Men's Results
Women's Results
ALBANY, N.Y. – In their final competition before the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championships, the Manhattan College men's and women's cross country teams raced at the UAlbany Invitational on Saturday afternoon. Behind a sixth-place showing by Shane Beyer (Brick, N.J.), the Jasper men took fifth in the team standings. The Manhattan women, meanwhile, placed seventh as a team.
Beyer's time of 25:51 was a personal-best for 8000 meters. Following him across the line was Anthony Colasurdo (Lanoka Harbor, N.J.) in 27th place (26:35). Conor McDonough (Niskayuna, N.Y.) came in 10 seconds behind Colasurdo. He was 33rd overall in 26:45. Chris Orlando (Newburyport, Mass.) grabbed 36th place with a time of 26:50, while Stephen Chantry (Willamsburg, Va.) finished 39th in 26:55. Kevin O'Brien (Attleboro, Mass.) placed 40th in 26:56, and Erik Flores' (New York, N.Y.) time of 27:10 was good for 43rd place.
As a team, the Jaspers finished fifth with a total of 141 points. Middlebury just edged Albany 44-47 for first place in the team standings.
On the women's side, Milena Stoicev (Nis, Serbia) led the way with a seventh-place showing. She ran 5000 meters in 18:33. Alexandra Cappello (Scarsdale, N.Y.), meanwhile, completed the course in 19:34 to grab 25th place. After Alexa Roda (Staten Island, N.Y.) crossed the line in 42nd (20:07), the next three Jaspers finished one after another. Alyssa Windle (Redlands, Calif.) was 46th in 20:11, while Kelly Gorman (South Amboy, N.J.) took 47th (20:12) and Samantha Manalastas (Smithtown, N.Y.) placed 48th (20:13). Kaitlyn Rose Smith (Effort, Pa.) (57th, 20:36) completed Manhattan's top seven.
Manhattan earned 167 points to place seventh in the team standings. The women's team title also went to Middlebury, which finished with 48 points.
The Jaspers are now off until the MAAC Championships, which will be held at Holmdel Park in Holmdel, N.J., on Oct. 31.
