Results

ABINGTON, PA – The Maritime College men's and women's cross country teams took part in the Penn State Abington Invitational on Saturday.  The men's squad finished fourth overall in a 17-team field, while the Privateer women took fourth of 11 teams.

Leading the Maritime men was Jake Mundok (Lewes, DE), who ran the 8000-meter course in 30:12.4 to place ninth.  C.J. Elwell (Charlestown, RI) placed 28^th in 32:35.1, while Michael Abbamonte's (Bohemia, NY) 33:15.7 clocking was good for 34^th place.  Pietro Lorino (West Nyack, NY) and Declan O'Connor (Westfield, NJ) rounded out the Privateers' top five, crossing the line back-to-back in 38^th (Lorino, 33:40.3) and 39^th (O'Connor, 33:44.3).

Maritime ended up with a team score of 148 points.  Jefferson placed four runners in the top 10 to capture the team title with 40 points, while the individual winner was Drew's Tobias Gaynor (27:47.1).

On the women's side, the Privateers posted a team score of 125 points.  Jefferson also won the women's team title with 28 points after seeing all five of its scorers place among the top nine.  Ana Eshraghi led the Jefferson contingent with her individual victory (25:04.6).

Adelle Leger (Middletown, NY) broke up that Jefferson quintet.  She ran 6000 meters in 26:20.7 to finish fourth overall.  Aisling Donnelly (New City, NY) also had a top 20 finish, capturing 18^th place with a 29:23.1 clocking.  Mary Cirelli (Oreland, PA) was 30^th in 31:58.6, followed by Hannah Smith (Las Vegas, NV) in 31^st place (32:00.1).  Maritime's fifth scorer was Eily Kochon (Ulster Park, NY), who took 43^rd in 35:39.8.

There is one meet remaining in the regular season.  Next Saturday, Maritime will compete in the Jack Saint Clair Memorial, hosted by Jefferson University.