QU Men’s Cross Country Takes 14th Place on Senior Day at CCSU Mini Meet

Friday, October 20

Stanley Quarter Park - New Britain, Conn.

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

CCSU Mini Meet

QU Men’s Cross Country Takes 14th Place on Senior Day at CCSU Mini Meet

10/20/2017 6:40:00 PM | Men's Cross Country

Bobcats Honored Tyler Mannion, Connor McAlary and Reed Kramer in Senior Day Ceremony Following the Meet

By: QU Athletic Communications

NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut – The Quinnipiac men's cross country team pushed through the field to place 14^th out of 18 teams on Friday afternoon at the CCSU Mini Meet. In the shortened 5k course at Stanley Quarter Park close to the campus of CCSU, Tyler Mannion (Brookfield, Connecticut) paced a steady effort from the Bobcats who now move on in preparing for the 2017 MAAC Championships next weekend.

RESULT
14^th out of 18 teams

LOCATION
Stanley Quarter Park | New Britain, Conn.

QU INDIVIUDAL RESULTS IN ORDER OF TEAM FINISH (Overall Result, Time) – 127 Total Runners

Tyler Mannion (71^st, 16:28.8)
Tommy Consalvo (72^nd, 16:28.9)
Ryan Ansel (73^rd, 16:28.9)
Joseph Lazzaro (84^th, 16:46.3)
John McMahon (113^th, 17:56.4)

NOTES

Quinnipiac honored the Bobcats' three-member senior class (Mannion, Reed Kramer and Connor McAlary) following the conclusion of the meets
Mannion made headlines, placing first on the team for the first time in his career on Senior Day
Mannion made the most of his effort, improving upon his previous-best 82^nd place finish at the CCSU Mini Meet (sophomore season)
Tommy Consalvo (Brookfield, Connecticut) and Ryan Ansel (Danbury, Connecticut) ran right with Mannion to lead the Bobcats, finishing just 0.1 seconds behind the senior
Just one week away from the MAAC Championship, head coach Josh Glaab chose to have his runners run a slower tempo pace on the shorter 5k course

UPCOMING MEET
Quinnipiac looks to improve on their seventh place finish at the 2016 MAAC Championships as the Bobcats head to Holmdel Park in New Jersey to compete in the conference championship meet on Saturday, October 28.