FINAL RESULTS
BRONX, N.Y. - Brooklyn College placed three runners in the top five to capture the 2026 CUNY Athletic Conference men's cross country championship Sunday morning at Van Cortlandt Park. The Bulldogs finished with 29 points.
Brooklyn won its second-ever men's cross country championship, as it was also champion in 2008.
Baruch placed second with 51 points, followed by defending champion Hunter (70), CCNY (99), Medgar Evers (137) and Lehman (142).
Hunter's
Leonardo Kaplan captured championship Most Valuable Performer honors by finishing first with an 8K time of 28:02.7.
Brooklyn's
Anthony King placed second overall with a time of 29:05.0, while teammates
Yasin Gordon (29:14.5) and
Daniel Menendez (29:55.1) finished third and fourth, respectively.
Spencer Weiner (30:14.3, 9th) and
Calvin Weiner (31:10.2, 11th) rounded out the Brooklyn scorers.
Baruch was led by
Brandon Lim, who checked in fifth overall with a time of 30:14.3.
Demid Shcheulnikov (30:35.0, 7th) and
Jacob Frei (30:43.4, 8th) also recorded top-10 finishes for the Bearcats.
Besides Kaplan,
Amrit Singh was the other top 10 finsher for Hunter, as he checked in 10th with a time of 31:08.7. The Hawks had captured the previous five championships.
CCNY was paced by freshman
Jayron Salazar's sixth place finish (30:20.6).
Championship Most Valuable Performer Leonardo Kaplan (Hunter)
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