St. Joseph's (LI) Invitational Results

KINGS PARK, N.Y. – The Maritime Men's Cross Country team boasted another strong performance placing third this weekend at the St. Joseph's College Invitational in Kings Park, N.Y. The Women's Cross Country team finished 14th for a second consecutive week at the Saturday morning meet.

The Men's squad was led by the trio of sophomore Nicholas Sherman, senior Cameron Coneys (Centerport, N.Y./Harborfields) and junior Joseph Pellegrino (Huntington, N.Y./Commack) who finished 18th, 19th and 20th respectively. Sherman and Coneys finished with a time of 29:46.3 and Pellegrino was just behind at 29:46.4.  

Freshman Tom Mongeau (Middletown, N.J./Mater Dei) finished 30th (30:38.9), two places ahead of fellow freshman Christian Berglin (Hampton Bays, N.Y./Hampton Bays) who ended up 32nd with a time of 30:42.6. Freshman Garrett Ernst (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg Area) finished 35th (30:57.5) and junior Kevin Sun (Syosset, N.Y./Syosset) finished 39th (31:06.8), giving the Privateers seven runners in the top 40 of the meet.

Freshmen Vincent Cotrone (Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park) (31:51.3), Matthew Papania (33.27.0) and Kurt Schieferstein (Lattingtown, N.Y./Chaminade) (34.40.3) rounded out the rest of the Men's squad.

The Privateers placed third overall with a total score of 119 behind only Bloomfield and Kings Point. Maritime finished highest of the Skyline Conference participants, 14 points ahead of fourth place St. Joseph's (LI).

Junior Chelsea Mesa (Bayside, N.Y./Francis Lewis) placed the highest for the Women's team with a time of 23:39.6. Rookie Emily Zink (Brockport, N.Y./Brockport) was less than two minutes behind at 25:00.2.

Freshmen Jean Colgan (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Sachem North) (27:16.3), Ekaterina Aaron () (29:13.7) Riley Huang (Brooklyn, N.Y./Midwood) (31:16.8), sophomore Abigail Grant (35:31.3) and junior Christina Finnen (Hicksville, N.Y./Holy Trinity) (37:18.2) finished the rest of the scoring for the Privateers.

The Women's team ended up with a total score of 388, good for 14th overall and 4th out of the Skyline teams.

Next up for the Cross Country team is the Skyline Conference Championships this coming Sunday, October. 25 in the Hudson Valley Sports Dome in Milton, N.Y.

Men's Individual Results

Place (Points)	Name	Time
18 (18)	Nicholas Sherman	29:46.3
19 (19)	Cameron Coneys (Centerport, N.Y./Harborfields)	29:46.3
20 (20)	Joseph Pellegrino (Huntington, N.Y./Commack)	29:46.4
30 (30)	Tom Mongeau (Middletown, N.J./Mater Dei)	30:38.9
32 (32)	Christian Berglin (Hampton Bays, N.Y./Hampton Bays)	30:42.6
35 (34)	Garrett Ernst (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg Area)	30:57.5
39 (38)	Kevin Sun (Syosset, N.Y./Syosset)	31:06.8
55 (49)	Vincent Cotrone (Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park)	31:51.3
76 (68)	Matthew Papania	33:27.0
100 (83)	Kurt Schieferstein (Lattingtown, N.Y./Chaminade)	34:40.3

Men's Team Results (Top 5 and Skyline only)

Place (Points	Team
1 (38)	USMMA
2 (77)	Bloomfield
3 (119)	Maritime
4 (133)	St. Joseph's (LI)
5 (164)	Monroe College
8 (236)	Farmingdale State
14 (338)	Sarah Lawrence
18 (514)	Old Westbury

Women's Individual Results

Place (Points)	Name	Time
55 (46)	Chelsea Mesa (Bayside, N.Y./Francis Lewis)	23:39.6
79 (61)	Emily Zink (Brockport, N.Y./Brockport)	25:00.2
119 (85)	Jean Colgan (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Sachem North)	27:16.3
137 (96)	Ekaterina Aaron ()	29:13.7
146 (100)	Riley Huang (Brooklyn, N.Y./Midwood)	31:16.8
158 (111)	Abigail Grant	35:31.3
161 (114)	Christina Finnen (Hicksville, N.Y./Holy Trinity)	37:18.2

Women's Team Results (Top 5 and Skyline only)

Place (Points)	Team
1 (51)	St. Joseph's (LI)
2 (93)	Suffolk CC
3 (110)	Monroe College
4 (120)	Pace
5 (126)	Catholic
9 (246)	Sarah Lawrence
12 (337)	Farmingdale State
14 (388)	Maritime
15 (401)	Old Westbury
18 (490)	St. Joseph's (Brooklyn)