Results

MONTGOMERY, NY – The Maritime College men's and women's cross country teams began the 2022 season on Saturday morning at the Jasper Invitational.  Competing against a field that included Division I, II and III opposition, the Privateer men finished seventh overall and first among Division III institutions.  The Maritime women, meanwhile, were sixth overall and first among Division III teams at the Twin Ponds at the Farm.

In the men's race, Maritime was led by Jack Lehnhardt (Dunkirk, MD), who completed the 8000-meter course in 27:57.6 to place 28^th.  Jake Mundok (Lewes, DE) was the next Privateer across the line.  He took 33^rd in 28:43.4.  It was a blanket finish for Maritime's next four runners.  William Bischofberger (Huntington, NY) was 45^th in 31:15.7, and he was followed by Jonah Yonks (Mount Sinai, NY) (46^th, 31:16.7), Dean Butkiewicz (Middle Village, NY) (47^th, 31:16.7) and David Anderson (Minerva, NY) (48^th, 31:18.3).  Declan O'Connor (Westfield, NJ) rounded out the Privateers' top seven with a 51^st-place showing (31:45.7).

As a unit, Maritime tallied 199 points, which was good for seventh out of 11 scoring teams.  Each of the top four teams (Monmouth, Rider, Fordham, Manhattan) were Division I squads.  There were three Division III schools in the race, with Maritime beating both Hunter and Kean in the team standings.

On the women's side, Adelle Leger (Middletown, NY) was the Privateers' top finisher.  She took 33^rd overall after running 6000 meters in 27:05.2.  Rachel Zareva (Allen, TX) placed 35^th in 27:13.3, while Rebecca Zareva (Allen, TX) came in right behind her sister in 36^th place (27:17.7).  Aisling Donnelly (New City, NY) posted a time of 30:22.0, which was good for 41^st place, and Mary Cirelli (Oreland, PA) came across in 44^th place with a 31:15.1 clocking.  Completing Maritime's top seven were Caravel Losch (Butler, PA) (45^th, 31:48.3) and Tori Gay (Whiteford, MD) (50^th, 36:06.1).

Maritime collected 189 points in the team standings to easily finish ahead of Kean, the only other full Division III squad on the women's side.  Overall, the Privateers were sixth out of eight teams, with Division I opponents Monmouth, Rider, Fordham and Manhattan claiming the top four places.

Next Saturday, the Privateers travel to the Penn State Abington Invitational.  The first race gets underway at 9 a.m.