VAN CORTLANDT PARK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook men's cross country team continued their standout season this afternoon with a third-place overall finish at the 2022 IC4A Cross Country Championship. This is now the 18^th consecutive meet that the squad finished top-10 dating back to October of 2018, and the fourth straight this year.
 
As a team, Stony Brook collected 87 points and finished 17 points behind second-place finisher, Cornell University. Princeton University came in first place with 33 total points.
 
Graduate Robert Becker led the pack for the Seawolves as he was the first-place finisher for the squad and 10^th overall. Becker has been the top runner on the team in all of his races this season, winning two of the four meets.
 
The Seawolves would have three more runners place within the top-20 of the pack. Carlos Santos Jr., Shane Henderson, and Aiden Smyth finished in 16^th, 19^th, and 20^th-place.
 
Just outside the top-20 was junior Evan Brennan, as the New York native came in 22^nd-place. Coming in shortly after Brennan was Conor Malanaphy, finishing in 36^th-place to round out the top-five runners for Stony Brook.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Becker recorded a time of 24:14.0 and ran an average mile of 7:45.9. This was the third top-10 finish of the year for the graduate.
• Santos took home a second-place finish on the team and 16^th overall as he crossed the finish line in 24:34.4 and ran at a pace of 7:52.2 per mile.
• Henderson was the next Seawolf to finish, as he clocked a final time of 24:36.0 and ran at a pace of 7:53.2 per mile. Shortly after Henderson was Smyth, coming in at 24:40.5 with a pace of 7:58.5 per mile.
• Rounding out the top-five finishers for Stony Brook was Brennan completing the race in 24.41.9.

QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"This was another good solid effort from the men, each time out different guys are sharing the workload, which shows that we have good depth. The guys are a little disappointed with finishing third, but realize that we are in a good place with our fitness as we head towards the championship phase of the season," said head coach Andy Ronan.
 
NEXT UP
Stony Brook returns to action next Friday, October 24, when it heads to New Britain, Conn. to battle in the Central Connecticut State University Mini Meet.

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