Bronx, NY |  In what was the biggest-attended meet of their season to date, the College of Staten Island men's and women's cross-country teams finished in the middle of the pack in the Queensborough Community College Invitational held at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx on Sunday.  The CSI women placed 10th overall in the field of 21 teams in their 5K event, while the men placed 12th among the 21 competing teams in the 8K.

On the women's side, CSI finished with 244 points, which was second among eight CUNYAC institutions.  Monroe College won the meet with 31 points, followed by the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy with 58 points, and Pratt Institute with 164.  The CUNYAC's Hunter College was in fourth place with 167 points.

CSI's fastest leg was run by junior Tristiana Adragna, who came in at 23:53.1, almost a full-minute better than her previous 5K this season.  It was good enough to place her 30th among 167 runners who finished the meet.  Brittany Broderick continued her great pace to open the season, posting a time of 24:46.8, a 41st place finish.  N'Zinga Duverney-Beavers was the next Dolphin to place at 26:07.1.  CSI's next two runners came in neck-and-neck, as Rachel Edmunds finished at 26:48.2 and in 63rd place while Deavion Brown was just over a second behind for 64th.  

Also racing for CSI was VEronica Lorenzo (29:10.9, 89th) and Victoria DeBernardo (32:24.0, 126th).

On the men's side, CSI's 12th-place finish was third among CUNYAC representation.  USMMA won the meet outright with 42 points, and were followed by SUNY-MAritime with 112 points and Monroe with 122.  Hunter was best of the CUNYAC teams with 156 points, with Lehman coming in at 215.  CSI finished with 283.

For the third week in a row, CSI's Spencer Milito was tops on the Dolphins with a 32:38.0 run, good for 35th among the 180 competitive runners.  Liam McMunn was next in line with 33:35.8, good for 48th overall.  CSI's other scoring runners were Jaron Thompson at 35:41.7 at 64th overall, Erik Sanchez at 37:48.9 (85th), and Ahmed Khodir at 38:51.2 who placed 99th.  Other competing runners were Daniel Palmieri (39:49.2, 106th), Trevin Robinson (41:01.1, 120th), Wilson Esguerra (41:53.2, 125th), and Justin Fernandez (44:30.2, 144th).

The QCC meet was CSI's last at Van Cortlandt Park until the CUNYAC Championship, slated for late-October.   CSI's next run will be on Saturday, when they travel to Bard College for their Invitational, beginning at 11:00 am.