Cross Country

2022 MAAC Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Championships set for Saturday at The Crossings of Colonie Course

The men’s 8k race will take place at 11:00 a.m. followed by the women’s 6k race at 12:00 p.m.

EDISON, NJ (Oct. 27, 2022) – The 2022 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Fall Championship season officially begins this weekend on Saturday, October 29 with the 2022 MAAC Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Championships. The one-day event will be hosted by Siena College at The Crossings of Colonie course in Loudonville, New York. This will be the second time the cross country championships are held at The Crossings of Colonie, with the tournament being previously held at the site in 2018. Championship races begin with the men’s 8k race at 11:00 a.m. followed by the women’s 6k race at 12:00 p.m.
 
On the men’s side, 31-time defending champion Iona University, will look to continue its three-decade reign at the meet and extend its NCAA record to 32 consecutive MAAC crowns. The Gaels will be led by 2021 defending MAAC Individual Champion and Most Outstanding Runner, Jamie Dee. Dee will be joined by his teammates and returning All-MAAC Team honorees, Graham Baird, Jonathan and Joshua DeSouza, Campbell Lee, Matt Rankin, and Donnovan Tucker.
 
For the women, the Gaels are seeking their seventh straight championship crown since 2016 and 18th overall title dating back to 2001. Looking to defend her individual crown and leading Iona is 2021 Most Outstanding Runner, Sophie Murphy, who posted the second-fastest individual time in MAAC Championship history at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Course last season. Also looking to lead the Gaels is Holly Smith, who was also a member of the 2021 All-MAAC Team.
 
Key runners to watch for on the men’s side are returning All-MAAC selections in Canisius’ duo of Tom Appenheimer and Michael Peppy, and Siena’s Brandon Olden. Olden was the only runner not from Iona to crack the top-10 last season, finishing fourth overall.
 
Women’s top runners and last year’s All-MAAC selections to keep an eye on feature Liv DiStefano and Emily Young of Quinnipiac, Rider’s Teagan Schein-Becker, and Olivia Lomascolo and Sophia Vinciguerra from Siena. Lomascolo (3rd), DiStefano (5th), Young (6th), and Schein-Becker (8th) all finished top-10 during the 2021 meet.
 
For all information regarding the 2022 MAAC Men's & Women’s Cross Country Championships, please visit maacsports.com/xc.
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 42nd year of competition during the 2022-23 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan College, Marist College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
 
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