Men's XC Finishes Season at NCAA Regionals

Friday, November 11

New York, NY

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Army West Point

Northeast Regional Championships

Men's XC Finishes Season at NCAA Regionals

November 11, 2016 | Men's Cross Country

Individual Results
Team Results

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's cross country captured 12th place in a field of 41 very competitive teams at the NCAA Regionals in Van Cortlandt Park in New York, N.Y.

The Black Knights were led by junior Johnny Valeri who placed 48 out of 245 runners with a time of 31 minutes and 49.09 seconds.

ARMY'S TOP FINISHES
Johnny Valeri – 48 (31:49.09)
Jacob Fong – 79 (32:18.54)
Robbie Santoyo – 82 (32:21.01)

COACHES COMMENTS
"I really thought we had to have a perfect race today to get in the top ten and we came up just a bit short with our 12th place finish. Our program has only finished better than 12th one time (11th in 2014) since 2005 so we are making progress, it just takes time."

"Individually Valeri was very strong again. He has had a breakthrough this year and that continued today. he was controlled early in the race and then moved up very well. He is just starting to figure out how to race at the higher levels and I think we will continue to see good things from him. Our 3-4-5 (Santoyo, Keegan Smith and Ben Petrella) are all freshman. They all gave great effort today and I am proud of the way they competed. There is a lot to look forward to with these young guys and the others that we have coming back next year."

For more information on Army West Point women's cross country, visit GoArmyWestPoint.com and follow @ArmyWP_TrackXC on Twitter.