Ryan Ansel Leads QU Men’s Cross Country to 5th Place at Monmouth Invitational

Saturday, September 16

Holmdel Park - Holmdel, NJ

10:30 AM

Quinnipiac University

Monmouth University Invitational

Ryan Ansel Leads QU Men’s Cross Country to 5th Place at Monmouth Invitational

9/16/2017 8:13:00 PM | Men's Cross Country

By: QU Athletic Communications

RESULTS

HOLMDEL, New Jersey – Backed by a career run from junior Ryan Ansel (Danbury, Connecticut), the Quinnipiac men's cross country team placed fifth out of seven teams at the Monmouth Invitational from Holmdel Park on Saturday morning. Ansel placed fifth for his first career Top 5 finish, pacing the Bobcats' efforts on the same course that will play host to the 2017 MAAC Championships in late October.

QU FINISH
5^th out of 7 teams

LOCATION
Holmdel Park / Holmdel, N.J.

QU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS RANKED IN ORDER OF TEAM FINISH (Overall Place, Time) – 79 Total Runners

Ryan Ansel (5^th, 26:45.38)
Michael Kiernan (20^th, 27:23.99)
Ben Lanza (28^th, 27:45.24)
Connor McAlary (39^th, 28:10.01)
Jeff Venter (41^st, 28:11.60)
Matthew Allen (47^th, 28:32.72)
Tyler Mannion (60^th, 29:29.44)
Joe Lazzaro (64^th, 29:40.37)
John McMahon (79^th, 32:42.08)

NOTES

Quinnipiac accumulated 118 total team points, finishing ahead of Lafayette (191) and Army West Point (201) in the standings
Marist took the victory with 45 points
Ansel continues to excel in his junior year, leading the team for the second time in his career (12^th career appearance, only other time leading Quinnipiac's contingent came in the New England Sub Varsity Championship in 2015)
Kiernan moved up to place second on the team, a career-best result among the team's standings for the sophomore
Lanza tied his career-best, placing third on the team for the second time in 13 career events

POST-MEET COMMENTS
Head Coach Josh Glaab
"It was our first opportunity to actually assess where the status of the team. Ryan Ansel has been performing exceptionally well in workouts, but his race today even outperformed our expectations. His confidence has made a huge jump since last year. For the rest of the team, today gave us an honest picture of where we are at and the work that is necessary for us to compete well at the MAAC Championships. I believe the training we have planned over the next six weeks will allow the type of confidence we see in Ryan to permeate through the rest of team, and allow us to compete significantly better against the teams that beat us today."

UPCOMING MEET
Quinnipiac will use another off week hoping to improve in the lead-up for the Paul Short Run on Friday, September 29 on the campus of Lehigh University.