2008 Woodie Awards
Seniors lead Men's cross country
Alex Panagiotopoulos
Issue date: 9/30/04 Section: Sports
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It was another case of the usual suspects for the Marist cross country team.
The Red Foxes finished ninth out of 15 teams at the Iona College Meet of Champions, Sept. 25 at Van Cortland Park in the Bronx.
Once again, Steve Hicks, Geoff Decker, Justin Harris, Mark Fernandez, and Brandon Cartica finished in order. The only thing that changed was the result.
At their first meet of the season, the Stony Brook Invite on Sept. 3, that sequence was good for first place.
The team faced much tougher competition this time around, including the first place Iona Gaels, who blew away the rest of the field with 35 total points. Iona, the nationally-ranked Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference cross country champions, finished 24 points ahead of second-place Cornell and 192 points ahead of Marist.
During the five mile race, seniors Steve Hicks and Geoff Decker placed 42nd and 44th with times of 26:18 and 26:21, respectively. Junior Justin Harris and sophomore Mark Fernandez came in at 48th and 63rd, with times of 26:29 and 26:45. Freshman walk-on Brandon Cartica anchored the Red Foxes' finish with a time of 27:15.
Marist's 21 other runners placed between 102nd and 185th.
The cross country team heads back to the Bronx on Oct. 1 for the Metropolitan Championships. The Red Foxes finished second in last year's Metropolitan Championships to Iona, in a fifteen team field.
The Red Foxes finished ninth out of 15 teams at the Iona College Meet of Champions, Sept. 25 at Van Cortland Park in the Bronx.
Once again, Steve Hicks, Geoff Decker, Justin Harris, Mark Fernandez, and Brandon Cartica finished in order. The only thing that changed was the result.
At their first meet of the season, the Stony Brook Invite on Sept. 3, that sequence was good for first place.
The team faced much tougher competition this time around, including the first place Iona Gaels, who blew away the rest of the field with 35 total points. Iona, the nationally-ranked Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference cross country champions, finished 24 points ahead of second-place Cornell and 192 points ahead of Marist.
During the five mile race, seniors Steve Hicks and Geoff Decker placed 42nd and 44th with times of 26:18 and 26:21, respectively. Junior Justin Harris and sophomore Mark Fernandez came in at 48th and 63rd, with times of 26:29 and 26:45. Freshman walk-on Brandon Cartica anchored the Red Foxes' finish with a time of 27:15.
Marist's 21 other runners placed between 102nd and 185th.
The cross country team heads back to the Bronx on Oct. 1 for the Metropolitan Championships. The Red Foxes finished second in last year's Metropolitan Championships to Iona, in a fifteen team field.