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).
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 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
All College Division
Y=team scoring
Place No. Name School Timem
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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