brendan Dearie, 26:51.22
81-John Ignacz, 27:52.04
83-Aidan Sweeney, 28:00.63
84-Ian Wiesinger, 28:00.93
86-Jack Parsons, 28:05.06
93-Brendan Zeng, 28:16.88
98-Paul Sandford, 28:40.15