WENHAM, Mass. – Suffolk men's cross country put together a second-place performance at the Commonwealth Coast Conference Championships Saturday afternoon at Gordon College. The runner-up finish marks the third in a row and third time in program history that the Rams claimed third in the league title race.
Suffolk sealed up second with a combined 57 points to finish behind CCC Champion Roger Williams, who earned 42 points for the second straight season with five all-league runners including individual chapion Nathan Tassey (25:44.2) . Gordon finished 33 points behind the blue-and-gold to round out the podium.
RAMS RUNNERS
- Eighteen Rams were featured in the 125-runner field.
- Thomas Novy paced the blue-and-gold pack. He came through the finisher's chute in 26:32.6 to capture fifth.
- Tim Barry was four spots behind Novy with a 26:42.6.
- Three places behind Barry came Hayden Green in 12th thanks to time of 27:01.4 with Luke Sikora (27:04.1) three runners behind Green in 15th.
- Sean Jacobsen (27:10.3) was right on Sikora's heels in 16th.
- Freshman Cam Fredette finished 18th in his CCC debut and Jacob Dubin (27:58.1) rounded out the Rams top seven with a 27:58.1.
ALL-CCC
- Suffolk saw four players earn All-CCC honors with a spot in the top-15. The four all-conference honorees in a single season mark a program record for the Rams, upstaging the previous mark of a trio of all-league accolades Suffolk secured in its first year in the CCC, 2021, and in 2019 at its final Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championships.
- Novy and Green secured their second All-CCC nods. With their second All-CCC recognition in cross country, the junior and sophomore are the first Rams to have multiple all-conference distinction from the CCC. Matyas Csiki-Fejer is the only other Suffolk student-athlete to have numerous awards with CCC Runner of the Year, CCC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and All-CCC on his resume from 2021.
- Barry (ninth), Green (12th) and Sikora (15th) all took home All-CCC for the first time in their careers.
RAMS RECORDS
- Junior Evan Wright clocked a personal-best 8k 28:54.9 to claim 42nd.
- Fredette competed in the CCC Championship for the first time in his collegiate career.
- Freshman Matthew McGoldrick, who ran on a conference championship course of the first time, logged a career-high 35:47.1 8k.
NOTEWORTHY
- Suffolk has finished second in all three CCC Championships it has competed in.
- The four all-league honors are a program record for Suffolk at any conference competition, upstaging the previous mark of three, which was achieved twice, first in 2019 in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championships and in 2021, the Rams' first-ever appearance at the CCC Championships.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk takes next weekend off before hosting and competing at the NCAA East Regional Championships Saturday, Nov. 11 at Franklin Park.
