QU Men’s Cross Country Closes 2017 Season with 30th Place Finish at NCAA Northeast Regional

Friday, November 10

Audubon Golf Course - Buffalo, NY

12:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

NCAA Northeast Regional

QU Men’s Cross Country Closes 2017 Season with 30th Place Finish at NCAA Northeast Regional

11/10/2017 4:36:00 PM | Men's Cross Country

Ansel Caps Breakout 2017 Season Leading Bobcats with 103rd Place Finish

By: QU Athletic Communications

RESULTS

BUFFALO, New York – The Quinnipiac men's cross country team concluded their 2017 season with a 30^th place finish out of 37 teams at the NCAA Northeast Regional held on Friday at the Audubon Golf Course in Buffalo. Ryan Ansel (Danbury, Connecticut) closed out his impressive 2017 campaign with the top finish on the team at 103^rd overall.

ORDER OF FINISH (POINTS) – TOP 10
1. Syracuse (28)
2. Iona (48)
3. Army West Point (218)
4. Stony Brook (222)
5. Columbia (223)
6. Boston Univ. (228)
7. Brown (245)
8. UMass Lowell (254)
9. Cornell (272)
10. Harvard (285)
30. Quinnipiac (782)

LOCATION
Audubon Golf Course | Buffalo, New York

QU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS IN ORDER OF TEAM FINISH (Overall Result, Time) – 256 Total Runners

Ryan Ansel (103^rd, 34:11.0)
Tommy Consalvo (145^th, 34:46.7)
Michael Kiernan (154^th, 34:54.2)
Tyler Mannion (185^th, 35:37.8)
Ben Lanza (201^st, 35:57.5)
Connor McAlary (204^th, 36:02.7)
Matthew Allen (245^th, 37:43.9)

NOTES

Ansel's breakthrough junior campaign reached another pinnacle as he led the team placing 103^rd overall, a 73-spot improvement from his only previous NCAA Northeast Regional appearance in 2016
Tommy Consalvo (Brookfield, Connecticut) placed second on the team, an improvement from his third place result on the team in last year's NCAA Regional
Running in his first NCAA Regional, Michael Kiernan (Warwick, Rhode Island) was the third-fastest Bobcat while placing 154^th overall
Tyler Mannion (Brookfield, Connecticut) and Connor McAlary (Shoreham, New York) completed their Quinnipiac careers on Friday
Mannion showed very well in his collegiate finale, posting his best finish (185^th overall) in two career NCAA Regional meets (prev. finish 221^st in 2015)
McAlary also ran in his second NCAA Regional (first since 2014) and placed sixth on the team and 204^th overall out of 256 runners

NEXT SEASON
Quinnipiac graduates three seniors in Mannion, McAlary and Reed Kramer but return five of their top six runners from the 2017 MAAC Championships including Ansel who earned an All-MAAC 14^th place finish at Holmdel Park in New Jersey.