The men's team won the Brooklyn Invitational, but not without a hint of disappointment as the Ranger Cross Country teams turned in their best performances of 2009 at the Brooklyn Invitational. Running on the famed Van Cortlandt Park course in the Bronx, Drew's Steven Monteleone and Zack Mower were leading the race before being pointed in the wrong direction at 3.5 mile mark. Miraculously, the pair was able to back track and take second and fifth, respectively, and lead the men to a resounding team win. The women's team placed second just three points behind the host Brooklyn Bridges.
The Rangers picked up the team win with 41 points total, easily besting the second place John Jay Bloodhounds by 25 places. The results would have been even better had Monteleone and Mower been pointed in the correct direction. Still, Monteleone placed second overall, just eight seconds behind the winner Patrick O'Leary-Gullo of Brooklyn at 31:16. Mower rebounded to take fifth place, his second straight Top Ten finish at 31:26. The key to the team win was the third through fifth runner performances. Maxwell Rich, Andrew Ehlert and Tim Barnum all placed in the Top 15 guaranteeing the title. Rich placed 10th at 32:52 with Ehlert one place and five seconds behind. Barnum crossed in 13th place at 33:17.
The women's team nearly matched the men, but came up just four places short. The host Bridges' first five runners combined at 61 with the Rangers at 64, but Drew's top four outpaced Brooklyn's by three spots. Senior Ashley Walker was back in the lead for Drew, taking fifth place at 27:40 over the 6K course. Katherine Cross and Sarah Morris placed seventh and eighth, respectively. Carley Thompson rounded out the four Rangers in the Top 15 by crossing at 30:22 in 14th place. The Rangers' fifth and sixth runners, Angela Vittellaro and Erica Cannedy, came in 30th and 31st.
The men's win is the team's first overall is the program's first in more than four years. It also continues the upward trend of results for both sides of the team. The Rangers reward for the crown is a week off before running in the Nevins Invitational at East Stroudsburg on the 24th.
Place Score Name School Time
1 1 Patrick O'Leary-Gullo Brooklyn 31:08
2 2 Steve Monteleone Drew 31:16
5 5 Zack Mower Drew 31:26
11 10 Maxwell Rich Drew 32:52
12 11 Andrew Ehlert Drew 32:57
14 13 Tim Barnum Drew 33:1
27 26 Greg Del Russo Drew 34:39
34 33 Thomas Kimelblatt Drew 35:55
35 Michael Urcuyo Drew 35:56
64 Bruce Simmons Drew 41:16
Team Scoring Total
1 Drew 2 5 10 11 13 (26) (33) 41
2 John Jay 6 7 8 16 29 (32) (57) 66
3 York 4 12 14 21 41 (55) 82
4 Brooklyn 1 15 24 28 35 (36) (44) 103
5 Kingsborough 3 20 27 37 39 (40) (43) 120
6 Mt. St. Vincent 9 18 19 34 45 125
7 Queensborough 17 23 48 51 52 (59) 191
8 City Tech 22 30 53 56 61 (63) 213
9 Staten Island 25 46 47 49 54 (60) 221
10 CCNY 31 38 42 59 62 232
Brooklyn College Invitational
October 11, 2009
6K Women's Race Results
Place Score Name School Time
1 Lisa Lamanna Staten Island 26:40
6 5 Ashley Walker Drew 27:40
9 7 Katherine Cross Drew 28:05
10 8 Sarah Morris Drew 28:18
16 14 Carley Thompson Drew 30:22
34 30 Angela Vitellaro Drew 32:35
35 31 Erica Cannedy Drew 32:38
Team Scoring Total
1 Brooklyn 2 3 12 20 24 (35) (50) 61
2 Drew 5 7 8 14 30 (31) 64
3 York 6 9 11 22 23 (36) (40) 71
4 FIT 1 9 14 24 25 (29) (44) 73
5 John Jay 16 17 19 27 39 118
6 Mt St Vincent 18 21 32 42 47 160
7 Sarah Lawrence 13 34 37 38 50 175
8 New Rochelle 4 33 45 46 53 (54) (56) 181
9 CCNY 28 41 43 48 52 (55) 213
