Men's Cross Country 9/20/2019 7:28:00 PM

Avery, Moffett Notch Top-10 Finishes to Lead Stony Brook to Third Place in Boston

Results

BOSTON – The Stony Brook men's cross country team impressed at its first big test of the season, taking third overall (129 points) as a team out of 21 at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown on Friday afternoon. The Seawolves topped nationally-ranked squads in Washington and Arkansas and finished in front of conference rivals UAlbany, UMass Lowell, New Hampshire and Vermont.

Ronan Reaction
"The guys competed very well against a quality field. We have been talking a lot about how we need to handle the middle of our races and about keeping ourselves in contention for a successful performance particularly against this type of competition. We did that today, but it is in early season and we need to do it on a consistent basis throughout the remainder of the season. The guys held their own against some big-time programs. The trio of Cameron (Avery), Vann (Moffett) and Rob (Becker) gave a super effort up front with Greg (Mangarelli) and Kyle (Kelly) giving good support with grinding runs over the last 2K of the race to complete our team score. This without a doubt is the best early season performance by our men ever, but we can't get ahead of ourselves, there's plenty of work to be done before the championship season starts in November."

Highlights

Cameron Avery (Christchurch, New Zealand) in his first cross country race of 2019, completed the eight-kilometer course in 24:29 to place sixth overall.
Not far behind him, Vann Moffett (Niantic, Conn.) finished in ninth in 24:35.
Robert Becker (Hurley, N.Y.) was the third Seawolf to cross the line, taking 20th overall (24:40).
Rounding out the scoring five was Kyle Kelly (West Islip, N.Y.) who was 45th (25:15) and Greg Mangarelli (Red Bank, N.J.), who was 51st (25:19).
Also crossing the line for the team was Aiden Smyth (Huntington Station, N.Y.) (64th, 25:31), Justin Kelly (Marlton, N.J.) (85th, 25:52), Nick Cipolla (Smithtown, N.Y.) (114th, 26:17) and Jayson Hines (Kingston, N.Y.)(167th, 27:33).
Stony Brook also had runners competing in the five-kilometer open race with Luke Coulter (Jamesport, N.Y.) earning the win in 15:36.
The Seawolves had three others packed in the top-10 as Evan Brennan (Burnt Hills, N.Y.) (15:50), Carlos Santos (Patchogue, N.Y.) (15:53) and Andrew Bearkland (North Syracuse, N.Y.) (15:54) went 5-6-7.
Paul Catalano (Washingtonville, N.Y.) also finished 31st in 16:26 and Cullen Armstrong (Hauppauge, N.Y.) was 52nd in 16:59.