MONTGOMERY, N.Y. – The Monmouth University men's and women's cross country teams both posted strong performances at Manhattan's Jasper Fall XC Invite on Saturday morning. Both the men and the women placed first at the event, with the men finishing first out of 11 squads and the women finishing first out of eight competing schools.
For the second consecutive meet, Louis DiLaurenzio and
Marisa Kilgarriff both paced the Hawks. DiLaurenzio earned a second place finish with a time of 25:15.7 in the men's 8k while Kilgarriff crossed the line in 22:19.4 in the women's 6k which was good for third place overall.
TOP FINISHERS
Men's Top Seven Finishers
2. Louis DiLaurenzio (25:15.7)
4. Declan McDonnell (25:18.9)
6. Tyler Clifford (25:34.7)
9. Stone Caraccio (25:49.5)
10. Seb Reed (25:49.7)
17. Aidan Gilmore (26:20.8)
20. Jared Taylor (26:31.2)
Women's Top Seven Finishers
3.
Marisa Kilgarriff (22:19.4)
4.
Isabella Leak (22:23.1)
5.
Josie Wilson (22:27.1)
6.
Ashley Navarro (22:32.4)
7.
McKenzie Delahanty (22:35.4)
12.
Jacci Martinelli (23:11.8)
13.
Sydney Todd (23:13.1)
QUOTES
"Really pleased with the performances of both teams today at the Jasper Fall XC Invite. Both teams took a nice step forward and ran very competitive races. We showed a lot of confidence and poise. This was an excellent tune-up for our next meet at historic Franklin Park in Boston." –
Director of Track and Field/Cross Country and Head Coach Mike Nelson
UP NEXT
The Hawks will be in Boston on Friday to compete in Boston College's Battle in Beantown event. The women's 5k will start at 12:00 p.m. while the men's 8k will get underway at 12:30 p.m.
