Over the next couple weeks we will be taking a look at last year’s historically great season while also looking forward to both the near future and the not to distance future.

Why Cross Country Was Great Last Year!!!

• Brandan McGee was the first male Retriever to receive All Conference Honors by finishing seventh at the America East Conference Meet

• The men finished third, their second highest showing at the America East Conference Meet
• Brandan McGee, Eric Schuler, Vinny DiSalvo, and Kirsten McGovern named to the All America East Academic Team

• The men’s team had seven finishers, all in the Top 26, and all before any other team’s fifth runner crossed the line
• At the Princeton Invite, the men’s team ran seven of the fastest ten times in history including the fastest time ever (Brandan McGee 24:44) and a six man pack between 24:59 and 25:02 (Tommy Eldridge, Jake Albino, Hassan Omar, Vinny DiSalvo, Todd Cowing, Eric Schuler)

• The men’s team was so fast this that 26:04 was not fast enough to make the Conference team.
• The women’s team performance at the America East Conference meet was arguably one of the fastest in school history, despite finishing eighth in one of the deepest year in the Conference. Three top ten performances occurred at the meet (Cody Mezebish, Kirsten McGovern, Julie Gessler)

• At the first meet of the year, seven of the fastest 5k’s were run on the men’s side, including Brandan McGee running the fastest time ever.
• The men’s and women’s rosters were potentially larger than any other year in school history.