STATEN ISLAND, NY – The College of Staten Island men's and women's cross country teams competed in their second race of the 2026 season and showed significant improvement from their season-opening performances. At the Queensborough Invitational, the women's team captured the overall team title, while the men finished second, earning the Dolphins a pair of East Coast Conference (ECC) weekly honors.

Adriana Roa secured her second ECC Women's Runner of the Week honor after once again taking the overall individual title on Saturday and helping the Dolphins to a first-place team finish. Roa crossed the finish line in 20:22.44, breaking an 18-year-old CSI course record at Van Cortlandt Park. Her time ranks fifth among the top 30 times in the CSI record book, and she now holds the top five times in the history of CSI women's cross country.

Nicholas Allegretti competed in just the second race of his collegiate career and led the Dolphins in the men's 8K, finishing first for CSI with a time of 30:32.61. The rookie helped the Dolphins secure a second-place team finish and earned his first ECC weekly honor as Men's Rookie of the Week.

The men's and women's cross country teams will return to action on Oct. 10 when they compete at the Highlander Invitational in Newark, NJ.

Read the full release from the ECC HERE!