The New York University men's cross country team returns to the Top-50 Varsity Sports Highlight List of 2019-20 at #14 with its second-place finish at the Division III Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship on 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 performer for NYU was freshman
Jon Diaz (Brookline, MA/Brookline), who crossed the finish 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).
Overall, 117 runners competed.
The cross country squad had made its debut on the top-50 list at #31 with its victory at the Ron Stonitsch Invitational on September 7.
A full description of the ECAC Championship race can be found
here.
Previous Season Highlights
#50 - Softball Wins Season Opener
#49 - Men's Tennis Opens Season Successfully at TCNJ Lions Kickoff
#48 - Baseball is Back – Violets Win Season Opener
#47 - Men's Basketball Secures First UAA Win, 80-79. vs. CMU; Macarchuk's Three-Pointer Snaps 75-75 Tie with 1:40 left
#46 - Softball Wins Season Finale; Swan Tosses Three-Hit Shutout
#45 - Men's Tennis Wins on Senior Day
#44 - Baseball Ends Season with a One-Hit Victory
#43 - Women's Fencing Dominant at FDU Invitational
#42 - Women's Volleyball Begins Season on Six-Match Winning Streak
#41 - Women's Soccer Dominates in Home Opener
#40 - Men's Volleyball Wins Season-Opening Invitational
#39 - Men's Golf Wins Duke Nelson Invitational
#38 - Wrestling Team Competes at NWCA National Dual Championships
#37 - Women's Cross Country Captures Ramapo Season Opener; Moran Wins Collegiate Debut
#36 - Men's Golf Team Wins Season Opener
#35 - Men's Soccer Defeats Hood in ECAC Championship
#34 - Women's Tennis Completes Undefeated Dual Match Campaign; Finish Ranked #17
#33 - Women's Golf Finishes Second at Tartan Invitational; Lung Wins Individual Title
#32 - Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams Capture NYU Fall Invitational
#31 - Men's Cross Country Wins Ron Stonitsch Invitational
#30 - Men's Fencing Wins All Six Matches at Eric Sollee Invitational
#29 - Men's Track & Field Individuals and DMR Earn Bronze at UAA Championships
#28 - Women's Basketball Defeats Brandeis in UAA Opener for Season-High Seventh Straight Win
#27 - Men's Soccer Defeats Wash. U for Sixth-Straight Win
#26 - Women's Cross Country Finishes Second at Paul Short Invitational
#25 - Women's Soccer Defeats #10 Case Western Reserve in Overtime
#24 - Women's Volleyball Wins Kean Invitational
#23 - Women's Track & Field Runners Take Gold at UAA Indoor Championships
#22 - Women's Golf Team Wins Season-Opening St. Lawrence Invitational
#21 - Women's Fencing Finishes Second at NIWFA Championships
#20 - Haberli Earns 300th Win as NYU Wrestling Coach
#19 - Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams Win Ithaca Bomber Invitational
#18 - Women's Basketball Season Sweep of Washington University in St. Louis
#17 - Men's Soccer Defeats Carnegie Mellon University for the first time since 2007
#16 - Men's Basketball Wins NYU-Tip Off Tournament
#15 - Men's Golf Wins Skidmore Invitational to closeout 2019-20 season
