Montgomery, NY — Manhattan hosted the Jasper Fall XC Invite on Saturday afternoon at Twins Pond on the Farm. The Jaspers competed with 22 other teams —13 on men's side and 11 on women's side—in the seeded races, with the men's team finishing in sixth place.
-Junior Adrian Alonso paced Manhattan with a time of 25:50.7 which was good for 21st place out of the 100 runners in the 8K.
-Senior Kylie Conroy was tops for the Manhattan women in the 6K event with a time of 22:42.5 and a 31st place finish out of 100 runners.
-Based on team results, Stony Brook won both the men's and women's seed races on Saturday afternoon.
Coach's Reaction
-"I was very pleased with today's results. I'm seeing the pieces we need for November 2 (MAAC Championship) start to come together." - Kerri Inman, Manhattan Director of Cross Cross and Track & Field
-"It was great seeing Adri (Adrian Alonso) and Kylie lead the team in some tactical ways."
Trust the Process
Senior Kylie Conroy: "Today was a lot hotter than I expected it to be. I got out in a good position and you kind of have to because the course narrows down really quickly. This course is definitely a lot less hillier than the past few courses we were at so that definitely felt good on the legs."
More from Conroy: "We've been working on packing up so for whoever is in front of you just look for green. It helps us work for each other instead of ourselves so for me it was definitely hard to not have someone like Mikaella in front of me."
Next Time Out
Manhattan will get a lengthy rest from competition before returning for the Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh on Saturday, Oct. 5. That meet will be held at Goodman Campus Cross Country Course right off of the Lehigh campus.
