QU Men's Cross Country Places Eighth at 2017 MAAC Championships

Saturday, October 28

Holmdel Park - Holmdel, NJ

12:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

MAAC Championship

QU Men's Cross Country Places Eighth at 2017 MAAC Championships

10/28/2017 3:58:00 PM | Men's Cross Country

Ryan Ansel (14th Place) Earns All-MAAC Honors to Lead the Bobcats

By: QU Athletic Communications

RESULTS

HOLMDEL, New Jersey - The Quinnipiac men's cross country team finished eighth at the 2017 MAAC Championships on Saturday afternoon from Holmdel Park in New Jersey. Junior Ryan Ansel (Danbury, Connecticut) earned All-MAAC honors for the first time in his career to lead the Bobcats and highlight the action on the day for Quinnipiac.

FINISHING ORDER
1. Iona (15 team points)
2. Manhattan (97)
3. Siena (109)
4. Canisius (113)
5. Marist (118)
6. Monmouth (124)
7. Rider (194)
8. Quinnipiac (194)
9. Fairfield (273)
10. Niagara (329)
11. Saint Peter's (355)

LOCATION
Holmdel Park | Holmdel, New Jersey

QU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS IN ORDER OF TEAM FINISH (Overall Result, Time) - 144 Total Runners

Ryan Ansel (14th, 26:23.54)
Tommy Consalvo (25th, 26:54.96)
Tyler Mannion (59th, 28:02.59)
Ben Lanza (60th, 28:03.61)
Michael Kiernan (62nd, 28:08.64)
Matthew Allen (78th, 28:34.96)
Connor McAlary (89th, 28:57.20)
Joe Lazzaro (99th, 29:12.37)
Jeff Venter (104th, 29:31.97)
Reed Kramer (117th, 30:32.13)
John McMahon (123rd, 30:52.18)

NOTES

Ryan Ansel's breakout junior season reached another pinnacle on Saturday as he placed 14th overall and first on the team to earn All-MAAC honors
Ansel remarkably moved up 65 spots from his 2016 MAAC Championship result where he placed 79th overall
His performance gives the Bobcats another All-MAAC runner, marking five straight seasons since joining the MAAC in 2013 that Quinnipiac has seen at least one runner earn All-MAAC honors
Tommy Consalvo (Brookfield, Connecticut) also showed impressive year-to-year improvement as the sophomore claimed 25th place to finish second on the team
Consalvo previously finished 55th at last year's MAAC title meet, moving up 30 spots from last season
Tyler Mannion (Brookfield, Connecticut), Ben Lanza (Middletown, Connecticut) and Michael Kiernan (Warwick, Rhode Island) rounded out the Bobcats' scoring, all three of which improved their overall result from the 2016 MAAC Championship

UPCOMING MEET
Quinnipiac's 2017 season will come to an end on Friday, November 10 with the final meet of the season at the NCAA Northeast Regional held in Buffalo, New York.