New York University waited anxiously after a competitive Division III Men’s Cross Country Championships race, watching the scoreboard for the final team scores.

The nerve-wracking 10-minute wait proved worth it, as the Violets won their first cross country team title November 17 at St. Olaf.

“We ran the best we could and I knew we had a chance, but I had no idea where we were in the final standings until our name went up on the screen,” said coach Nick McDonough, “Last year, we scored 92 points and came in second. This year we won with 128.”

It was the third-highest winning point total in Division III men’s cross country history and the highest total since 1991, but it also was 22 points better than runner-up Haverford.

No team was able to place five runners among the top 50 finishers individually, but the Violets were the only team to place their top five runners among the top 40 scorers. That provided the decisive edge, along with the fact that New York University’s third, fourth and fifth runners each managed to beat their counterparts from Haverford across the finish line.

The Violets also picked up an edge from their top finisher, Hany Abdullah, who placed sixth among scoring runners and ninth overall — six scoring places better than Haverford’s best finisher, Ian Ramsey-North.

Abdullah may have been the most nervous Violet of them all as the team waited for the final scores.
“I was disappointed when we finished,” he said. “I had hit a wall in the first mile and knew that individually I wasn’t going to win. But I knew I had to tough it out for the team. I just wasn’t sure we had done enough to win it.”

The entire squad fought its way through blustery cold on the 8,000-meter course. “It was a war,” McDonough said. “A real war.”

Cortland State finished third and top-ranked Calvin, winner of two of the three previous championships, finished fourth. Wisconsin-La Crosse rounded out the top five.

Tyler Sigl of Wisconsin-Platteville won the individual title, beating sophomore Peter Kosgei of Hamilton by 13 seconds. The senior slowly shed competitors as a pack of four leaders dwindled one-by-one, until Sigl pulled away approaching a hill in the home stretch.

“When the gun went off, I just went out and got after it,” said Sigl, a three-time Midwest region champion. “It’s easier to relax when I’m in control, and today I was in control.”

Team results
1. New York U., 128; 2. Haverford, 150; 3. Cortland St., 158; 4. Calvin, 214; 5. Wis.-La Crosse, 221; 6. Wis.-Stevens Point, 326; 7. Allegheny, 336; 8. Luther, 357; 9. Carnegie Mellon, 372; 10. Williams, 399; 11. Wis.-Platteville, 402; 12. Amherst, 403; 13. St. John’s (Minn.), 416; 14. Neb. Wesleyan, 417; 15. Augustana (Ill.), 423; 16. North Central (Ill.), 434; 17. Ohio Northern, 448; 18. (tie) Occidental and Willamette, 451; 20. Bowdoin, 455; 21. Colorado Colo., 457; 22. Geneseo St., 471; 23. Carleton, 509; 24. Dickinson, 534; 25. Wartburg, 537; 26. Tufts, 538; 27. Heidelberg, 555; 28. TCNJ, 577; 29. Trinity (Conn.), 582; 30. Rhodes, 675; 31. Anderson (Ind.), 695; 32. Emory, 770.

Individual results
1. Tyler Sigl, Wis.-Platteville, 24:24; 2. Peter Kosgei, Hamilton, 24:37; 3. Chris Erichsen, St. John’s (Minn.), 24:40; 4. Ben Grant, Loras, 24:43; 5. Paul Zdroik, Wis.-La Crosse, 24:44; 6. Erik Donohoe, St. Lawrence, 24:46; 7. Kevin Chaves, Occidental, 24:47; 8. Shamus Nally, Cortland St., 24:47; 9. Hany Abdallah, New York U., 24:52; 10. Brandon Mull, Wheaton (Ill.), 24:53.

Team results
1. New York U., 128; 2. Haverford, 150; 3. Cortland St., 158; 4. Calvin, 214; 5. Wis.-La Crosse, 221; 6. Wis.-Stevens Point, 326; 7. Allegheny, 336; 8. Luther, 357; 9. Carnegie Mellon, 372; 10. Williams, 399; 11. Wis.-Platteville, 402; 12. Amherst, 403; 13. St. John’s (Minn.), 416; 14. Neb. Wesleyan, 417; 15. Augustana (Ill.), 423; 16. North Central (Ill.), 434; 17. Ohio Northern, 448; 18. (tie) Occidental and Willamette, 451; 20. Bowdoin, 455; 21. Colorado Colo., 457; 22. Geneseo St., 471; 23. Carleton, 509; 24. Dickinson, 534; 25. Wartburg, 537; 26. Tufts, 538; 27. Heidelberg, 555; 28. TCNJ, 577; 29. Trinity (Conn.), 582; 30. Rhodes, 675; 31. Anderson (Ind.), 695; 32. Emory, 770.

Individual results
1. Tyler Sigl, Wis.-Platteville, 24:24; 2. Peter Kosgei, Hamilton, 24:37; 3. Chris Erichsen, St. John’s (Minn.), 24:40; 4. Ben Grant, Loras, 24:43; 5. Paul Zdroik, Wis.-La Crosse, 24:44; 6. Erik Donohoe, St. Lawrence, 24:46; 7. Kevin Chaves, Occidental, 24:47; 8. Shamus Nally, Cortland St., 24:47; 9. Hany Abdallah, New York U., 24:52; 10. Brandon Mull, Wheaton (Ill.), 24:53.

11. Sean Hudson, Anderson (Ind.), 24:55; 12. Brian Harvey, Carnegie Mellon, 24:57; 13. Julian Boggs, Colorado Colo., 24:57; 14. Alex Nichols, Colorado Colo., 24:58; 15. Alex Ramon, Occidental, 24:59; 16. Ian Ramsey-North, Haverford, 25:00; 17. Donald Letts, Haverford, 25:02; 18. Jesse Faller, Tufts, 25:03; 19. Seth DuBois, Cortland St., 25:05; 20. Brian Butzler, Wis.-Whitewater, 25:06.

21. Jesse Schneider, New York U., 25:06; 22. Daniel Greeno, Bethel (Minn.), 25:06; 23. Tad Hulst, Calvin, 25:06; 24. Chris Dunker, Neb. Wesleyan, 25:07; 25. Dom Meyer, Wis.-Stevens Point, 25:07; 26. Matthew Busche, Luther, 25:07; 27. David McKay, Luther, 25:08; 28. Nate Krah, Bowdoin, 25:08; 29. Chris Guerriero, TCNJ, 25:08; 30. Andy Hodge, Wartburg, 25:09.

31. Matt Field, Wheaton (Ill.), 25:09; 32. Carl Gladitsch, Bethel (Minn.), 25:10; 33. Jed Christiansen, Calvin, 25:10; 34. James O’Brien, Ohio Northern, 25:10; 35. Erik Van Kampen, Calvin, 25:11; 36. Edgar Kosgey, Williams, 25:14; 37. Justin Wager, Cortland St., 25:15; 38. Nick Stenuf, Nazareth, 25:17; 39. Brendan Epstein, Nazareth, 25:18; 40. Sam Moorhead, Trinity (Conn.), 25:18.

41. Jim Boston, Kenyon, 25:18; 42. Kelly Fermoyle, St. John’s (Minn.), 25:19; 43. Curtis Wheeler, Southern Me., 25:19; 44. Dusty Kime, DePauw, 25:19; 45. Josh Henry, Cortland St., 25:21; 46. Spenser Popeson, New York U., 25:23; 47. James McCarthy, New York U., 25:23; 48. Evan Sparling, Dickinson, 25:23; 49. Brian Chenoweth, Wartburg, 25:25; 50. Jon Gries, Calvin, 25:25.

51. Dominic Smith, Case Reserve, 25:26; 52. Ryan Mulcahy, Geneseo St., 25:27; 53. Ryan Williams, New York U., 25:27; 54. Chris deLaubenfels, Gust. Adolphus, 25:28; 55. Andrew Lanham, Haverford, 25:28; 56. James Jablin, Haverford, 25:30; 57. John Hall, Bowdoin, 25:30; 58. Cory Towle, Wis.-Stevens Point, 25:30; 59. Mark Burgmann, Haverford, 25:31; 60. Daniel Murner, Amherst, 25:31.

61. Jeff Pentek, St. Norbert, 25:32; 62. Joel Bendtsen, Denison, 25:32; 63. Mike White, Carthage, 25:34; 64. Ryan Place, Allegheny, 25:34; 65. Phil Richert, Wis.-Stevens Point, 25:35; 66. Chris Corkins, Allegheny, 25:35; 67. Ian Batch, Willamette, 25:35; 68. Joe Sepe, Carleton, 25:36; 69. Zac Ross, Allegheny, 25:37; 70. Nate Lockett, Geneseo St., 25:39.

71. Dan Thour, Wis.-La Crosse, 25:39; 72. Connor Lonning, Wis.-La Crosse, 25:39; 73. Paul Moran, Wis.-La Crosse, 25:40; 74. Dallas Vincent, Wis.-La Crosse, 25:40; 75. Kyle Coghlan, Wis.-La Crosse, 25:41; 76. Brad O’Neil, Coe, 25:41; 77. Eli Howard, St. Lawrence, 25:41; 78. John Swain, Colby, 25:42; 79. Dave Sorensen, Tufts, 25:43; 80. Sean Watson, Wesleyan (Conn.), 25:43.

81. Brian Krusell, Dickinson, 25:44; 82. Carlyle Eubank, Amherst, 25:44; 83. Aaron Whalen, Wis.-Platteville, 25:44; 84. Ben Donnan, Texas-Tyler, 25:44; 85. Kiran Moorty, Colorado Colo., 25:45; 86. Dan Leonard, Augustana (Ill.), 25:45; 87. Patrick Brandon, Johns Hopkins, 25:45; 88. Francis Reynolds, Puget Sound, 25:46; 89. Jared Samuel, Keene St., 25:46; 90. Tony Kilburg, Wis.-Platteville, 25:46.

91. Geoff Misek, Carnegie Mellon, 25:47; 92. Corey Levin, Williams, 25:47; 93. Nick Lewis, Rhodes, 25:47; 94. Matt Anderson, Trinity (Conn.), 25:47; 95. Scott Lasch, Heidelberg, 25:48; 96. Dan Simpson, Heidelberg, 25:48; 97. Thomas Adam, Ohio Northern, 25:48; 98. Florian Reichert, Amherst, 25:48; 99. Brad Holehan, Augustana (Ill.), 25:49; 100. R.J. Cowan, Texas-Tyler, 25:49.

101. Thompson Ogilvie, Bowdoin, 25:49; 102. Kyle Brady, North Central (Ill.), 25:50; 103. Lucas May, Willamette, 25:50; 104. Jerry Greenlaw, Cortland St., 25:50; 105. Matt Dunlap, Bates, 25:51; 106. Matt Hoy, Allegheny, 25:52; 107. Alan Bowsher, Ohio Northern, 25:52; 108. Dario Donatelli, Carnegie Mellon, 25:52; 109. Keith Blumenfeld, Occidental, 25:52; 110. Brian Copley, Neb. Wesleyan, 25:53.

111. Anders Hulleberg, Haverford, 25:53; 112. Brian Lesiewicz, North Central (Ill.), 25:53; 113. David Swanson, St. Olaf, 25:53; 114. Alex Mahoney, Rhodes, 25:54; 115. Dustin Ford, Mount Union, 25:54; 116. Greg Timblin, Neb. Wesleyan, 25:54; 117. Taylor Roholt, Willamette, 25:55; 118. Shawn Pollard, Linfield, 25:55; 119. Nathaniel Hird, North Central (Ill.), 25:55; 120. Brendan Christian, Williams, 25:55.

121. Chris Zook, Augustana (Ill.), 25:56; 122. Travis Stewart, Rutgers-Camden, 25:56; 123. Ben Frisbee, Haverford, 25:56; 124. Quentin Kennedy, Carleton, 25:56; 125. Francis Eanes, Messiah, 25:56; 126. John Lancaster, North Central (Ill.), 25:57; 127. Michael Spain, North Central (Ill.), 25:57; 128. Tristan Knutson-Lombard, Willamette, 25:57; 129. Breck Fresen, Carnegie Mellon, 25:57; 130. Matt Bowman, Augustana (Ill.), 25:59.

131. Carson Bruns, Luther, 25:59; 132. Micah Lorenzen, Concordia (Wis.), 25:59; 133. Mike Switzer, Luther, 25:59; 134. Andy Kubiak, Augustana (Ill.), 26:00; 135. James Butcher, Middlebury, 26:00; 136. Michael Spewak, Emory, 26:01; 137. Ricky Flynn, Lynchburg, 26:01; 138. Joel Heroux, Wis.-Stevens Point, 26:02; 139. Jon Phillips, New York U., 26:02; 140. Morgan Seybert, Williams, 26:02.

141. Ryan McCarl, Chicago, 26:03; 142. Brian Kopczynski, Claremont-M-S, 26:03; 143. Galen Johnson, TCNJ, 26:03; 144. Zach Hunter, St. John’s (Minn.), 26:03; 145. Andrew Laflin, Neb. Wesleyan, 26:03; 146. Nate DeHaan, Calvin, 26:03; 147. Eric Holaday, Amherst, 26:04; 148. Ben Herdeman, Wis.-La Crosse, 26:04; 149. Ryan O’Connor, Geneseo St., 26:04; 150. Corey Watts, Williams, 26:04.

151. Tony Dipre, Allegheny, 26:04; 152. John Nowinski, Carleton, 26:05; 153. Travis Nechuta, Wis.-Stevens Point, 26:05; 154. Brian Mullenbach, Wartburg, 26:06; 155. Will Yochum, Amherst, 26:06; 156. Ryan Carrigan, North Central (Ill.), 26:07; 157. Trevor Ruwitch, Luther, 26:07; 158. David Woodson, Chris. Newport, 26:07; 159. Nick Karwoski, Dickinson, 26:07; 160. Eric Graves, Salisbury, 26:08.

161. Dan Vanden Akker, Calvin, 26:08; 162. Cam Green, St. John’s (Minn.), 26:09; 163. Ryan Anderson, Carnegie Mellon, 26:09; 164. Michael Welsh, Wash. & Lee, 26:10; 165. Eric Noel, Neb. Wesleyan, 26:10; 166. Mikael Brucker, Carleton, 26:10; 167. Cameron Klein, Wis.-Platteville, 26:10; 168. Paul Lewis, Ohio Northern, 26:11; 169. Eric Osterhaus, Simpson, 26:11; 170. Charles Gamble, Carleton, 26:12.

171. Hunter Norte, Trinity (Conn.), 26:12; 172. Paul Thistle, Susquehanna, 26:12; 173. Kyle Basista, Mount Union, 26:13; 174. Charlie Meade, Emory, 26:13; 175. Chris Kantos, Tufts, 26:13; 176. Tom Reubens, Geneseo St., 26:13; 177. Harrison Wilson, Linfield, 26:13; 178. Chris Moore, Rhodes, 26:14; 179. Nick Welch, Tufts, 26:15; 180. Devin Butcher, Heidelberg, 26:15.

181. Sean Carlson, North Central (Ill.), 26:16; 182. Aaron Zutz, Luther, 26:16; 183. Will Haskell, Geneseo St., 26:16; 184. Connor Kamm, Williams, 26:16; 185. Jarrod Saling, Heidelberg, 26:17; 186. Jake Lemon, Heidelberg, 26:18; 187. Mike Fonder, TCNJ, 26:18; 188. Tim Langenberg, Calvin, 26:18; 189. Lucas Nebert, Willamette, 26:18; 190. Eric Porter, Ohio Northern, 26:18.

191. Matt Ingalls, Anderson (Ind.), 26:19; 192. Brett Dolan, Geneseo St., 26:19; 193. Kellen Peters, Willamette, 26:19; 194. Galen Smith, Occidental, 26:19; 195. David Chorney, Muhlenberg, 26:20; 196. Patrick Klein, Wis.-Platteville, 26:20; 197. Jason Garvens, Wis.-Platteville, 26:21; 198. Andy Gregor, Dickinson, 26:21; 199. Tom Bocchino, TCNJ, 26:22; 200. Steve Kinney, TCNJ, 26:22.

201. Andy Varble, Rochester Inst., 26:22; 202. Ryan Noack, St. John’s (Minn.), 26:23; 203. J.P. Allera, Carnegie Mellon, 26:23; 204. Andy Jahn, Carleton, 26:24; 205. Tyler Lonsdale, Bowdoin, 26:24; 206. Michael Griffin, Springfield, 26:25; 207. Colman Hatton, Bowdoin, 26:26; 208. Erik Johnson, Luther, 26:26; 209. Devon Flynnperrault, Allegheny, 26:26; 210. Logan Watley, Neb. Wesleyan, 26:27.

211. Matt Turlip, New York U., 26:28; 212. Mike Condon, Carnegie Mellon, 26:29; 213. Austen Scudder, Wis.-Platteville, 26:29; 214. Stan Berkow, Bowdoin, 26:29; 215. Dan Bailey, Augustana (Ill.), 26:29; 216. Dusty Caseria, Whitworth, 26:30; 217. Greg Leak, Dickinson, 26:30; 218. Lucas Tjosvold, Wartburg, 26:31; 219. Nicholas Gallagher, Whitworth, 26:31; 220. Michael Rothbart, Emory, 26:31.

221. Wesley Halstead, Trinity (Conn.), 26:32; 222. Darren Larsen, St. John’s (Minn.), 26:34; 223. Matt Helm, Anderson (Ind.), 26:34; 224. Cory Baumann, Wis.-Stevens Point, 26:36; 225. Tim Chichester, Geneseo St., 26:36; 226. Eamon Monaghan, Carleton, 26:37; 227. Daniel Kraft, Colorado Colo., 26:37; 228. Kyle O’Brien, Cortland St., 26:38; 229. Mark Handelman, Rhodes, 26:41; 230. Tim Van Syckle, Muhlenberg, 26:41.

231. Paul Winterhalter, Emory, 26:41; 232. Chris Smith, Redlands, 26:42; 233. Grant Burgess, Williams, 26:44; 234. Dan DeYoung, Anderson (Ind.), 26:44; 235. Tom Morgan, Dickinson, 26:45; 236. Brendan Powers, Trinity (Conn.), 26:47; 237. Brent Hiser, Ohio Northern, 26:48; 238. Blake Fisher, Trinity (Conn.), 26:49; 239. Troy Pryor, Anderson (Ind.), 26:49; 240. Ben Mears, Amherst, 26:51.

241. Jeff Roland, Emory, 26:53; 242. Travis DeRusso, Cortland St., 26:53; 243. Ken Akiha, Bowdoin, 26:53; 244. Jacob Hommer, Wartburg, 26:54; 245. Scott Cook, Neb. Wesleyan, 26:54; 246. Anthony Arnold, TCNJ, 26:58; 247. Brian Hart, Augustana (Ill.), 26:59; 248. Josh Clough, Willamette, 27:01; 249. Matt Dennis, Trinity (Conn.), 27:02; 250. Brady King, St. John’s (Minn.), 27:02.

251. Nicholas Campbell, Colorado Colo., 27:03; 252. Mike Harbus, Amherst, 27:05; 253. Husein Nasiro-Sigo, Methodist, 27:05; 254. Greg Pallotta, Tufts, 27:08; 255. Tommy Fyffe, Emory, 27:09; 256. Frank DeVar, Mary Washington, 27:10; 257. Nathan Ennist, Emory, 27:10; 258. Kent Pecora, Dickinson, 27:12; 259. Ben Mourer, Allegheny, 27:12; 260. David Martinez, Occidental, 27:12.

261. Justin Quintana, Colorado Colo., 27:17; 262. Curt Daniels, Tri-State, 27:17; 263. Deven Siesel, Heidelberg, 27:24; 264. Brandon Rodkewitz, TCNJ, 27:25; 265. Dave Tilton, Tufts, 27:25; 266. Eddie Penatar, Cabrini, 27:28; 267. Steele French, Rhodes, 27:29; 268. Richard Infantino, Occidental, 27:32; 269. Jon Stover, Wartburg, 27:35; 270. Lucas Warth, Rhodes, 27:39.

271. John Distler, Heidelberg, 27:42; 272. Rob Leslie, Ohio Northern, 27:46; 273. Brandon Dworak, Wis.-Stevens Point, 27:49; 274. Jerzy Eisenberg-Guyot, Tufts, 27:50; 275. Jordan Wildermuth, Wartburg, 27:51; 276. Matt Sheldon, Colorado Colo., 28:09; 277. Tony Pryor, Anderson (Ind.), 28:12; 278. Adam Joplin, Rhodes, 28:18; 279. Kyle Schmidt, Anderson (Ind.), 28:42; 280. Robby Nelson, Occidental, 28:44.