BRONX, New York – The Marist men's cross country team placed 16th out of 41 teams at the 2016 NCAA Northeast Regional Championship held at Van Cortlandt Park on Friday. The result marks the second consecutive year the team finished 16th at the event, although the Red Foxes did have a slightly better point total with 461 points versus 2015 when they finished with 478.
"The men ran hard and tough today and they held strong in a fiercely competitive field” said Director of Cross Country and Track Pete Colaizzo. “I'm proud of their efforts."
Matt Baffuto continued his streak of finishing first on the team when he was Marist's top overall finisher in 53rd place with a time of 31:54.57. Spencer Johnson finished second and 96th overall with a time of 32:34.11, Saad Baig finished in 99th place with a time of 32:36.81, Dietrich Mosel finished in 111th with a time of 32:44.71 and Steven Rizzon placed 126th with a time of 32:58.30 to round out the top five.
Up next, the Red Foxes return to the Bronx for the IC4A Championship on Saturday, Nov. 19th.
NCAA Northeast Regional
Friday, November 11, 2016
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
Men's team standings
1-Syracuse 29, 2. Iona 65, 3. Dartmouth 108, 4. Providence 109, 5. Columbia 112, 6. Cornell 252, 7. Brown 257, 8. Buffalo 300, 9. Yale 313, 10. Boston U 338, 11. Stony Brook 356, 12. Army West Point 412, 13. Manhattan 438, 14. Northeastern 439, 15. Canisius 466, 16. Marist 471, 17. Connecticut 471, 18. Maine 474, 19. Boston College 551, 20. Vermont 555, 21. Fordham 556, 22. Quinnipiac 558, 23. Central Connecticut 583, 24. Albany 529, 25. Siena 661, 26. Sacred Heart 667, 27. New Hampshire 591, 28. UMass Amherst 692, 29. Binghamton 763, 30. Fairfield 858, 31. Holy Cross 930, 32. Hofstra 944, 33. Bryant 977, 34. Colgate 1001, 35. St. Bonaventure 1105, INC-Wagner, St. Francis, Hartford, Rhode Island, Harvard, Niagara
