Meet: Marist Invitational
 
Location: Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
 
Course: Vassar Farm and Ecological Reserve
 
Results
 
Distance: Men – 6K | Women – 5K
 
Team Scoring: Men – 5th, 117 points | Women – 4th, 93 points
 
Short Story: Alondra Cruz-Delgado earns a top-10 finish to highlight the Great Danes cross country teams in the 2023 season opener.
 
How it Happened

• The men raced first in Saturday's season opener at the Marist Invitational over a shorter course of 6K.  Jared Rogalski was the top UAlbany finisher, covering the distance in 19:37.4 to place 14th overall.
• Freshman Logan Doll was the next Great Dane to finish, placing 26th in 20:00.4 in his first collegiate race.  He was followed by freshmen Isaac Graber in 30th in 20:03.1 and Nikolas Christian in 31st in 20:04.4.  Isaac Menis rounded out the men's scorers in 44th in 20:30.8.
• The men's scoring gap was 53.4 seconds.
• Sophomore Alondra Cruz-Delgado earned UAlbany's best finish of the opening weekend, placing seventh overall over the women's 5K course in 19:06.9.
• Sophomore Skyler Smith was the women's second finisher, placing 19th in 20:08.1.  Katie Iocca placed 21st in 20:10.6, followed by Maria Grijalva in 25th in 20:15.0, and Hannah Steiner in 30th in 20:24.9 to round out the women's scorers.
• The women's scoring gap was 1:18.0.

 Next: UAlbany competes locally on September 16 at the RPI Harvest Classic.