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MXC Trio Fiasco
Jonathan Annelli (L), Quincy O'Connor (C), Nik O'Brien (R)

Men's Cross Country

Men's Cross Country Wins 35th Fordham Fiasco

Quartet of Rams lead the pack for the men while the women's team places second

Men's Results | Women's Results

The Fordham Men's Cross Country team dominated the competition at the 35th annual Fordham Fiasco/Ed Joyce Memorial XC Meet on Saturday morning with a combined team score of 16, while the women's team finished runner-up in the 5k.
 
Jonathan Annelli led a quintet of Fordham upperclassmen and two sophomores across the finish line, nearly placing one through five in the final order. Seniors Quincy O'Connor and Mike Turi plus sophomore Thomas Slattery finished just after Annelli's 26:26.03 time with 26:32.25, 26:34.03 times, and 26:40.90 of their own, respectively, before Rutgers' Conor Murphy crossed a few steps ahead of Nik O'Brien, who finished sixth with a time of 26:46.70.
 
Four Scarlet Knights followed O'Brien before juniors Adam Schwenzfeier and Jake Duckworth finished in 11th and 12th, at 27:30.23 and 27:35.37, respectively. Junior Devin Rocks landed at 18th overall with a time of 28:52.85.
 
Rutgers (39), N.J.I.T. (85), and Saint Peter's (116) followed Fordham among Division I schools.
 
For non-DI programs, East Stroudsburg (23) finished first followed by Molloy College (72), LIU Post (73), St. Thomas Aquinas (141), N.Y.I.T. (161), Hunter College (166), Farmingdale (201), John Jay (206), Monroe College (212), Dominican (248), and Dowling (315).
 
For the women, it was just Brown and Fordham who filled up the top 19 spots, but the former had nine runners, led by Lucy Van Kleunen's 18:46.06 time, cross the finish line before junior Ram Brianne Roche rounded out the top 10 with a time of 19:53.69.
 
Fellow Ram Brynna Harum crossed next with a time of 20:02.68, while sophomore Stephanie Leo finished 13th (20:12.24), junior Shanna Heaney 14th (20:32.69), senior Rachel Picard 15th (21:02.21), junior Josephine Jacob-Dolan 17th (21:31.20), sophomore Clare Bollnow 18th (21:46.03), junior Georgeanne Siller (21:53.20) and senior Tara Cangialosi 21st (22:22.13).
 
Fordham's 50 points trailed only Brown's 15, with Saint Peter's (94) and N.J.I.T. (101) rounding out Division I programs.
 
East Stroudsburg again took non-Division I honors with 30 points, followed by St. Thomas Aquinas (92), LIU Post (122), Southern Maine (125), Monroe College (143), Molloy College (154), N.Y.I.T. (175), Hunter College (231), Queens College (263), John Jay (271), Mount Saint Vincent (285), Farmingdale (317), Dominican (337), and Dowling (352).
 
Fordham returns to action on Saturday, Sept. 13, at the LIU Post Invitational in Brookville, N.Y. Races begin at 11 a.m.
 
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Players Mentioned

Tara Cangialosi

Tara Cangialosi

XC/Sprints
5' 3"
Senior
Brynna Harum

Brynna Harum

XC/Distance
5' 4"
Sophomore
Shanna Heaney

Shanna Heaney

XC/Mid-Distance
5' 3"
Junior
Josephine Jacob-Dolan

Josephine Jacob-Dolan

XC/Distance
5' 4"
Junior
Stephanie Leo

Stephanie Leo

XC/Distance
5' 4"
Sophomore
Brianne Roche

Brianne Roche

XC/Distance
5' 10"
Junior
Georgeanne Siller

Georgeanne Siller

XC/Distance
5' 10"
Junior
Jonathan Annelli

Jonathan Annelli

XC/Distance
5' 10"
Graduate Student
Jake Duckworth

Jake Duckworth

XC/Distance
5' 8"
Junior
Nik O

Nik O'Brien

XC/Distance
6' 0"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Tara Cangialosi

Tara Cangialosi

5' 3"
Senior
XC/Sprints
Brynna Harum

Brynna Harum

5' 4"
Sophomore
XC/Distance
Shanna Heaney

Shanna Heaney

5' 3"
Junior
XC/Mid-Distance
Josephine Jacob-Dolan

Josephine Jacob-Dolan

5' 4"
Junior
XC/Distance
Stephanie Leo

Stephanie Leo

5' 4"
Sophomore
XC/Distance
Brianne Roche

Brianne Roche

5' 10"
Junior
XC/Distance
Georgeanne Siller

Georgeanne Siller

5' 10"
Junior
XC/Distance
Jonathan Annelli

Jonathan Annelli

5' 10"
Graduate Student
XC/Distance
Jake Duckworth

Jake Duckworth

5' 8"
Junior
XC/Distance
Nik O

Nik O'Brien

6' 0"
Sophomore
XC/Distance