9 SITES, November 11 — All races contested at 10K (6.21M).
The top 2 teams (and their members) in each Region qualify for the NCAA Championships at Oklahoma State on Saturday, November 19. In addition, 13 at-large teams will be added based on formula. First-4 finishers in each Region not on an advancing team will also qualify.
In results: *** = frosh; ** = soph; * = junior; all others are seniors ‘ = not eligible for U.S. international teams.
Northeast: Syracuse & Graham Banks (Harvard)
Bronx, New York — Syracuse, coming in to Van Cortlandt Park ranked No. 10 nationally, had no problem defending its Regional title, producing a 65-point performance to top the 89 laid down by a solid Harvard squad. It was the tenth crown in the last 13 years for the Orange.
The battle for 3rd was far closer, with Cornell (137) topping Providence on a tie-breaker and Iona 2 points back. The race was run in damp conditions with temperatures hovering around 63° (17C).
Individually, Harvard went 1-2, as last year’s runner-up, Graham Blanks, and teammate Acer Iverson moved to the front near 5M and cruised to the line, Blanks in 29:14.1 and Iverson in 29:19.7. Columbia’s Tyler Berg had run near the front throughout and crossed 3rd in 29:26.2, ahead of Cornell’s Perry MacKinnon (29:32.0) and Marcelo Rocha of Providence (29:37.4). In 6th came Nathan Lawler, the lead runner for Syracuse, in 29:39.1.
Team Scores
1. Syracuse 65; 2. Harvard 89; 3. Cornell 135; 4. Providence 135; 5. Iona 137; 6. Stony Brook 164; 7. UMass-Lowell 202; 8. Northeastern 225; 9. Yale 227; 10. Dartmouth 235.
Individuals
1. **Graham Blanks (Harv) 29:14.1; 2. *Acer Iverson (Harv) 29:19.7; 3. Tyler Berg (Col) 29:26.2; 4. Perry Mackinnon (Corn) 29:32.0; 5. Marcelo Rocha (Prov) 29:37.4; 6. *Nathan Lawler (Syr) 29:39.1; 7. Alexander Korczynski (NEn) 29:39.9; 8. Paul O’Donnell (Syr) 29:41.1; 9. **Lachlan Wellington (Iona) 29:41.7; 10. *Rhys Hammond (Corn) 29:44.3; 11. Noah Carey (Syr) 29:45.2; 12. *Evan Brennan (SB) 29:45.9; 13. **Damien Dilcher (Iona) 29:46.1; 14. *Ramsey Little (Marist) 29:49.8; 15. David Melville (Harv) 29:49.8; 16. **Will Daley (Dart) 29:52.8; 17. ***Assaf Harari (Syr) 29:53.0; 18. *John Riley (UMLowell) 29:54.4; 19. **Sean Kay (Yale) 29:54.5; 20. Robert Becker (SB) 29:57.7; 21. **Benjamin Godish (NEn) 30:00.9; 22. *Jonathan DeSouza’ (Iona-Can) 30:01.7; 23. Nathan Henderson (Syr) 30:03.3; 24. **Shane…
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