Iona's Avery & Clorley Claim MAAC Cross Country Weekly Awards
MAAC Sports
Edison, N.J. – Iona College’s Kate Avery and Daniel Clorley have been named this week’s MAAC Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Runners of the Week, for the week of October 23rd.
Iona sophomore Kate Avery led the Gaels at the 2013 Pre-National Invitational hosted by Indiana State University. Avery finished ninth overall at the event as the Maroon & Gold placed 19th as a team in the Blue race. Avery completed the 6k course in 20:18.12. She was just over a second behind the seventh place performer, Villanova's Emily Lipari. There were 49 teams and 340 competitors in the Blue race.
Senior Daniel Clorley was Iona's top finisher at the 2013 Pre-National Invitational Blue Race hosted by Indiana State University, finishing 10th overall with an 8k time of 23:41.13. Also, Iona jumped 10 spots to No. 8 in this week's USTFCCCA national poll after finishing third overall ahead of three nationally ranked programs in the event, and just behind No. 1 Colorado and No. 4 Oregon. There were 52 teams and 359 competitors in the Blue race.
The 2013 MAAC Cross Country Championships will be held on Friday, November 1st at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
The MAAC, headquartered in Edison, N.J., consists of 11 member institutions in 2013: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University and Siena College. For more on the conference please visit, www.maacsports.com. Follow the MAAC on Facebook and Twitter: @MAACSports. Follow MAAC Cross Country on Twitter using the hashtag #MAACXC.
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