Moffett, Avery Place in Top Five as Stony Brook Conquers Field at Princeton Invitational

PRINCETON, N.J. – The Stony Brook men's cross country team placed all five of its scorers in the top 30 to earn a commanding team win at the Princeton Invitational on Saturday morning. The Seawolves tallied just 55 points to top the 24-team field, well distancing themselves from runner-up Connecticut (120 points) and third place La Salle (133 points).

Ronan Reaction
"The guys did today what they have been doing in last few races, they competed well and are finding ways to get the best out of themselves when it's not going tactically well or they are not feeling as good as they would like to be. Cameron (Avery), Vann (Moffett) and Rob (Becker) have been doing a real good job up front in each race and with our depth we have different guys completing the scoring at four and five. I am excited for Chris Biondi who has battled back from sickness and injury over last 18 months to regain the form we know he is capable of. Freshman Evan Brennan announced his arrival on the collegiate scene with a battling run today."

Highlights

Vann Moffett (Niantic, Conn.) and Cameron Avery (Christchurch, New Zealand) placed second and fourth out of 236 total runners to lead the Seawolves' charge. Moffett finished the eight-kilometer course in 23 minutes, 39.4 seconds while Avery crossed the line in 23:44.2
Robert Becker (Hurley, N.Y.) and Chris Biondi (Pine Bush, N.Y.) were the next Stony Brook runners to finish the course, as Becker was 13th (24:23.2) and Biondi was 15th (24:24.6).
Evan Brennan (Ballston Lake, N.Y.) rounded out the scoring five with a 26th-place finish in 24:41.8.
Outside of the team's top-five finishers, the Seawolves had a strong supporting cast as Conor Malanaphy (Blauvelt, N.Y.) (31st, 24:46.2), Aiden Smyth (Huntington Station, N.Y.) (32nd, 24:48.5) and Carlos Santos (Patchogue, N.Y.) (39th, 24:57.2) each placed within the top 50.
Also finishing for the squad was Nick Cipolla (Smithtown, N.Y.) (51st, 25:06.5), Justin Kelly (Marlton, N.J.) (66th, 25:14.9) and Jayson Hines (Kingston, N.Y.) (79th, 25:20.8).