MADISON, Conn. - The No. 4 Iona College men's cross country team finished second overall at the 2010 NCAA Northeast Regional Championship at Hammonassett Beach State Park. Junior Leonard Korir finished first overall to win the individual title. With the second place finish the Gaels earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship in Terre Haute, IN on Nov. 22.
Korir cruised to a near eight second win finishing the 10k course in 29:36.9. Korir is the third straight Iona harrier to win the individual championship at Regionals following Mohamed Khadraoui in 2008 and Ryan Sheridan in 2009. After earning back-to-back individual titles for the first last year, the three straight wins extends the program record.
Three other Gaels earned All-Region honors as sophomore Matthew Bayley crossed in fourth place (29:54.3) and graduates Mitch Goose and Ben Lindsay were seventh (30:03.8) and 20th (30:36.0) respectively. Senior Josh Hibbs was the Maroon & Gold's final scorer in 31st place.
For the second straight year, the Gaels were narrowly edged by Syracuse. After a four point defeat last year, the Orange's team score of 56 was seven points better than Iona's 63.
The No. 4 men's cross country team earned its ninth straight automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. The Gaels compete at nationals in nine days in Terre Haute, IN.
2010 NCAA Northeast Regional Championship
Hammonassett Beach State Park - Madison, CT - 10k
November 13, 2010
Top 20 Performers
Pl.) Competitor YR School Time
1.) Leonard Korir JR Iona College 29:36.9
2.) Lee Carey JR Providence 29:48.5
3.) Daniel Chenoweth SR Harvard 29:51.2
4.) Matthew Bayley SO Iona College 29:54.3
5.) Dominic Channon JR Providence 29:55.6
6.) Forrest Misenti SO Syracuse 29:55.7
7.) Mitch Goose JR Iona College 30:03.8
8.) Jeff Perrella SR Yale 30:04.2
9.) Tom Poland SR Columbia 30:04.6
10.) Patrick Dupont JR Syracuse 30:04.7
11.) Tito Medrano JR Syracuse 30:15.1
12.) Erik Van Ingen SR Binghamton 30:17.1
13.) Nate Edelman SR Cornell 30:17.4
14.) James Murdock SR Syracuse 30:21.6
15.) Steven Weeks JR Syracuse 30:23.6
16.) Eric Ashe SR Boston Univ. 30:23.7
17.) Adrien Dannemiller SR Cornell 30:24.2
18.) Ethan Shaw JR Dartmouth 30:25.6
19.) Phil Royer SO Dartmouth 30:31.2
20.) Ben Lindsay SR Iona College 30:36.0
Iona Performers
Pl.) Competitor YR Time
1.) Leonard Korir JR 29:36.9
4.) Matthew Bayley SO 29:54.3
7.) Mitch Goose JR 30:03.8
20.) Ben Lindsay SR 30:36.0
31.) Josh Hibbs SR 30:52.9
82.) Craig Murphy SO 31:54.0
120.) Joe Parks SR 32:27.7
Team Scores
Plc Team Name Score
1.) Syracuse 56
2.) Iona College 63
3.) Providence 113
4.) Dartmouth 138
5.) Columbia 146
6.) Cornell 232
7.) Boston Univ. 239
8.) Brown 240
9.) UMass 264
10.) Marist 288
11.) Yale 304
12.) Harvard 327
13.) Albany 357
14.) Binghamton 397
15.) Northeastern 399
16.) Central Conn. 403
17.) Buffalo 459
18.) Army 478
19.) Boston College 487
20.) Stony Brook 510
21.) Maine 596
22.) Fordham 617
23.) Vermont 649
24.) Connecticut 659
25.) Colgate 662
26.) Hartford 748
27.) Sacred Heart 754
28.) Wagner 770
29.) New Hampshire 778
30.) Manhattan 788
31.) Niagara 832
32.) Hofstra 873
33.) Fairfield 941
34.) Quinnipiac 1032
35.) Siena 1046