Marist’s men’s and women’s cross-country teams open their postseason Saturday at the Metro Conference Championships in Middletown, New York. The Red Foxes enter the meet after finishing 11th in the men’s IC4A race and 14th in the women’s ECAC race.

By the Numbers
  • Men’s race: 11th of 25 teams, 257 points.
  • Women’s race: 14th of 26 teams, 387 points.
  • Last year at the conference championships, the men finished third with 85 points; the women placed fourth with 125.
State of Play
  • The men’s race starts at 11 a.m. Saturday; the women’s race follows at noon.
  • Logan Schaeffler and Jackson Borge led the men at their last meet, finishing 34th and 38th.
  • Abigail Kowalczyk was Marist’s top women’s finisher, placing 50th.
Bottom Line

Marist begins championship season with a chance to build on last year’s third- and fourth-place conference finishes, led by familiar front-runners Schaeffler and Kowalczyk.