Women's Results
Men's Results
RIVERDALE, N.Y. - The Fairfield University men's cross country team placed 26th overall while the women's team finished 32nd overall at the 2013 NCAA Northeast Regional Championship this afternoon at Van Cortlandt Park.
In the men's 10K, senior Brian Cleary crossed the line in 32:24.1 for a personal best. Cleary's time was 2:21 faster than his previous best in the 10K. In his debut at the NCAA Regionals, freshman Sam Daly ran a time of 32:56.5. Seniors Howie Rosas and John Lobo were next, finishing in 33:07.6 and 33:12.4, respectively. Rounding out the Stags' top-seven was junior Connor Kelley with a time of 33:14.2, junior Jake Ruskan who finished in 33:16.0, setting a personal best, and freshman Mike Flanagan who posted a time of 34:15.2.
Harvard University's Maksim Korolev was crowned the NCAA Regional champion, posting a time of 30:11.6, seven seconds ahead of second-place Matt Gillespie of Iona College. Syracuse University won the team title while Columbia University was the runner-up and Iona placed third. Six other MAAC schools competed at the NCAA Northeast Regional. Canisius College was 16th overall while Fairfield was 26th, finishing ahead of Marist College (27th), Quinnipiac University (29th), event host Manhattan College (30th), Siena College (31st), and Niagara University (36th).
Junior Maureen Crimmins was Fairfield's top-finisher in the women's 6K with a time of 22:51.1. Junior Maggie MacKenzie was the next Stag across the line, finishing in 23:17.1. Freshman Jacqueline-Ann Willsey ran a personal best of 23:29.2 while junior Cate Forte followed in 23:58.3. Freshman Stef Vickers ran a personal best of 24:13.5 while junior Michael Therrien also had a personal best with a time of 24:43.2. Rounding out the Fairfield seven was freshman Hayley Roberts who finished in 25:03.09.
Dartmouth College's Abbey D'Agostino repeated as the NCAA Regional champion, finishing in 19:48.3. Providence College repeated as team champions while Dartmouth was the runner-up and Syracuse took third. Iona placed eighth while Quinnipiac finished 17th. Marist was 23rd while Canisius was 27th overall. Fairfield finished ahead of Manhattan (33rd), Siena (34th), and Niagara (36th).
Fairfield closes out its 2013 campaign on November 23 when the Stags return to Van Cortlandt Park for the 2013 ECAC/IC4A Championships. The Fairfield men's team is the defending IC4A University Division champions.
