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#2 Men's Cross Country Captures Connecticut College Invitational

09/22/07

Connecticut College Invitational Results

Junior Jesse Schneider recorded his first collegiate victory as the #2-ranked New York University men's cross country team captured the Connecticut College Invitational on Saturday in New London, CT.

Ranked #2 in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division III poll, the Violets produced their third team victory in as many meets this season. NYU notched 33 points to easily outdistance Stonehill College (88), St. Lawrence University (90), the University of Connecticut (101), and Southern Connecticut State University (158).

Stone Hill (#6) and Southern Connecticut (#23) are ranked among the USTFCCCA Division II Top-25, while St. Lawrence is ranked #3 in the NCAA Division III Atlantic Region.

A 2006 NCAA All-American for the Violets' national runner-up squad, Schneider (25:02) accelerated the pace over the last mile, pulling away from seniors and 2006 All-Americans Hany Abdallah (25:08) and Ryan Williams (25:15) to win the 8,000-meter competition. Seniors James McCarthy (12th, 25:46) and Spenser Popeson (13th, 25:53) rounded out NYU's top-five finishers.

Freshman Matt Turlip also ran a strong race, placing 16th in 26:01.

"Our guys got themselves in the lead pack. In the third and fourth miles, they started to stretch it out and take control," NYU head coach Nick McDonough said. "Jesse ran a great race. With a little under a mile to go, he started to push and broke away from Hany and Ryan and they couldn't catch back up. This is him continuing from where he left off last year in the regionals and nationals."

NYU returns to action Friday, Oct. 5, when it competes in the Metropolitan Championship at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. The starting gun will go off at 10 a.m.