Hunter junior Omri Holzman won his third consective CUNYAC individual championship and set a new record in the process.
Hunter junior Omri Holzman won his third consective CUNYAC individual championship and set a new record in the process.

Hunter Wins Fourth Straight Men's Cross Country Title, Hawk's Holzman Sets New Conference Record

 

Bronx, NY - - -The Hunter Hawks captured their fourth consecutive CUNY Athletic Conference Men’s Cross Country Championship on Saturday afternoon at Van Cortlandt Park.  Hunter placed five runners in the top twenty to finish with 31 points.  Lehman was the runner-up with 63 points as they placed four runners in the top fifteen. York (74 points), Brooklyn (88), John Jay (108), and Medgar Evers (117) rounded out the field.  City Tech did not score.

Hawks’ junior Omri Holzman was the individual winner for the third consecutive season, blazing through the historic trail in a new conference record time of 26:26.  His closest competitor, teammate Peter Zaccariello finished over two minutes behind in 28:53.  Another Hawk, Tyzok Wharton, finished third in 29:58.  Manuel Oaxaca (14th, 32:40) and freshman Oscar Bolivar (20, 33:29) completed Hunter’s scoring.

“I’m very satisfied with my performance today,” said Holzman.  “My goal was to break the conference record (26:56, previously set by Jason Cerge of Hunter in 1997) and I’m happy that I was able to do it.  Now I can focus on qualifying for the NCAA’s, which was my primary goal entering the season.”

Lehman received a ninth place finish from sophomore Bill Agosto, who covered the course in 32:03.  Teammates , sophomore Freeman Blalock (15th, 32:49), senior Miguel Rodriquez (16th, 32:50), and junior Clifford Turner (18th, 33:04) also placed in the top twenty.

York’sophomore  Pernell Duncan (6th, 30:53) and freshman Omar Anderson (10th, 32:24) also turned in strong races, as did Medgar Evers junior Rogelio Knights (8th, 31:50).

College Division
  1. Hunter College                
            1    2    3   11   15            =    32
         Omri Holzman, Peter Zaccariello, Tyzok Wharton, Manuel Oaxaca, Oscar
         Bolivar
  2. Lehman College                
            6   12   13   14   19  (28) (30) =    64
         Bill Aqosto, Freeman Blalock, Chris Yepez, Clifford Turner, Daniel
         Gurdak, Ralph Aquino, Victor Onyekwere
  3. York College                  
            4    7   16   21   26            =    74
         PERMELL DUNCAN, OMAR ANDERSON, MICHAEL BROWN, Michael Brown, PAVEL
         PACHECO
  4. Brooklyn College              
            8   17   18   22   23  (24)      =    88
         NICHOLAS BRUCE, RICARD MARTIN, RYAN WILSON, Mario Ulloa, JEFFERY
         PIERRE, LUKE HEYWOOD
  5. John Jay College              
            9   10   20   33   34            =   106
         Jorge Rosales, Miguel Rodriquez, Bilal Madyun, Roosevelt Martinez,
         Calvin Wellington
  6. Medgar College                
            5   25   27   29   31  (32)      =   117
         Rolelio Knights, Durrel Stallworth, Wade Robertson, Carl Thompson,
         Dwight Williams, Oding Ellis
Community College 
  1. Q.C.C.                        
            1    4    6    7    8  (10)      =    26
         Rocky Reyes, Igor Llyasov, Eli Delacruz, Kiambe Hilliard, Ousame
         Berthe, Renato Compres
  2. K.C.C.                        
            2    3    5    9   11            =    30
         Ray Miley, Corey Munroe, Reade Melgar, Kwesi West, Keyon Russell
Individual Results

All College Division
Y=team scoring
 
Place No.  Name               School                         Timem     
===== ==== ================== ============================== ======= = 
    1   43 Omri Holzman       Hunter College                   26:26 Y 
    2   51 Peter Zaccariello  Hunter College                   28:53 Y 
    3   50 Tyzok Wharton      Hunter College                   29:58 Y 
    4  146 Rocky Reyes        Q.C.C.                           30:33 Y 
    5   71 Ray Miley          K.C.C.                           30:34 Y 
    6  156 PERMELL DUNCAN     York College                     30:53 Y 
    7   72 Corey Munroe       K.C.C.                           31:28 Y 
    8   95 Rolelio Knights    Medgar College                   31:50 Y 
    9   84 Bill Aqosto        Lehman College                   32:03 Y 
   10  158 OMAR ANDERSON      York College                     32:24 Y 
   11   27 NICHOLAS BRUCE     Brooklyn College                 32:29 Y 
   12  144 Igor Llyasov       Q.C.C.                           32:33 Y 
   13   61 Jorge Rosales      John Jay College                 32:37 Y 
   14   60 Miguel Rodriquez   John Jay College                 32:48 Y 
   15   46 Manuel Oaxaca      Hunter College                   32:49 Y 
   16   86 Freeman Blalock    Lehman College                   32:50 Y 
   17   92 Chris Yepez        Lehman College                   32:56 Y 
   18   91 Clifford Turner    Lehman College                   33:04 Y 
   19   70 Reade Melgar       K.C.C.                           33:18 Y 
   20   40 Oscar Bolivar      Hunter College                   33:29 Y 
   21  140 Eli Delacruz       Q.C.C.                           33:40 Y 
   22  155 MICHAEL BROWN      York College                     33:53 Y 
   23   10 RICARD MARTIN      Brooklyn College                 34:11 Y 
   24   11 RYAN WILSON        Brooklyn College                 34:19 Y 
   25   88 Daniel Gurdak      Lehman College                   34:22 Y 
   26   58 Bilal Madyun       John Jay College                 34:22 Y 
   27  157 Michael Brown      York College                     34:42 Y 
   28  143 Kiambe Hilliard    Q.C.C.                           35:05 Y 
   29  137 Ousame Berthe      Q.C.C.                           35:08 Y 
   30   47 Ozzie Rivera -X    Hunter College                   35:15   
   31   49 Edem Tsakpoe -X    Hunter College                   35:47   
   32   74 Kwesi West         K.C.C.                           35:58 Y 
   33   28 Mario Ulloa        Brooklyn College                 35:58 Y 
   34   48 David Sampayo -X   Hunter College                   36:13   
   35   29 JEFFERY PIERRE     Brooklyn College                 36:34 Y 
   36  139 Renato Compres     Q.C.C.                           36:52 Y 
   37   12 LUKE HEYWOOD       Brooklyn College                 37:28 Y 
   38  122 Danul Cabbagestalk N.Y.C.C. Tech                    37:32   
   39   98 Durrel Stallworth  Medgar College                   37:51 Y 
   40  120 DERRICK SMITH      N.Y.C.C. Tech                    38:45 Y 
   41  160 PAVEL PACHECO      York College                     38:59 Y 
   42   96 Wade Robertson     Medgar College                   39:58 Y 
   43  138 Ubaldo Colon -X    Q.C.C.                           40:54   
   44   85 Ralph Aquino       Lehman College                   41:00 Y 
   45   73 Keyon Russell      K.C.C.                           41:04 Y 
   46   99 Carl Thompson      Medgar College                   41:09 Y 
   47  159 ANTHONY MILTON     York College                     41:28   
   48   89 Victor Onyekwere   Lehman College                   41:29 Y 
   49   42 Michael Derise -X  Hunter College                   42:15   
   50  119 EARL BARNWELL      N.Y.C.C. Tech                    42:15 Y 
   51  100 Dwight Williams    Medgar College                   42:41 Y 
   52   45 Ryan McNena -X     Hunter College                   42:47   
   53   93 Oding Ellis        Medgar College                   43:20 Y 
   54  141 Verrendra Gaddam - Q.C.C.                           43:25   
   55   44 Vlad Kanevsky-X    Hunter College                   43:37   
   56   59 Roosevelt Martinez John Jay College                 44:58 Y 
   57   97 Rohan Russell -X   Medgar College                   45:35   
   58  121 OSALD CRUZ         N.Y.C.C. Tech                    45:50 Y 
   59   62 Calvin Wellington  John Jay College               1:19:24 Y 

Community College 
  1. Q.C.C.                        
            1    4    6    7    8  (10)      =    26
         Rocky Reyes, Igor Llyasov, Eli Delacruz, Kiambe Hilliard, Ousame
         Berthe, Renato Compres
  2. K.C.C.                        
            2    3    5    9   11            =    30
         Ray Miley, Corey Munroe, Reade Melgar, Kwesi West, Keyon Russell