On This Date presented by Belmont Realty: Cross Country Wins 2006 IC4A Cross Country Championship; Austin Longi Sets Punt Return Record in 2017

On This Date Presented by Belmont Realty
 
With the 2020 fall sports season canceled by the COVID-19 outbreak, we at Fordham have decided to dig back through our archives and provide our fans with content on some of the outstanding teams and student-athletes who have graced Rose Hill over the years.
 
November 18, 2006 – Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham cross country teams concluded the 2006 season with an outstanding performance at the ECAC/IC4A Championships at Van Cortlandt Park, where the Fordham men won the University Division title for first time since 1989.
 
After five races, the day finished with the IC4A University race, where Fordham took first out of 19 teams, winning its second ever IC4A University team championship with its only prior title coming in 1989. 
 
The Rams had five of the top 16 finishers in the race led by Matt Lowenthal (26:14.5), Tom Finnerty (26:16.3), and Frank Corrigan (26:16.7), who finished 9th, 10th, and 11th, respectively.  Matt Flynn (26:25.1) and Chris McCutchan (26:30.8) quickly followed them in 15th and 16th place, giving Fordham a team score of 61 points, followed by Binghamton (140) and Army (142). 
 
Adelphi's Jamie Julia-Perez won the individual title in a time of 25:49.8.  Other Fordham finishers included: Tim Hartnett (50th - 27:32.7), Steve D'Ambrosio (59th -  27:39.8), Justin Kopunek (107th - 28:44.7), Brian Horowitz (116th - 28:54.8), John Korevec (143rd -  29:58.0), and Chris Granucci (165th - 33:26.7).
 
 
November 18, 2017 – Bronx, N.Y. – Box Score | Photo Gallery | Highlights - Today's Fordham University football game was a showcase of the time-honored wedding tradition of something old and something new. The old was in the form of senior running back Chase Edmonds, who capped a record-setting career by rushing for 185 yards and two long touchdowns, while the new was in the form of junior quarterback Austin King, who made his first collegiate start for the Rams. The two combined to lead the Rams to a 20-9 season-ending Patriot League win over Bucknell University on Jack Coffey Field.
 
Another version of "something old, something new" was seen in junior Austin Longi's 90-yard punt return, a school and Patriot League record.  The former school mark was 85 yards by Len Eshmont in 1939 and the former league record was 89 yards by Jesse Boyd of Colgate in 1997.
 
The game was the final collegiate game for Edmonds who closed out his career with 5,862 career rushing yards along with 74 career touchdowns and 67 career rushing touchdown, all school and Patriot League records. His 5,862 career rushing yards is fifth best in NCAA FCS history while his 67 career rushing touchdowns is fourth best and his career rushing yards/game average of 133.2 is 14th best.