WATERFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut College men's cross country team finished 21st out of 34 teams at the Connecticut College Invitational on Saturday afternoon at Harkness Memorial State Park.
With a field that featured 12 nationally-ranked teams—including six of the top 10 in the latest USTFCCCA poll—the event proved to be one of the top Division III races in the country. In the end, it was No. 3 Johns Hopkins that came away with the team title, cementing the victory with 96 points and seven runners inside the top-30. No. 9 Tufts (111) finished runner-up while No. 7 SUNY Geneseo (118), No. 4 NYU (122) and No. 8 Williams (132) rounded out the top-5.
Johns Hopkins' Emmanuel Leblond captured individual medalist honors with a time of 23:42.0, the fastest 8K time in the history of the event. He eclipsed the mark set by Williams' Elias Lindgren in 2022 by one second.
Five of Conn's top-7 runners recorded career best 8K times at the event, led by a strong effort from
Ellis Iurilli-Hough (Melrose, Mass.). He paced the group with a 30th-place finish and a time of 24:39.2.
Ronan Staab (White Plains, N.Y.),
Brendan Capodanno (Port Jefferson, N.Y.),
Griffin Selber (State College, Pa.) and
Nicholas DeMarco (Albany, N.Y.) rounded out the scoring for the Camels. Staab (25:46.4), Selber (26:24.3) and DeMarco (26:34.5) all joined Iurilli-Hough in posting career-best times, while Capodanno crossed in 26:06.2.
Josh Barzilai (Princeton, N.J.) and
Deem Quinn (Cranston, R.I.) filled out Conn's top-7. Barzilai also nabbed a career-best time of 26:41.8 while Quinn checked in at 26:46.1.
Conn will next host the NESCAC Championship on Saturday, November 1 at Harkness Park.
