The Niagara men’s and women’s cross country teams are back in action to compete in the NCAA Northeast Regional held at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx on Friday. The women’s race begins at 11:00 a.m. followed by the men’s race at noon.
On the men’s team, Senior Tyler van Leeuwen has led the Purple Eagles in every race this season
van Leeuwen led the Purple Eagles with a time of 27:10 at the MAAC Championships. The team finished with a time of 27:40.33. The Purple Eagles finished 10th out of 11 teams. van Leeuwen finished 28th out of 138 runners at the Canisius Alumni Classic in 26:23.2 (8K). Freshman Ryan Delola and Adian Russell set personal best times at the Canisius Alumni Classic with times of 27:25 and 27:59.3 respectively. van Leeuwen led the Purple Eagles at the 43rd Paul Short Invitational. He ran the race in 26:17 for 150th place out of 401 runners. Matt Whitworth (27:17), Sergio Cruz (27:20) and Ethan Graves (27:27) set personal bests. In the season-opening Little 3 Championships, Niagara ran the 5K event in 16:43.3 to finish ahead of St. Bonaventure (17:10.2) and behind Canisius (15:51.0).
As for the women, Caroline Hampton finished on top for the Purple Eagles at the MAAC Championships with s time of 24:49.10. Danielle Dorogi finished next for the Purple Eagles with a personal best time of 24:58.18. Caroline Hampton finished atop of the Purple Eagles for the 3rd time this season at the Canisius Alumni Classic with the time of 19:35.8 for 32nd place. Sarah Grubbs and Aly Orfano had set personal best times. Kayla Murphy and Caroline Hampton both finished in the top-10 in the season-opening Little 3 Championships at Delaware Park
Murphy and Hampton finished at the top for the Purple Eagles at the National Catholic Invitational with times of 19:52.6 and 19:48 respectively. Caroline Hampton set her personal-best time of 22:49 at the 43rd annual Paul Short Invitational. Kayla Murphy was second on the team with a 24:01. Aly Orfano (24:17), Sarah Grubbs (24:49) and Megan Helf (24:59) all had personal-best times.
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