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Men's & Women's XC to Compete at ECC Championships Saturday

  • Players Mentioned
    • Talya Williams Bio
      Talya Williams
      5' 6"
      Sr.
    • Joe Dorso Bio
      Joe Dorso
      5' 8"
      145 lbs
      So.
    • Andrew Gleave Bio
      Andrew Gleave
      5' 10"
      120 lbs
      So.
    • Jeffrey Reyes Bio
      Jeffrey Reyes
      5' 7"
      150 lbs
      Jr.
    • Margaret McKeever Bio
      Margaret McKeever
      5' 0"
      Fr.
    • Anita Mikowski Bio
      Anita Mikowski
      5' 8"
      Fr.
Date:  Saturday, Nov. 3, 10:00 a.m./11:00 a.m.
Location: Matt Saint James Cross Country Trails | Rochester, N.Y.
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Twitter: @LIUPostPioneers 
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THE SEASON SO FAR

The Pioneer women have had a strong season highlighted by their first-place finish at the LIU Post Invitational on Sept. 22 where they earned four top-10 finishes. Freshman Margaret McKeever has been a standout for LIU Post as she was named ECC Runner of the Week on Sept. 17 and ECC Freshman of the Week on Oct. 9. McKeever finished third  in the 3.5K at the LIU Post Invitational and also impressed at the Highlander Challenge on Oc. 6 as she clocked in at 19:46.00 seconds to take 17th of 227 runners in the 5K. At the New York Institute of Technology Invitational on Sept. 15 she posted a personal-best time of 19:30.41 to place seventh overall, the top non-division I participant in the competition. Freshman Anita Mikowski has also had a successful start to her career for LIU Post as was named ECC Freshman of the Week on Sept. 17 and finished in third-place in the 3.5K at the LIU Post Invitational. At the Highlander Challenge she took 20th in the 5K. 
 
Sophomore Andrew Gleave has been a top performer for the Pioneer men as he finished 13th in the 7K at the LIU Post Invitational on Sept. 22 and third in the 6K in the non-Division I group at the Marist Invitational on Sept. 1. Sophomore Joe Dorso also had a strong performance in the 6K at the Marist Invitational as he finished first non-Division 1 category while junior Jeffrey Reyes has also impressed as he finished ninth of 65 runners at the NYIT Invitational.

LAST TIME AT THE ECC CHAMPIONSHIPS
 
For the third time in four years senior Talya Williams of the LIU Post women's cross country team earned Individual Champion honors and was named ECC Runner of the Year at the 2017 East Coast Conference Championships hosted by NYIT.
 
Williams and the women's team earned a fifth-place finish among the nine competing women teams, while the men placed sixth in a field of eight.
 
 
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