University of Massachusets Athletics
UMass Finishes Up XC Season at IC4A Championship
November 19, 2015 | Men's Cross Country
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IC4A Championship (8K)
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Date
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Saturday, November 21, 2015 — 10:15 a.m.
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Location
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Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, N.Y. | Course Map
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Teams
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Team Entries Include: Georgetown, Duke, Princeton, Yale, Duquesne, Marist, Columbia, La Salle, Iona, St. Joseph’s, George Mason, Delaware
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Results
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Results available following the meet on UMassAthletics.com
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Saturday’s Race
- The Minutemen will close out their 2015 cross country campaign this Saturday at the IC4A Championship.
- Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y. is to host this Nov. 21 meet. Last year’s competition saw senior Patrick McGowan claim silver in a field of 148 competitors, finishing with a time of 25:51.4 on the five-mile course. - - The 2015 IC4A Championship is slated to begin at 10:15 a.m.
Last Time Out
- Massachusetts took 12th out of 37 teams last Friday at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship at Franklin Park in Boston.
- Ben Groleau led the Minutemen across the line for the fifth time this season, taking 49th overall at 31:46.4.
- Sophomore Samuel Conway was next to finish for the Minutemen in 84th. He completed the 10K race at 32 minutes, 18.1 seconds.
- Paolo Tavares, two seconds behind Conway, ran 32 minutes, 20.7 seconds to earn 87th. Tavares was UMass’ third runner in the top-100.
Tavares Honored For Work in The Classroom
- Massachusetts junior Paolo Tavares was named to the Atlantic 10 Men’s Cross Country Academic All-Conference Team earlier this week. - Tavares, a biology major with a 3.858 GPA, finished 12th at the A-10 Championships with a time of 24:59.7. - He helped the Minutemen to a second place team finish at the 2015 Atlantic 10 Championship and earned his first all-conference honor in cross country. - A native of New Bedford, Mass., Tavares, was a top-five finisher for the Minutemen in each of the squad’s six races thus far this year. - He was previously named to the Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference Team for outdoor track & field in 2015 as well.
Atlantic 10 Championship Recap
- Senior Ben Groleau earned his third career Atlantic 10 All-Conference nod after his historic run on Oct. 31, posting the best individual showing by a Minuteman at the Atlantic 10 Championship meet in program history.
- His runner-up showing at the A-10 championship helped Massachusetts men's cross country take second in the field of 14 teams with 98 points.
- Groleau completed the 8K course in 24 minutes, 41.2 seconds and went on to earn co-UMass Student-Athlete of the Week honors the folloiwng Monday.
- Junior Paolo Tavares followed Groleau in 12th with a time of 24 minutes, 59.7 seconds to take home his first career A-10 All-Conference accolade.
- Senior Daniel Sheldon was the third Minuteman to cross the finish line, claiming 17th with a 25-minute, 5.6-second run. Sophomore Samuel Conway came in 24th at 25 minutes, 13.9 seconds, and sophomore Jay McMahon rounded out the UMass scorers, placing 43rd with his time of 25 minutes, 31.2 seconds.
New England Championship Recap
- At the New England Championship, the UMass men’s cross country program finished fifth out of 38 teams with 211 points.
- Ben Groleau was UMass’ No. 1 runner for the third straight meet, completing the 8K in 25 minutes, 2.5-seconds.
- Daniel Sheldon was the second UMass finisher at 34th overall with a 25 minute, 26.4-second run.
- Samuel Conway also earned a sport in the top-50, third for the team at 25 minutes, 31.7-seconds to place 43rd.Paolo Tavares ran 25:38.3 to take 55th and Jay McMahon rounded out the top-five UMass finishes in 76th with a 25 minute, 49.6-second performance
Groleau Recognized For New England Championship Showing
- Senior Ben Groleau was selected as the Atlantic 10 Men's Cross Country Performer of the Week on Oct. 13, the first weekly honor for a member of the Minutemen this season in recognitition of his 12th-place finish in a field of 252 competitors at the New England Championship.
Conway Honored Following Minuteman Invitaitonal Performance
- Sophomore Samuel Conway posted the first scoring performance of his career, finishing sixth overall in a field of 91 competitors as UMass' top runner at the season-opening Minuteman Invitational. He logged a time of 19 minutes, 51 seconds on the 6K course as the Minutemen took fourth with 90 points out of six teams. The performance earned him UMass Student-Athlete of the Week recognition.
Welcome To Amherst
- UMass has welcomed three freshmen to the fold for the 2015 cross country campaign: Mike Famiglietti of Tewksbury, Mass., Zach Frahlich of North Andover, Mass., and Eric Waterman of Danbury, Conn.
- Waterman joins the Minutemen from Danbury High School where he was a two-time NBON qualifier and a two-time New England qualifier, took eighth at the Connecticut State Open Cross Country Championships and seventh at the NXN Northeast Regional.
Coach O'Brien At The Helm
- Ken O'Brien is in his 49th year as head coach of the UMass men's track and field and cross country programs in 2015-16. He is just the fourth head coach of track and field in the school's 111-year history of the sport that dates back to 1897.
- In O'Brien's 49 seasons coaching cross country and track and field at UMass, the Minutemen have won 19 conference titles (Yankee, Atlantic 10 and Eastern), four New England crowns, two IC4A titles and have had seven All-America performers.
- During the 2008 cross country season, O'Brien was named Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year, as the Minutemen finished first in the league. This was the second-ever Minutemen A-10 Cross Country title, the first coming in 1995.