By: Kaitlyn Belile
The Canisius cross-country team competed in the NCAA Northeast Regionals last week. In the mid-Atlantic division, the women placed 25th overall, while the men placed 31st.
Senior Kayla Schmidt placed 83rd overall in the 6K after making the All-MAAC honors team for the first time. Her time of 21:33.34 paced the Griffs, followed by freshman Ella Krumpek’s 22:00.48 at 120th overall.
For the men’s 10K, junior Kyle Urban led the way with a time of 32:12.15, placing him at 115th overall, followed closely by graduate student Max Chew’s 32:16.10 at 119th place.
Following the race, senior Chloe Breen was proud of her team’s performance: “We were looking strong coming off of the MAAC Championships. After previewing the course, we knew it would be tough, but I believed our team would be strong enough to race it.”
Breen was expecting Schmidt to find success in this race and continue building on her success from this season. “She’s always looked strong throughout the season, so I knew she would place pretty high. She had a very successful season. I know she had a couple PRs this year. She always looked strong at practice, so there was no doubt in my mind that she was going to have a successful year,” Breen explained.
The Griffs now enjoy two weeks off before training for indoor track begins.
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