Sept. 3, 2011
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - Junior Arquimedes DelaCruz (Wantagh, N.Y.) edged out teammate Matthew Flint (Queensbury, N.Y.) by .23 of a second to capture first place as the Marist men's cross country cruised to a team title at the season-opening Marist Invitational on Saturday at Bowdoin Park on a 5.3K course.
DelaCruz finished in 16:56.29, with Flint's time being 16:56.52. Marist runners took the first four spots in the race, as senior William Griffin (Columbia, Conn.) placed third in 17:02, and sophomore Ken Walshak (Babylon, N.Y.) finished fourth in 17:04.
Following the meet, Marist honored the eight members of its senior class in a Senior Day ceremony - Flint, Griffin, Ryan Brown (Monroe Township, N.J.), Ryan Fitzsimons (Turner, Maine), Kyle Havard (Atlantic Highlands, N.J.), Thomas Lipari (Greenvale, N.Y.), Luke Shane (Bolton Landing, N.Y.) and Brian Townsend (East Setauket, N.Y.).
Marist will return to action on Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Iona Meet of Champions, which will be held at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.
Marist Invitational Results - held on a 5.3K course at Bowdoin Park, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Men's Individual Results
1-Arquimedes DelaCruz, Marist, 16:56.29
2-Matthew Flint, Marist, 16:56.52
3-William Griffin, Marist, 17:02
4-Ken Walshak, Marist, 17:04
5-Pat Rynkowski, unattached, 17:11
6-Connor Kelley, Fairfield, 17:15
7-Jake Ruskan, Fairfield, 17:19
8-Brian Cleary, Fairfield, 17:20
9-Matthew Brunelle, Fairfield, 17:22
10-Justin Tampellini, Marist, 17:24
11-Kyle Short, Fairfield, 17:27
12-Howard Rosas, Fairfield, 17:28
13-Ian Dorset, Marist, 17:29
14-Jon Lobo, Fairfield, 17:34
15-Brian Townsend, Marist, 17:39
16-Mohamed Eid, Marist 17:43
17-Tommy Lappas, Marist, 17:44
18-Joel Moss, Marist, 17:45
19-Mike Nicoletti, Marist, 17:46
20-Kyle Wegner, Fairfield, 17:49
21-Rob Gorski, Marist, 17:50
22-Mark Valentino, Marist, 17:58
23-Kevin O'Sullivan, Marist, 18:01
24-Mike Keegan, Marist, 18:02
25-Gregory Chase, Fairfield, 18:03
26-Ryan Scrudato, Marist, 18:04
27-Billy Hild, Marist, 18:08
28-Nick Hughes, Marist, 18:09
29-Billy Posch, Marist, 18:16
30-Vincent Ferrer, Fairfield, 18:19
31-Dylan Fisher, Fairfield, 18:24
32-Nick Salek, Marist, 18:26
33-Ryan Fitzsimons, Marist, 18:28
34-Sam Tooley, Fairfield, 18:36
35-Edwin Young, Saint Peter's, 18:39
36-Ryan Brown, Marist, 18:41
37-Brian Gordon, Marist, 18:43
38-Will Schanz, Marist, 18:44
39-Matt Panebianco, Marist, 18:49
40-Kyle Havard, Marist, 18:53
41-Sylvester Insa, Saint Peter's, 18:57
42-Mohamed Merdan, Saint Peter's, 18:58
43-Doug Ainscow, Marist, 19:13
44-Luke Shane, Marist, 19:14
45-Bryan Buttigieg, Marist, 19:14
46-Mike Szarkowitcz, Manhattanville, 19:17
47-Mike Sacca, Saint Peter's, 19:31
48-Daniel Caggiano, Manhattanville, 19:47
49-Brendan Green, Marist, 19:59
50-Ernest Lustenring, Fairfield, 20:12
51-Danny Mendoza, Marist, 20:18
52-Adam Osowski, Marist, 20:26
53-Ben Smith, Manhattanville, 21:29
54-John Paul Herrera, Saint Peter's, 22:31
55-Josh Marrero, Manhattanville, 23:12
56-Karl Desil, Saint Peter's, 24:30
57-Chris Rose, Manhattanville, 25:58
Men's team scores:
1-Marist, 19; 2-Fairfield, 36; 3-Saint Peter's, 89, 4-Manhattanville, 107
