Stony Brook Cruises to Win at Opening Meet

STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook men's cross country team got its season off to a fast start, taking first at the Stony Brook Season Opener on Saturday morning. The Seawolves dominated the field with 18 total points as its scoring five all placed within the top six.

Ronan Reaction
"The main thing today was that the guys focused on getting the season off to a good start, I feel we achieved that. We saw a little of everything from the them from some getting too excited at the beginning and maybe starting out too fast, to some of the guys losing concentration in the middle of the race. But these are things we can fix as we progress through the season. We did some nice group running and that kept some people in the race and those points they may have been tempted to let go. It was nice to have Ryan Dearie running his first cross country race for us. I also thought that Rob Becker and Chris Biondi produced nice early season runs. Now we need to recover and get back to work tomorrow."

Highlights

Robert Becker (Hurley, N.Y.) and Ryan Dearie (Stony Brook, N.Y.) packed a 1-2 punch for the team, finishing the six-kilometer course in 18:18.21 and 18:18.58, respectively.
Luke Coulter (Jamesport, N.Y.) was fourth overall and third for Stony Brook with a time of 18:35.78.
Chris Biondi (Pine Bush, N.Y.) and Justin Kelly (Marlton, N.J.) rounded out the scoring five for the Seawolves, going 5-6 in 18:37.03 and 18:51.06.
Jayson Hines (Kingston, N.Y.) placed seventh, crossing the line in 18:52.85.
Conor Malanaphy (Orangeburg, N.Y.), Nick Cipolla (Smithtown, N.Y.) and Kyle Kelly (West Islip, N.Y.) went 9-10-11, clocking in with times of 18:56.46, 18:58.42, and 19:01.23.
Also competing for the Seawolves were Paul Catalano (Washingtonville, N.Y.) (22nd, 19:41.01), Cullen Armstrong (Hauppauge, N.Y.) (27th, 19:58.46) and Brendan Foley (Lagrangeville, N.Y.) (30th, 20:08.92).