Men's Cross Country Reaches Highest-Ever Regional Finish at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional

Friday, November 10

Bethlehem, Pa. (Lehigh)

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Temple University

NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional

Photo by: Erin Locascio

Men's Cross Country Reaches Highest-Ever Regional Finish at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional

11.10.17 | Men's Cross Country

Full Results

Bethlehem, Pa. - On Friday, Temple men's cross country toed the line at Lehigh's Goodman Course for the 2017 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional meet. The squad's top-finisher in the 10K was graduate student Marc Steinsberger.

Keys to the Race
> Steinsberger finished the 10K with a time of 30:54.3 to place 23rd out of 180 participants.
> The next to finish the race for Temple was freshman Anton Harrsen with a time of 31:06.8.
> Sophomore Kevin Lapsansky (48) and redshirt sophomore David Fitzgerald (49) both finished within seconds of each other with times 31:25.2 and 31:28.1, respectively.

Race Notes
> As a team, Temple finished seventh among the 26 teams in the region, its highest ever finish at the Mid-Atlantic Regional.
> Steinsberger earned All-Region honors for his top-25 performance.
> Friday's Mid-Atlantic Regional race was the squad's first 10K race of the season.
> Lapsansky reached a new career best in the 10K, improving his time by a minute and 18 seconds from 2016.
> Fitzgerald also reached a new career best, making about a three minute improvement since the 2016 regional meet.

Quotable
> "This year was the first time in a while that we've had someone place in the top 25 at the regional meet and earn All-Region honors. It was a special race for our program as whole with our two highest regional team finishes. The biggest message we have spoken about coming into the 2017 season was setting goals for ourselves that were bigger than we've ever had. We wanted to be contenders in both the conference and at the regional level and I believe we've signified that today with two top 10 team finishes. As a team, our line of thinking is brand new; we've never had such ambitious goals. Our returners have definitely helped turn the tides from what our team has been in the past. The best is yet to come for Temple cross country." - Head coach James Snyder

Up Next
> Men's cross country will next compete at the 2017 IC4A Championships on Saturday, Nov. 18 at Van Courtlandt Park in New York, N.Y.

Temple Results
23 Marc Steinsberger, 30:54.3
32 Anton Harrsen, 31:06.8
48 Kevin Lapsansky, 31:25.2
49 David Fitzgerald, 31:28.1
56 Zach Seiger, 31:39.8
74 Johnathan Condly, 31:52.6
79 Kristian Jensen, 32:01.1