LOUDONVILLE, NY –  Junior Tamrat Snyder (Gaithersburg, MD Damascus) finished 12^th individually to earn All-MAAC honors and lead the Rider University men's cross country team to a fourth-place finish at the MAAC Championships Saturday at The Crossings at Colonie. The conference championships featured 11 MAAC programs with Iona winning the race with seven top-10 finishes en route to their 32nd straight MAAC crown.  

Snyder was the Broncs' top finisher, completing the 8-kilometer course in 24:53.7, good for 12th and finishing with all MAAC honors. Gobi Thurairajah (Egg Harbor Township, NJ Egg Harbor Township) was next in 16th at 25:04.2 falling just shy of the top 15. Richie Castaneda (Pennsauken, NJ Camden Catholic) (25:13.4, 18th) Tehj Rollins (Jersey City, NJ Ferris)(25:35.2, 26th), Nick Strain (Morristown, NJ Morristown)(25:41.4, 28th), Noah Taylor (Mohnton, PA Twin Valley)(25:54.0, 32nd), and Iain Taylor (Mohnton, PA Twin Valley)(26.20.3, 42nd), rounded out the Broncs' top finishers for the 8K course.

NOTES AND QUOTES
"They competed really hard today but we unfortunately fell a bit short of our goal of top 3. Marist closed really well over the last 2k to overtake us. I was proud of the effort but we just needed to be better over the last part."

"Tam ran great again today. He's really become a strong cross country runner this year. He's had so much growth. It is a great accomplishment for him to earn All MAAC for his effort." - Rider Head Coach Bob Hamer
 
- Iona won the race with seven top 10 finishers. it is Iona's 32nd straight MAAC title. 
- Iona's Joshua DeSouza  won the race with a time of 23:46.6

UP NEXT
The Broncs return to action Friday, Nov. 11th when they take part in the NCAA Mid Atlantic Regional Championships at Penn State University.