BRONX, N.Y. - The Raiders cross country teams competed in the ECAC/IC4A Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y. on Friday morning.

The men's team finished in the top five for the third consecutive meet while the women's team placed 16th.

COACH FRANCE'S COMMENTS

"This was our last big test to assess where we are as a team prior to our league championship in two weeks. Both squads did a phenomenal job keeping their composure and being aggressive in areas of  the course to raise our team standing. Our men's 4th place finish is the best finish since 2010 when Colgate was also 4th.  Shootout to excellent team pack running, our leaders, and our underclassmen stepping up big for us. Underdogs no more."

WOMEN

The women's team continued to be led by a young core of first years with Nell Droege crossing the finish line first for the Raiders with a 22:26.1 6k time. 

Lucia Pew finished not far behind Droege coming in at 22:28.4 before Annie Reilly posted a 22:53.2.

Rounding out the top five Colgate finishers was Ava Kletti finished with a time of 23:13.7 and Kara Shepard came in at 23:30.0.

The women's team finished 16th out of 20 teams.

MEN

Owen Holland finished in 23rd place posting a time of 25:03.0 with Owen McMorrow finishing right behind him at 25:03.7.

John Griffith placed 27th crossing the finish line at 25:05.0 while Andrew McGraw came in after Griffith in 28th with a time of 25:08.6.

Finishing off the top five finishers for the men was Liam Davis posting a time of 25:19.1.

The men's team placed fourth out of 24 teams which is their highest finish since 2010.

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