NYU Athletics

Senior Yuji Cusick wrapped up his Violet cross-country career with a 24th-place finish.

Men's Cross Country 11/9/2019 1:36:00 PM

Men's Cross Country Competes at ECAC Championship

Violets Finish Second of 18 Teams

Official Results

The New York University men's cross country team finished second at the Division III Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship on Saturday, November 9, at the Hudson Valley Sportsdome in Milton, NY.

The Violets finished with 69 points in the 18-team race, ending up seven points behind the winning squad, St. Joseph's College - Long Island.

The top finisher for NYU was freshman Jon Diaz (Brookline, MA/Brookline), who crossed the line of the 8K course in 10th place with a time of 28:32.7.

Not far behind Diaz were sophomore Malcolm Silver-Van Meter (Thetford, VT/Thetford Academy) (12th place, 28:50.4), junior Pat Xu (Boxborough, MA/Acton-Boxborough) (13th place, 29:06.2) and junior Oliver Jacob (Marblehead, MA/Marblehead) (15th place, 29:15.4).

Rounding out the scoring for the Violets was senior Yuji Cusick (Hinsdale, IL/Hinsdale Central) (24th place, 29:42.9).

Overall, 117 runners participated.

Next up for NYU is the NCAA Atlantic Region Championship, hosted by St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, on Saturday, November 16.

Players Mentioned

Yuji Cusick: 5' 11"; Senior; Global Public Health and Food Studies (Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development)

Oliver Jacob: 5' 9"; Junior; Urban Design and Architecture Studies (College of Arts and Science)

Malcolm Silver-Van Meter: 5' 8"; Sophomore; Film & Television (Tisch School of the Arts)

Pat Xu: 5' 7"; Junior; Media, Culture, and Communication (Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development)

Jon Diaz: 5' 11"; Freshman; Pre-Professional Medicine (College of Arts and Science)

Players Mentioned

Yuji Cusick
: 5' 11"; Senior; Global Public Health and Food Studies (Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development)

Oliver Jacob
: 5' 9"; Junior; Urban Design and Architecture Studies (College of Arts and Science)

Malcolm Silver-Van Meter
: 5' 8"; Sophomore; Film & Television (Tisch School of the Arts)

Pat Xu
: 5' 7"; Junior; Media, Culture, and Communication (Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development)

Jon Diaz
: 5' 11"; Freshman; Pre-Professional Medicine (College of Arts and Science)