Results
 
Bronx, N.Y. – (November 23, 2019) – The Fordham cross country teams concluded their 2019 season on Saturday morning by hosting the ECAC/IC4A Cross Country Championship at Van Cortlandt Park.
 
The day began with the coaches' races for both the women and men.  Though the Rams did not have a competitor in the women's race, there were a few in the men's race, led by Will Whelan, who won the race in a time of 26:40.  Patrick Norako was ninth in 27:14, followed by Patrick Tuohy in 22^nd (27:41) and Dylan Serino in 41^st (28:38).
 
Next was the women's ECAC Championship race, as Providence took the team title with a score of 39 points, with Marist in second (69) and Siena in third (92).  Fordham finished seventh in the team standings with 209 points in the 18-team field, just two points back of George Mason for sixth (207).
 
Providence had the top three finishers individually, led by gold medalist Abbey Wheeler in first place with a time of 17:29.

 
Fordham's top finisher was Alexandra Thomas, who crossed the line in 13^th place with a time of 18:38 over the 5K course.  Sydney Snow was the next Ram to come in at 18:59 for 26^th, with Taylor Mascetta and Bridget Alex in 57^th (19:33) and 58^th (19:34) place, respectively.  Katarzyna Krzyzanowski rounded out the top five for Fordham in 63^rd at 19:41.
 
Other Fordham finishers included Julia Herms (116^th - 21:03), Maeve O'Connor in (123^rd - 21:14), Bridget White (125^th – 21:20), and Nathania Tan (144^th – 23:57).
 
The day was then capped with the men's IC4A Championship race with Providence once again taking the top spot with 37 points with Columbia in second (85) and Saint Joseph's in third (104).  Fordham was sixth out of 16 teams with a score of 160 points.
 
Columbia's Tyler Berg paced the field with the top time of 24:52 over the five-mile course.  Fordham had a pair of runners in the top 30 with Nicholas Raefski in 21^st at 25:54 and Brandon Hall in 28^th at 26:03, while John McGovern was 32nd in 26:07.4.
 
Colin Flood was the next Ram across the finish line in 41^st (26:19), followed by Christopher Strzelinski in 56^th (26:38), and Jack Craven in 94^th (27:34) and  Ryan Fahey in 109^th (27:51).