RIVERDALE, NY - The No. 4 Iona College men's cross country team earned one of its more dominant wins in meet history at the 2011 John "Paddy" Doyle Meet of Champions at Van Cortlandt Park. Senior Leonard Korir earned first place individual honors, leading the Gaels who placed the top four runners and six of the Top 10 in the event.
Korir dominated the race field, topping his teammate by nearly 30 seconds. He ran the eighth fastest time in meet history, recording a 24:27.95 in the 8k event.
Iona's next three performers all crossed within three seconds of each other and more than seven seconds ahead of the No. 5 performer, Dan Lowry from Brown. Seniors Mitch Goose (24:56.43) and Alexander Soderberg (24:58.87) joined junior Matt Bayley (24:59.28) with sub-25 minute times at historic Van Cortlandt. Junior Craig Murphy finished ninth in 25:21.30 while sophomore Chris Stogsdill was right behind in 25:27.07. Senior Colin Culhane was the Gaels seventh finisher in the race in 26:33.52.
The Maroon & Gold finished with 19 team points, 45 ahead of second place Brown University. Albany was third, followed by Columbia to round out the Top 5.
2011 Iona College Meet of Champions
Riverdale, NY - Van Cortlandt Park
Sep. 17, 2011 - 8k
Top 10 Performers Pl.) Name School Time 1.) Leonard Korir Iona College 24:27.95 2.) Mitch Goose Iona College 24:56.43 3.) Alex Soderberg Iona College 24:58.87 4.) Matthew Bayley Iona College 24:59.28 5.) Dan Lowry Brown 25:06.02 6.) Matt Duffy Brown 25:13.65 7.) Ethan Clary Albany 25:15.18 8.) Chris Burke Albany 25:20.60 9.) Craig Murphy Iona College 25:21.30 10.) Chris Stogsdill Iona College 25:27.07 Iona Performers Pl.) Name Time 1.) Leonard Korir 24:27.95 2.) Mitch Goose 24:56.43 3.) Alex Soderberg 24:58.87 4.) Matthew Bayley 24:59.28 5.) Craig Murphy 25:21.30 10.) Chris Stogsdill 25:27.07 47.) Colin Culhane 26:33.52 Team Scores Pl.) Team Score 1.) Iona College 19 2.) Brown 64 3.) Albany 71 4.) Army 120 5.) Columbia 180 5.) Edinboro 180 7.) Penn 193 8.) Boston College 206 9.) Marist 244 10.) Shawnee State 285 11.) Fairfield 287 12.) Conn College 337 13.) Temple 383 14.) Findlay 420 15.) Millersville 466 16.) Manhattan 475 17.) West Florida 503 18.) Siena 508 19.) Hofstra 517
