Men's Results | Women's Results

The Fordham Men and Women's Cross Country team took home their respective team titles at the LIU Post Invitational by default by being the only Division I programs in the competition on Saturday morning. Freshman Angelina Grebe finished runner-up overall in the women's 5k, while sophomore Louis Santelli crossed the line fourth in the men's 8k.
 
Grebe finished just one second behind N.Y.I.T.'s Sarah Jerotich with a time of 18:07.01 in her first collegiate race. She was followed by Kate McCormack (4^th – 18:38.91), Kieran Hanrahan (7^th – 19:07.03), Danielle Rowe (13^th – 19:55.92 - a new career-best), Laurel Fisher (19^th – 20:19.15), Julia Wiseman (21^st – 20:31.79), Blake Elwood (30^th – 21:03.43), Elizabeth Morisseau (45^th – 21:46.20), Merissa Wright (52^nd – 22:06.87), and Maiya Larsen (58^th – 22:25.60). All but Rowe were competing in their first collegiate cross country races, as well.
 
St. Thomas Aquinas took home the non-DI team title with a point total of 58.
 
Santelli finished fourth behind two Molloy College runners and one from Dominican College with a time of 26:35.48. Santelli ran with Ryan McGann (9^th – 27:17.57), Patrick Dineen (11^th – 27:34.52), Phil Robbins (13^th – 27:50.23), Byrne Cronin (16^th – 27:57.65), Jerome Vessichio (21^st – 28:12.39), Michael Campbell (25^th – 28:25.15), and Fritz Heinrich (30^th – 29:07.41). Dineen and Vessichio were making their collegiate debut today.
 
Molloy College paced the non-DI programs with 36 team points.
 
Head Coach Tom Dewey and his runners now turn to the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown next Friday, September 25, at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass.