SBU Sports: Men’s Cross Country records sixth-place finish at NCAA Northeast Regional Championship

The Stony Brook men’s cross country team returned to competition today, at the 2022 NCAA Regional at Van Cortland Park. Six of the seven Seawolf runners finished within the top 80 of the field, with four student-athletes recording top 40 finishes, including two Seawolves placing inside the top 20.

As a team, the Seawolves finished sixth overall for the best finish out of any CAA team that competed at the NCAA Regional race. Northeastern came in eighth and Hofstra rounded out the conference teams in 27^th.

The squad was led by senior Evan Brennan and graduate Robert Becker, as both All-CAA runners capped off their season with NCAA All-Region honors after their performances in the race.

For the second year in a row at the NCAA Regional Championship, Brennan was the top finisher for the squad and Becker finished second-best for the Seawolves. The senior took 12^th-place after crossing the finish line in 29:45.9. Coming in shortly after Brennan to round out the top 20 was Becker completing the race in 20^th (29:57.7).

Carlos Santos Jr., Shane Henderson, Conor Malanaphy, and Michael Fama all placed within the top 80 as they helped the Seawolves pick up a sixth-place finish in the Regional Championship.

HIGHLIGHTS

Brennan took 12^th-place as he crossed the finish line in 29:45.9. He ran at a pace of 4:48 per mile.
Becker finished in 20^th-place overall as he clocked a time of 29:57.7 and ran an average mile of 4:50.
Santos Jr. came in shortly after Becker in 36^th-place with a time of 30:26.8.
Henderson took 39^th-place with a time of 30:29.6, Malanaphy finished in 57^th at 30:54.4 and Fama took home 70^th with a time of 31:10.5.
Over 227 runners competed in the championship race on Friday.

“The men’s team closed out the season with another competitive performance in the Regional Championship; the goal going in was to challenge for a top four finish. They came up a little short taking sixth-place but it wasn’t for lack of effort, led by two very good runs from Evan and Rob, who earned All-Region honors. All seven guys that lined up gave it all they had on the day and can be proud of the effort they gave, not only today, but throughout the season,” said head coach Andy Ronan.