Lundgren Leads Jaspers at Iona Meet of Champions

Men's Results

Women's Results 

RIVERDALE, N.Y. - Tobias Lundgren (Alta, Sweden) is back.  After taking a year off to spend time with his family in Sweden, Lundgren returned to the Manhattan College men's cross country team with a 20^th place finish at the Iona Meet of Champions at Van Cortlandt Park on Saturday.  Lundgren led the Jaspers to a 16^th place team finish in a competitive field that featured 10 regionally-ranked opponents.  The Manhattan women also finished 16^th as a team.

Lundgren completed the 8K course in 25:49.47.  Manhattan's second finisher was Kevin D'Emic (Rockaway Point, N.Y.), who finished 100^th in 26:55.12.  Milos Vuckovic (Brus, Serbia) grabbed 127^th place in 27:20.66.  Tom Daly (Smithtown, N.Y.) placed 137^th in 27:31.78, while Salim Corbin (Patterson, N.J.) was Manhattan's fifth scorer, finishing 149^th in a time of 27:41.74.  Tom Voorheis (Syracuse, N.Y.) (156^th, 27:54.57) and Billy Wilkens (Kenmore, Wash.) (177^th, 28:40.23) rounded out the Jaspers' top seven. 

As a team, Manhattan finished with 429 points (only the top seven runners from each team receive points, with five scores counting).  La Salle won the team title with 93 points, while Cincinnati's Eric Finan finished in 24:48.45 to claim the individual title.

On the women's side, Maria Jangsten (Gothenburg, Sweden) was Manhattan's top finisher.  Jangsten placed 50^th overall in a time of 23:38.18.  Her time over the 6K course was one minute faster than she ran a 5K (on the same course) at this meet last year.  Meghan Hayes (Brooklyn, N.Y.) finished 101^st in 24:23.70 and Jelena Rankovic (Lazarevac, Serbia) was 114^th in 24:53.82.  Meghan Marro (Cherry Hill, N.J.) crossed the line 125^th in a time of 25:15.77, while Elizabeth Rosenberger (Ramsey, N.J.) completed her first collegiate 6K in 25:30.09, good enough for 136^th place.  Stephanie Dufort (Clifton Park, N.Y.) came across 155^th in a time of 27:48.10.

Overall, the Lady Jaspers earned 436 points in the women's race.  Kentucky edged Brown by just two points and La Salle by three to win the women's team title.  Chelsea Oswald of Kentucky was the individual winner, finishing in 21:41.68.

Manhattan is back in action next Saturday, September 25 at Fairfield's Fr. Victor F. Leeber, S.J. Invitational.  The first race is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.

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