Fordham\u2019s cross country teams wrapped up the regular season on Friday, Oct. 19 at the Princeton Invitational at the West Windsor Fields in Princeton, N.J. The women\u2019s team finished tenth out of 20 teams while the men\u2019s squad finished fifth place out of 24 participants.<\/p>\n
Starting on the women\u2019s side, the top finisher for the Rams was freshman Alexandra Thomas, who came in 21st with a time of 22:04.8. Fordham\u2019s other top-30 finish came from senior Sydney Snow, who finished the 3.83-mile individual event in 22:19.7. The next finisher for Brian Horowitz\u2019s team was freshman Taylor Mascetta. Her time of 23:02.7 was good for 72nd in the event.<\/p>\n
There were several other competitors for the women\u2019s team in this event. They included senior Katarzyna Krzyzanowski (86th \u2013 23:12.4), sophomore Bridget Alex (97th \u2013 23:16.2), freshman Sarah Rubenheimer (146th \u2013 24:04.3), freshman Nicoleta Papavasilakas (185th \u2013 25:32.1) and senior Germaine Harbaugh (186th \u2013 25:38.0). All told, the women\u2019s team finished just one point behind University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) for ninth place, and the Rams had a lower average time than the Retrievers.<\/p>\n
Things were even better on the men\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
There, the Rams finished fifth out of 24 competitors and found consistency up and down the lineup. Senior Ryan Kutch was the top Fordham finisher once again with his fifth-place time of 23:49.0. For his efforts, Kutch was named the Atlantic 10\u2019s performer of the week in Men\u2019s Cross Country. Senior Nicholas Raefski \u2014 fresh off finishing first at the Metropolitan Championship on Oct. 11 \u2014 finished in 24th with a time of 24:39.2. Sophomore Brandon Hall was right behind him with a 35th-place time of 24:52.3. Two freshmen \u2014 John McGovern and Colin Flood \u2014 both made the top 60 and completed their 8K in just over 25 minutes.<\/p>\n
Outside of these finishes, other competitors for the Rams included junior Christopher Strzelinski (69th \u2013 25:15.0), freshman Jack Craven (98th \u2013 25:33.3), freshman Ryan Fahey (122nd \u2013 25:48.3), freshman Nicholas Lundberg (126th \u2013 25:49.4) and senior Patrick Donohue (139th \u2013 25:57.0).<\/p>\n
This was the final regular-season event of 2019 for the Fordham cross country team. Now, it has bigger fish to fry. The Rams will take part in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament on Saturday, Nov. 2 starting at 10 a.m. Kutch won the individual event last year, and will look to do so again in his final A-10 Tournament. The Rams will be ready.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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