UNIVERSITY PARK, PA – Senior
Tamrat Snyder (Gaithersburg, MD/Damascus) led the Rider men's cross-country team with a 65th-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships hosted by Penn State University on Friday morning. The Broncs as a team finished in 19th place out of the 22 teams in attendance.
Snyder finished the course in 31:29.8.
Noah Taylor (Mohnton, PA/Twin Valley) finished the course in 97th place with a time of 32:00.4, with
Jesse Campoverde (Haskell, NJ/Lakeland)(32:26.5, 119th),
Matthew Mastroly (Port Monmouth, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy)(32:54.3, 142nd), and
Santino D'Amelio (Manahawkin, NJ/Southern Regional)(33:17.6, 152nd) rounding out the Broncs' top five finishers.
192 athletes competed in the championships.
Quotes and Notes
"We had hoped for a better result today. We had a few guys who were ill that affected our performance but sometimes you face adversity and obstacles.
Tam ran a really nice race today. He wasn't feeling his best but he gave great effort.
Matt really stepped up for the team today. He has had a really great year and had a big performance today."
– Rider Director of Cross Country, Track & Field Bob Hamer
- Villanova took home first place with Princeton, Georgetown, Navy, and Penn State rounding out the top five.
- Villanova had three athletes who finished in the top ten, with Liam Murphy winning the race for the Wildcats.
