The men came into the meet looking for a Top 10 finish and ended up grabbing that 10th spot, an improvement over last season despite losing its Top 3 runners from last years scoring team. As has been the case for nearly the entire season, the men were led by first year runner Matt Katz - like Carter Hamill for the women, Matt has been the top runner for the team in every meet after the Amherst Invite - who just missed All-New England honors (Top 35) with his 37th place finish and a season PR. John Stanton-Geddes cracked the Top 50 with his 50th placing and second man on the team. Senior Co-Captain Ben Kozyak had a great race to finish his XC career. First year runner, and late season addition, Jack Morgan  finished 4th on the team with his best time of the season and Carson Taylor and senior co-captain Rusty Taylor were hot on his heels. Zeke Philips rounded out the varsity seven with his 27:44 performance

The men came up 9 points short in the bid to win their first ECAC title but had a very solid race nonetheless. Matt Katz, running near the front of the race from the gun had his best race of the year to finish 3rd overall (best finish by an Amherst runner in recent memory). Ben Kozyak cracked Top 10 with his 9th palce showing, and Carson Taylor, also having a stellar race, just missed earning All-ECAC honors by one place. John Stanton-Geddes laid it on the line fomr the beginning, as he was always in the top five, but ran out of steam a little bit in the last mile but still was 4th for the team with the hard charging, boot in the middle of the race duo of Jack Morgan and Rusty Ryan finishing close behind as the 5th and 6th runners, and Zeke Phillips finishing off the scoring.

The men improved upon last years finish with their 6th place performance. John Stanton-Geddes had a huge race as he ran n the Top15 runners for nearly the entire race before a nasty fall in the last 800m took away some of his momentum. Despite the fall he still managed to get up, bloodied and battered and finished 25th with a PR. Matt Katz, was the top finisher as he nipped John at the line to finish 24th. Ben Kozyak got his best time to date as 3rd man, and Zeke Phillips lowered his best time of the season as the 4th man. Jack Morgan cracked the 27 mark as he finished 5th with Carson Taylor having a great race finishing just behind him. Rusty Ryan rounded out the Top7 with a big PR. Alex Lenkoski, David Molina, and Martin Keck all nearly broke the 28 minute mark.

The men stuck to the game plan of running as a pack for the first 3-4 miles in an effort to help develop a few of the runners, and despite having a significant gap grow during the race, they closed extremely well over the last mile. Matt Katz was the top finisher and had John Stanton-Geddes and Ben Kozyak hot on his heels. Zeke Phillips was the 4th man on the team, and no doubt the big surprise and possibly the biggest benefactor of the pack running was Jack Morgan. Running in his first XC race ever, he stuck with the pack and despite having Bob Kempainen (96 Olympic Marathon Trials) like difficulties in the latter stages of the race he managed to finish 5th for the team. Rusty Ryan and Mike Page, who continues to battle a  nagging knee injury, both raced extremely well to round out the Top 7. Cameron Millard had a great finishing kick to close the gap between himself and the Top 7. Dave Molina, also racing his first XC race of the season, had a solid race as he cracked the 30 minute barrier.

The men were looking for a Top 20 overall finish, as well as to be in the Top 10 amongst DIII teams and accomplished both - 19th and 7th respectively. Matt Katz, at ease with his native Florida like weather, again took top billing for the men with his PR time of 26:16 as he moved up strongly over the last 2 miles of the race. John Stanton-Geddes, Ben Kozyak and Zeke Phillips all ran under the 27 minute mark, and Carson Taylor came in 5th for the team. Mike Page, racing for the first time since the 2nd meet due to injury was our 6th man and Rusty Ryan came in at 27:45. In the JV race, Martin Keck, Alex Lenkoski and Cameron Millard all finished within a few seconds of each other as they all ran under 29 minutes.

The men were again led by first year harrier Matt Katz, and his finishing kick, as he finished in 13th place just a place ahead of Ben Kozyak, who had a great middle portion of the race. John Stanton-Geddes went out aggressively and was in the top 7 wiht a mile to go before fading to 17th, but the experience and confidence from his early tactics will pay off handsomely later in the season. Zeke Phillips, Rusty Ryan and Carson Taylor all finished within a few seconds of each other. Rusty ran a great race, especially his last 2 miles and Carson run very tough as he was coming off of a week in the pool due to a nagging injury. Cameron Millard was the 7th man for us again as he lowered his PR for the 2nd week in a row. Martin Keck returned to action for the first time since sophomore year, and Jake Cooper dipped under the 30 minute barrier in his first XC race of the year.

The women again showed off their depth and over all strength as they defended their title as Codfish Bowl champions with a very narrow victory over nationally ranked Brandeis University. Carter Hamill led the way for the 2nd week in a row as she finished in 9th place overall. We were able to pack in 6 more women in the next 18 spots to solidify the voctory. Emiy Lobsenz finished 13th and Diana Rancourt, quickly rounding into the racing form she was in last year also finished in the top 15. Becca Woo and Ali Dimon rounded out the scoring 5 for us, as both had solid races and Molly Burnett was 6th on the team, and Alison "AROD" Rodriguez had a huge race as she dipped under 20 minutes and finished 7th for the team, andhad a big finishing kick to edge by the 4th and 5th runners for Brandeis and insure the win. Helen Dole had another extremely strong race as she continues to flirt with the 20 minute mark. While the depth and overall strength of the team is very apparent, we continue to look for some of the experienced veterans on the team to really step up and set themselves up as front runners and in doing so, will hopefully bring some of the front pack runners with them.

Miek Page, rebounding from a stomach cramp that hampered his race last week, led the team with his 8th place showing. The strength of the the young team is certainly going to be in their ability to finish tightly in a group and that was evidenced by our next 5 guys finishing in the Top 15. Matt Katz, borrowing spikes that were not his and not his size ran a strong second half of the race and threw in a devastating kick over the last 200m to move up from #5 man all the way to #2. Zeke Phillips, again a victim by a 1/2 second to Matt's kick, finished right behind in 11th, John Stanton-Geddes and Ben Kozyak were 12th and 13th, and Carson Taylor used a strong finish to distance himself from several runners and grab the last Top 15 shirt. Rusty Ryan had a great race to finish 7th overall for the team and 22nd overall.

The men finished second behind Trinity for top honors and got several outstanding performances. Senior captain Ben Kozyak had his best XC race to date as he led the team with his 5th place finish, and looked outstanding as he cruised to a home course PR by over a minute. John Stanton-Geddes, also bettering his best time from last year, finished 8th over all and first year runners Matt Katz and Zeke Phillips battled to the wire finishing 10th and 11th in their first races in the black and purple. Carson Taylor rounded out the scoring with his 13th place run, and first year Cameron Millard (23rd - with a huge finishing kick) and senior captain Rusty Ryan (28th) rounded out the Top 7.