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Men's Cross Country

Slattery Wins Metropolitan Cross Country Championship

Women Finish 2nd, Men Take 3rd

Men's Results | Women's Results

Bronx, N.Y. – It was a banner day for the Fordham cross country teams at the 2017 Metropolitan Cross Country Championship as senior Thomas Slattery took home the individual title in the men's race.

Slattery completed the five mile course at Van Cortlandt Park in a course personal best time of 25:37.7. Right behind Slattery was sophomore Ryan Kutch, who took second place in 25:45.0. Freshman Nicholas Raefski also earned medalist honors with his time of 26:54.3, good for a 19th place finish.

Also competing for the Rams were Louis Santelli (22nd – 27:07.5), Fritz Heinrich (23rd – 27:11.1), Sean Phillips (25th - 27:13.4), Giancarlo Cipri (30th – 27:31.0), Brian Cook (36th - 27:36.9), Sean Sullivan (52nd – 28:13.2) and Matthew Roma (56th – 28:25.4).
 
Angelina Grebe
Rutgers won the men's team title with a score of 39, followed by Manhattan (53), Fordham (67), Marist (140), Seton Hall (147), Columbia (174), NJIT (176), NYU (208), NY Tech (267), LIU Post (316) and St. Francis (333).

Junior Angelina Grebe was the top finisher for Fordham in the women's 5K, placing fourth in a time of 18:38.1. Also medaling for the Rams were Sydney Snow who finished sixth in 18:49.0, Stephanie Leo placed 13th in 19:13.6, Katarzyna Krzyzanowski took 15th in 19:16.6 and Kate McCormack finished 16th in 19:18.3.

Crossing the line next for the Rams was Laurel Fisher who finished 36th in 20:07.3, followed by Cristina Ulto (44th - 20:25.3), Blake Elwood (45th – 20:25.5) and Abigail Taylor (60th – 21:01.7).

Rutgers won the women's team title with a score of 49, followed by Fordham (54), Rugers (83), Iona (118), Seton Hall (141), St. John's (151), Marist (162), NYU (218), LIU Post (291), LIU Brooklyn (309), NJIT (313), St. Francis (331), NY Tech (378) and Saint Peter's.

Some of the Rams will compete at Saturday's SJC Long Island Invitational with the Atlantic 10 Championship to follow on Saturday October 28 at George Mason University.
 
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Players Mentioned

Brian Cook

Brian Cook

XC/Distance
5' 11"
Senior
Fritz Heinrich

Fritz Heinrich

XC/Mid-Distance
6' 4"
Senior
Ryan Kutch

Ryan Kutch

XC/Distance
5' 7"
Sophomore
Sean Phillips

Sean Phillips

XC/Distance
5' 10"
Junior
Matthew Roma

Matthew Roma

XC/Distance
5' 9"
Sophomore
Louis Santelli

Louis Santelli

XC/Mid-Distance
6' 1"
Senior
Thomas Slattery

Thomas Slattery

XC/Distance
5' 11"
Senior
Sean Sullivan

Sean Sullivan

XC/Distance
5' 11"
Sophomore
Blake Elwood

Blake Elwood

XC/Mid-Distance
5' 4"
Junior
Laurel Fisher

Laurel Fisher

XC/Distance
5' 5"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Brian Cook

Brian Cook

5' 11"
Senior
XC/Distance
Fritz Heinrich

Fritz Heinrich

6' 4"
Senior
XC/Mid-Distance
Ryan Kutch

Ryan Kutch

5' 7"
Sophomore
XC/Distance
Sean Phillips

Sean Phillips

5' 10"
Junior
XC/Distance
Matthew Roma

Matthew Roma

5' 9"
Sophomore
XC/Distance
Louis Santelli

Louis Santelli

6' 1"
Senior
XC/Mid-Distance
Thomas Slattery

Thomas Slattery

5' 11"
Senior
XC/Distance
Sean Sullivan

Sean Sullivan

5' 11"
Sophomore
XC/Distance
Blake Elwood

Blake Elwood

5' 4"
Junior
XC/Mid-Distance
Laurel Fisher

Laurel Fisher

5' 5"
Junior
XC/Distance