On This Date presented by Belmont Realty: WXC Wins Second Straight Patriot League Title in 1991; MXC Records Best-Ever Finish at 2019 A-10 Championship

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 2, 1991 – (Bronx, N.Y) – For the Fordham women's cross country team, winning conference championships has become a routine, especially if the championship is held right at home at Van Cortlandt Park.  That routine continued at the 1991 Patriot League Championship, as the Rams won their second straight team championship.  It also marked a fifth consecutive conference championship for Fordham, dating back to their day in the MAAC, winning the 1987, 1988, and 1989 team crowns.
 
The Rams had five of the top seven finishers on the day, scoring 20 points, way ahead of the rest of the field.  Holy Cross was second at 81 points, followed by Colgate (82), Lehigh (86), Bucknell (101), and Lafayette (111)
 
To no surprise, Fordham's Lauren Gubizca led the field, defending her individual Patriot League title with a winning time of 18:41.3.  Teammate Karen Cloran was second at 19:07 with Julia Ferrante in fourth at 19:40.  Elaine Laird and Kathy Fullam came across in sixth (19:50) and seventh (19:51) overall respectively.   All five runners would receive All-Patriot League honors, while coach Suzanne Shea O'Connell was the first recipient of the Patriot League Coach of the Year award.
 
Karen McAuliffe was the final Ram runner in 33^rd overall (21:16).

 
November 2, 2019 – (Leesburg, Va.) – Results | Photo Gallery - The first Atlantic 10 Championship of the 2019-20 season was the Men's Cross Country Championship took place at Oatlands Plantation in Leesburg, Virginia.

 
The Championship was a successful run for the Fordham men's team, as the Rams took third out of 14 teams, the squad's best-ever finish at the Atlantic 10 Championship, placing five runners in the top 34 finishers.  The Rams' previous best-finish was sixth on five different occasions, the last in 2013.
 
La Salle was the men's team champion with a score of 53 points, followed by Saint Joseph's in second with 99 points and Fordham in third with 104 points.  Host school George Mason was fourth at 124 points with Massachusetts in fifth (143), Dayton in sixth (150), and Richmond in seventh (174).  Duquesne led the rest of the field in eighth (222), followed by Davidson (232), Rhode Island (245), VCU (269), George Washington (270), Saint Louis (290), and St. Bonaventure (430).

Individually, Fordham's Ryan Kutch did his best to defend his A-10 crown from a year ago, but came up four seconds short.  Saint Joseph's Zacary Michon crossed the finish line first in 25:02.7 with Kutch behind him for second in 25:06.6, earning All-Atlantic 10 honors.
 
Nicholas Raefski also earned All-Atlantic 10 honors for Fordham, placing 15^th overall in 25:46.9.
 
After Raefski, Colin Flood and John McGovern were the next Rams across the line in 26^th (26:08.5) and 27^th (26:09.8), respectively, with Brandon Hall in 34^th (26:20.8).
 
Other Rams competing at the Championship included Jack Craven (60^th – 26:53.6), Nick Lundberg (63^rd – 26:55.7), Christopher Strzelinski (65^th – 26:56.4), Sean Sullivan (87^th – 27:15.9), and Ryan Fahey (104^th – 27:58.6).