Results
Bronx, N.Y. - It was a historic day for the Fordham cross country teams at the 2018 Metropolitan Cross Country Championship as junior
Ryan Kutch took home the individual title in the men's race and both the men's and women's squads placed first overall as a team for the first time in program history.
It was the fifth straight year that the gold medal winner came from the Rams as Kutch completed the five-mile course at Van Cortlandt Park in a time of 25:24. Kutch joins former champions
Thomas Slattery ('17),
Brian Cook ('16), Jonathan Annelli ('15) and Quincy O'Connor ('14). Â Â
Right behind Kutch were freshman
Brandon Hall who took third place in 26:12 and Cook who finished fourth in 26:20. Also earning medalist honors were
Sean Sullivan, who finished ninth and
Patrick Donahue who placed 14
th.
Fordham won the team title with a total score of 30, followed by Manhattan (69), Rutgers (78), Columbia (80) and NJIT rounded out the top five with a score of 120.
Senior
Angelina Grebe was the top finisher for Fordham in the women's 5K, placing second in a time of 18:20.1. Also medaling for the Rams were
Abigail Taylor who finished fifth in 18:47.9,
Katarzyna Krzyzanowski placed sixth in 18:55.0,
Laurel Fisher and
Sydney Snow finished eighth and ninth with times of 19:07.5 and 19:10.1, respectively,
Kate McCormack finished 11
th in 19:19.4,
Blake Elwood placed 12
th in 19:24.1,
Bridget Alex finished 15
th in 19:33.3,
Sarah Daniels finished 16
th in 19:35.5 and
Germaine Harbaugh placed 19
th in 19:47.0.
Fordham won the team championship with a total score of 30, followed by Manhattan (62), Columbia (84), Seton Hall (84), and St. John's rounded out the top five with a score of 139.
The Rams return to action on Saturday October 27 at the Atlantic 10 Championship, hosted by Richmond at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville, Va.
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