BETHPAGE, N.Y. — The Stony Brook men's cross country team took second place out of 11 programs in the 2026 CAA Championship on Friday after finishing with 39 points in the 8k. William & Mary just edged out the Seawolves with 34 points, while Hofstra finished a distant third with 69 points. Individually, Stony Brook picked up five All-CAA finishes, led by Collin Gilstrap who finished fourth overall out of 97 runners.

Gilstrap (24:12.9), Henry Gartner (24:14.5), and Ethan Green (24:21.6) went four, five, and six in the meet, while Peter Fogarty (24:32.3) rounded out the top 10. Silas Gartner secured the fifth all-conference nod with a 14th-place finish after running a 24:42.9.

Also in the top 20 today were Ryan Hesler (24:52.4), Gavin Catherwood (24:54.6), and Percy Moser (24:58.3), with the trio securing spots 18-20. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• Gilstrap set a new season-best in the 8k today, knocking 36 seconds off his previous best back in early October.
• With his fifth-place finish, Henry Gartner now has three top-five finishes on the year after picking up wins in the Stony Brook Season Opener and the IC4A Championship.
• Likewise, Green now has two top-10 finishes this season having previously took sixth at the Main Line Invitational. 
• Silas Gartner beat his previous PR in the 8k (24:43.0 at the IC4A Championship) by just 00:00.1 seconds. 
• Hesler set a new season-best as well, besting his previous time of 24:56.6 at the IC4A Championship, and was just one second behind his career PR from last year's CAA Championship. 
• Joseph Bertola also competed today, finishing 32nd with a new PR of 25:25.9.
• Collin McLaughlin was right behind him in 33rd with a new PR as well at 25:26.1
• Rookie Alexander Medina set a new season-best in his first CAA Championship with a time of 25:49.7, good for 46th.
• Chris Tardugno rounded out the squad in 50th with a time of 25:55.7
• All 12 Seawolves finished in the top 50 today.
• Of the 21 runners to finish below 25 minutes, eight were from Stony Brook

UP NEXT
With the CAAs behind them, the Seawolves who qualified will have two weeks to prepare for the NCAA Northeast Regionals on Friday, November 13. The meet will also be at Bethpage.

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