Cross Country 2022 Season Recap

The 2022 Arizona State cross country season was highlighted by a strong season-long performance by Vincent Mauri. Mauri blew out the competition in both regular-season races and finished on the podium at the Pac-12 Championships. He won the Dave Murray invite with a 37-second lead (23:20.4) and won the UCR Invitational in 23:25.7 to finish 20 seconds ahead of the pack. His 22:59.0 at the conference finals was a PR and earned him second-team All-Conference honors,  and he went on to take 11th at NCAA Regionals in 28:42.1, earning All-Region honors.
 
Mauri was then the first Sun Devil to qualify for the NCAA Championships since 2014 when Ryan Herson and program legend Shelby Houlihan both ran. Herson took 117th in the men’s race (31:40.7), and Houlihan finished ninth in 20:11.4 to earn All-America honors. Mauri ultimately finished 87th.
 
The Sun Devils were primarily led by Ryan Ray who rejoined the program after a one-year stint with Arizona down in Tucson. Ray was a volunteer assistant coach under Patrick Henner during the 2020-21 season before accepting an assistant coaching job with the Wildcats. He rejoined ASU in the late summer before the 2022 campaign kicked off. Following the cross country season and ahead of the 2023 indoor and outdoor, Ray was elevated to head coach of the cross country program.
 
2022 Season Results
UC Riverside Invitational
September 17, 2022
Men’s 8K Results
8th place
1. Vincent Mauri – 23:25.7
54. Dayton Carlson – 24:36.3
76. Johnathan Estrada – 24:50.8
79. Trevor Querciagrossa – 24:51.7
80. Luke Mason – 24:52.0
94. Conant Smith – 25:02.2
97. Rowdy Menefee – 25:04.8
122. Porter Hill – 25:25.4
143. Keene Sample – 25:25.9
148. Tyler Schierenberg – 25:29.8
 
 
Women’s 6K Results
20th place
16. Lena Lebrun – 20:44.8
108. Gracie Carr – 22:05.0
119. Jenna Lee – 22:08.6
167. Kate Miller – 22:29.7
180. Caitlin Rose – 22:38.6
191. Claire Le Gallo – 22.51.7
227. Kylie Miller – 23:24.5
 

 
Dave Murray Invitational
October 4, 2022
Men’s 8K Results
Men – 2nd place
1. Vincent Mauri – 23.20.4
9. Trevor Querciagrossa – 24:20.7
14. Dayton Carlson – 24:43.2
20. Tyler Schierenberg – 25:20.8
24. Jonathan Estrada – 25:43.3
28. Joseph Hill – 25:51.5
39. Rowdy Menefee – 26.42.0
Conant Smith – DQ
 
Women’s 8K results
Women – 4th place
9. Lena Lebrun – 21:02.4
18. Jenna Lee – 21:46.0
25. Gracie Carr -…