All-New England Ryan Ansel Leads QU Men’s Cross Country to 13th Place at New England Championships

Saturday, October 7

Franklin Park - Boston, MA

10:00 AM

Quinnipiac University

New England Championships

All-New England Ryan Ansel Leads QU Men’s Cross Country to 13th Place at New England Championships

10/7/2017 9:08:00 PM | Men's Cross Country

Ansel Becomes First All-New England Runner Since Rich Klauber in 2012

By: QU Athletic Communications

RESULTS

BOSTON, Massachusetts – Quinnipiac men's cross country junior Ryan Ansel (Danbury, Connecticut) continued his stellar campaign, placing 13^th in the overall standings to lead the Bobcats to a 13^th place showing out of 27 teams competing at the New England Championships. The 13^th place finish for Quinnipiac is the best showing for the program at New England's since placing 13^th in 2014.

QU FINISH
13^th out of 27 teams

LOCATION
Franklin Park / Boston, Massachusetts

QU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS IN ORDER OF TEAM FINISH (Overall Result, Time) – 180 Total Runners

Varsity

Ryan Ansel (13^th, 25:38)
Tommy Consalvo (42^nd, 26:13.5)
Michael Kiernan (47^th, 26:16.7)
Connor McAlary (104^th, 27:12.1)
Ben Lanza (105^th, 27:14.2)
Matthew Allen (110^th, 27:24.5)
Jeff Venter (172^nd, 29:28)

Sub-Varsity

Tyler Mannion (14^th, 26:45.5)
Joseph Lazzaro (76^th, 28:16.1)
John McMahon (125^th, 30:03.7)

NOTES

Quinnipiac posted 311 total team points to place 13^th overall, much improved from the Bobcats' 27^th place finish in the 2016 New England Championships
Ansel impressed with his 13^th place finish, leading the Bobcats for the second straight meet after not having accomplished the feat for the first two years of his collegiate career
Ansel became the first All-New England honoree for Quinnipiac since Rich Klauber took eighth place in 2012
Both Tommy Consalvo (Brookfield, Connecticut) and Michael Kiernan (Warwick, Rhode Island) were competing in their first career New England Championship
Competing in his third career New England Championship, Connor McAlary (Shoreham, New York) posted a career-best 104^th place finish
Ben Lanza (Middletown, Connecticut) also posted a much-improved 105^th place finish following a 162^nd place result in last year's New England title meet

UPCOMING MEET
Quinnipiac heads back to the Pre-National Invitational for the second straight season, this time heading to the E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky to get a preview of the course that will later host the NCAA Championship meet.