Both the women's and men's cross country teams finished 2nd at the 2017 East Coast Conference Championship hosted by New York Institute of Technology. Sophomore Aida Torpey was the first finisher for the women's team while sophomore Robert Guidicipietro was first on the men's side taking 9th place.
After a 3rd place finish in 2016, the women's team stepped up to move to second. Torpey played a large part with her finish in 18:42. Senior Kristen Borriello was next in 7th place at 19:05. Both runners were names to the All-Conference First team. Sophomore Rebecca MacLeod continured with her breakout year crossing the line in 19:44 which landed 14th place and a spot on the All-Conference Second Team. Freshman Abagaile Kimbrell returned to action after a two week break due to injury. She came back right where she left off running a collegiate personal best 20:07. Senior Kara Santa Teresa rana great race for the Spartan, solidifying the 2nd place team finish with her 20:44 finish. Freshman Mary Dristle, sophomore Grace Carter and freshman Kaya Cobelli rounded out the race with times of 22:21, 23:26 and 24:01 resepctively.
Guidicipietro earned his second All-Conference honor finishing in 26:28. Freshman Nicholas Martello was the second freshman finisher in the race completeing the 8K course in 26:38 which was good for 11th place. Senior Vincent Vazquez, joined Guidicipietro and Marelleo on the All-Conference Second team with a 26:40 finish. Sophomore Aidan Russell stepped up in his 2nd race of the seasn and helped the Spartans in their biggest race of the season this far. He finished in 27:24. Freshman Matthew Tina also had a great day as a scorer for the Spartans clocking a time of 27:43. Sophomore Kyle Kondracki (28:04) and senior Christian Diaz (29:17), held off third place Daemen with strong performances. Sophomore Stefan Saeed ran a personal best 29:53. Sophomore James Dowd finished in 29:56, followed by junior Harley Ruiz in 31:54 and sophomore Mich Philistin in 35:15.
The Spartans will return to action at the NCAA East Regional hosted by Daemen College on November 4th.
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Roberts Wesleyan 19 1 3 4 5 6 7 10
Total Time: 2:08:46.29
Average: 25:45.26
2 St. Thomas Aquinas 71 9 11 13 18 20 24 31
Total Time: 2:14:56.47
Average: 26:59.30
3 Daemen 85 12 15 16 17 25 45
Total Time: 2:16:31.29
Average: 27:18.26
4 Molloy 86 8 14 19 22 23 27 30
Total Time: 2:16:47.91
Average: 27:21.59
5 Nyit 117 2 21 26 32 36 42
Total Time: 2:20:23.13
Average: 28:04.63
6 Liu Post 163 28 29 33 35 38 44 52
Total Time: 2:26:27.07
Average: 29:17.42
7 Queens (N.Y.) 200 37 39 40 41 43 47
Total Time: 2:31:10.12
Average: 30:14.03
8 Bridgeport 227 34 46 48 49 50 51 53
Total Time: 2:47:52.89
Average: 33:34.58
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Roberts Wesleyan 36 4 5 8 9 10 11 12
Total Time: 1:35:24.26
Average: 19:04.86
2 St. Thomas Aquinas 61 3 7 13 17 21 39 41
Total Time: 1:38:24.41
Average: 19:40.89
3 Daemen 67 2 6 15 20 24 27 32
Total Time: 1:38:52.88
Average: 19:46.58
4 Molloy 104 14 18 19 23 30 34 38
Total Time: 1:42:36.40
Average: 20:31.28
5 Liu Post 124 1 22 31 33 37 42 47
Total Time: 1:43:40.15
Average: 20:44.03
6 Queens (N.Y.) 163 25 28 29 35 46 50 52
Total Time: 1:50:06.73
Average: 22:01.35
7 Nyit 171 16 26 36 40 53
Total Time: 1:53:12.22
Average: 22:38.45
8 District of Columbia 244 44 45 49 51 55 56 57
Total Time: 2:07:51.40
Average: 25:34.28
9 Bridgeport 262 43 48 54 58 59 60
Total Time: 2:19:43.50
Average: 27:56.70