Cross Country Competes at Iona College Meet of Champions

Men's Results | Women's Results

Bronx, N.Y. - The Fordham cross country teams continued their 2017 season at the Iona College Meet of Champions, held at Van Cortlandt Park, on Friday morning.

Among the Division 1 teams at the meet Fordham was third out of five teams in the women's competition, while the men finished fourth out of seven squads.

Columbia won the women's competition with a team score of 39, followed by Iona (48), Fordham (63), La Salle (73) and Fairfield (139).

 

For Fordham, Abigail Taylor was the top finisher for the Rams in the 5K race, taking 15^th in 19:21.4. Stephanie Leo was the next Fordham runner across the line in 17^th place (19:22.4), followed by Katarzyna Krzyzanowski in 18^th (19:23.0), Sydney Snow in 19^th (19:24.0) and Laurel Fisher in 58^th (20:57.4).

Columbia also won the team competition on the men's side with a score of 27 points, followed by Arkansas (48), Iona (55), Fordham (130), Princeton (142), La Salle (160) and Fairfield (192).

Fordham was led by Ryan Kutch who placed 11^th overall in the 8K in 26:10.9. Thomas Slattery came across the line next in 25^th (27:07.6), followed by Fritz Heinrich in 41^st (27:35.8), Giancarlo Cipri in 53^rd (27:59.0), Nicholas Raefski in 56^th (28:11.1) and Michael Campbell in 69^th (28:41.7).

The Fordham cross country teams will next be in action on Saturday, September 16^th, as the Rams compete at the NYIT Invitational. Races begin at 10 a.m.