Men's Cross Country Participates In The St. Joseph's University Invitational

King Park, NY - On Saturday, October 14th, the men`s cross country team participated in the St. Joseph`s Invitational at Sunken Meadow State Park, King Park, NY. The meet was primarily made up of Division III and community college teams.

 

Despite not being able to preview the course and complete a full warm-up, the men ran well. Head Coach Mike Tursi said, "I told the team before the race that not everything is always going to work out the way you plan it and to not use this as an excuse. The team responded well to my talk and placed 12^th out of 23 teams." Once again, Brookdale was led by sophomore Casey Brown, (Point Boro High School) who placed 39^th in a time of 31:21. He was followed by sophomore Matt Newman, from Rumson-Fair Haven High School, who placed 55^th with a time of 32:20. Next, was sophomore Isaias Usurin (Long Branch High School) who placed 69^th in a time of 33:17. Shortly after at 34:28, freshman Aiden Casucci (Freehold Boro High School) placed 81st and freshman Lance Bennette (Brick High School) placed 84^th with a time of 34:49. Freshman Jack Kratka (Middletown South High School) was next with a time of 36:00 placing 92nd as sophomore Joshua Cabral placed 152^nd in a time of 51:51.

 

The Jersey Blues men's team will be in action again on Saturday, October 28^th for the Region 19 Championship at Lancaster Central Park, in Lancaster PA, for an 11:00am start.