Miami Takes Home First Cross Country Title Since 1998
Official Results
Championship Central
VIDEO: Miami Head Coach Tom Chorny
VIDEO: Ohio's Josh Park
Toledo, Ohio -- For the first time since 1998, Miami has clamined the Men's Cross Country Championship title. The RedHawks finished with a team total of 42 points.
Ohio's Josh Park took home the individual title, posting a time of 24:08.0. Bowling Green's Noah Schaub crossed the finish line to take second place in a time of 24:26.6, while his teammate Tyler Phillips took home third place with a time of 24:35.7.
Each member of the ‘Hawks scoring five earned All-MAC honors as they each landed in the top 12 of the 8K race, including four finishing in the top-10. Twins Christopher Torpy and Sean Torpy paved the way by finishing fifth (24:39.0) and sixth (24:39.8), respectively. Also sliding in the top-10 were Matt Bromley (ninth; 24:47.0) and Ryan Pitner (24:47.1) with David Coffey closing out his run in 24:54.0, placing 12th.
While not scoring, Ryan Sharkey (15th; 25:05.7), Maxwell Lehnhardt (16th; 25:06.2) and Bradley Davis (17th; 25:08.8) all finished in the top-20 for a balanced Miami race.
Following the race, league head coaches selected Miami's Tom Chorny as MAC Men's Coach of the Year.
Teams will now have about two weeks to prepare for NCAA Regionals, which take place on Friday, November 9th.
Team Scoring/Final Standings
1. Miami -- 42
2. Bowling Green -- 86
3. Akron -- 96
4. Buffalo -- 117
T5. Ohio -- 119
T5. Central Michigan -- 119
7. Eastern Michigan --157
8. Kent State -- 183
9. Toledo -- 277
2018 MAC Men's Cross Country All-MAC First Team
Josh Park, Ohio
Noah Schaub, Bowling Green
Tyler Phillips, Bowling Green
Caleb Covell, Buffalo
Chris Torpy, Miami
Sean Torpy, Miami
Luke Anderson, Central Michigan
2018 MAC Men's Cross Country All-MAC Second Team
Tevin Brown, Akron
Matt Bromley, Miami
Ryan Pitner, Miami
Clark Bookman, Kent State
David Coffey, Miami
Liam Hilbert, Buffalo
Marc Migliozzi, Akron
2018 MAC Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year
Tom Chorny, Miami
2018 MAC Men's Cross Country Freshman of the Year
Andy Payne, Eastern Michigan
