MILTON, N.Y. – Yeshiva University took four of the top five spots and seven runners in the top 20 en route to capturing their fifth straight Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's cross country championship on Sunday afternoon at the Hudson Valley Sportsdome.
Two-time HVIAC Player of the Week freshman Benjamin Schmidt was crowned the men's individual champion, the only runner to cover the 8-kilometer course in under 30 minutes in 29:54. His 15-second victory bested the field of 43 runners and led the Albany College of Pharmacy to a runner-up finish.
Yeshiva senior Dov Levine followed in second with fellow seniors Issac Markel in third, Joseph Lipton in fourth, junior Noam Polster in fifth and junior Shuey Mirkin crossing the line in eighth overall to clinch the team title for the Maccabees.
After guiding his team to an 18-point margin of victory, Yeshiva head coach Steve Begley repeated as HVIAC Coach of the Year in post-race ceremonies.
Following second place Albany Pharmacy with 39 points in the team competition was Berkeley College (87 points), St. Joseph's (116 points) and Vaughn (121 points).
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2014 HVIAC Men's Cross Country Championships
October 19, 2014
at Hudson Valley Sportsdome (Milton, N.Y.)
Team Results
Champions - Yeshiva University (21 points)
Runner Up - Albany College of Pharmacy and Health
Sciences (39 points)
3rd Place - Berkeley College (87 points)
4th Place - St. Joseph's College (116 points)
5th Place - Vaughn College (121 points)
Incomplete teams - Pratt, Culinary
Individual Results
| Overall Place |
Team Score |
Name | School | Year | Time | Pace |
| 1 | 1 | Benjamin Schmidt | Albany Pharmacy | FR | 29:54 | 6:01 |
| 2 | 2 | Dov Levine | Yeshiva | SR | 30:09 | 6:04 |
| 3 | 3 | Issac Markel | Yeshiva | SR | 30:24 | 6:07 |
| 4 | 4 | Joseph Lipton | Yeshiva | SR | 30:36 | 6:09 |
| 5 | 5 | Noam Polster | Yeshiva | JR | 30:47 | 6:12 |
| 6 | 6 | Dean Ostorofsky | Albany Pharmacy | FR | 31:33 | 6:21 |
| 7 | Kyle O'Brien | Pratt | JR | 31:54 | 6:25 | |
| 8 | 7 | Shuey Mirkin | Yeshiva | JR | 32:07 | 6:28 |
| 9 | 8 | Gavin O'Brien | Albany Pharmacy | SR | 32:44 | 6:35 |
| 10 | Josh Pleva | Pratt | FR | 33:14 | 6:41 | |
| 11 | Grant Rico | Culinary | JR | 33:25 | 6:43 | |
| 12 | 9 | Sam Apple | Yeshiva | JR | 33:40 | 6:46 |
| 13 | 10 | Thomas Rushin | St. Joseph's | JR | 33:54 | 6:49 |
| 14 | 11 | Brian Alapatt | Albany Pharmacy | SR | 34:00 | 6:50 |
| 15 | 12 | Mattias Lindeborg | Berkeley | FR | 34:12 | 6:53 |
| 16 | 13 | Joseph Gottwald | Albany Pharmacy | SR | 34:24 | 6:55 |
| 17 | 14 | Marc Gonzalez | Berkeley | FR | 34:29 | 6:56 |
| 18 | 15 | Matthew Caronauer | Albany Pharmacy | FR | 34:33 | 6:57 |
| 19 | 16 | Samuel Weinstein | Yeshiva | SR | 34:48 | 7:00 |
| 20 | 17 | Jonathan McBride | Albany Pharmacy | JR | 34:57 | 7:02 |
| 21 | Eitan Zinberg | Yeshiva | SR | 35:06 | 7:04 | |
| 22 | Jake Schrier | Yeshiva | SO | 35:10 | 7:04 | |
| 23 | Sean Dodds | Culinary | SO | 35:16 | 7:06 | |
| 24 | Matthew Calnan | Albany Pharmacy | SR | 35:41 | 7:11 | |
| 25 | 18 | Nicholas Gawron | Berkeley | FR | 38:11 | 7:41 |
| 26 | 19 | Majustice Wilson | Berkeley | FR | 38:43 | 7:47 |
| 27 | 20 | Robert Williams | Vaughn | SO | 38:59 | 7:51 |
| 28 | Jonathan Knickerbocker | Albany Pharmacy | FR | 38:59 | 7:51 | |
| 29 | 21 | Matthew Smith | St. Joseph's | SO | 39:49 | 8:01 |
| 30 | 22 | Chris Labady | St. Joseph's | SR | 39:54 | 8:02 |
| 31 | 23 | Dashawn Johnson | Vaughn | FR | 40:22 | 8:07 |
| 32 | Harel Kopelman | Yeshiva | SR | 40:25 | 8:08 | |
| 33 | 24 | John Durandisse | Berkeley | JR | 40:31 | 8:09 |
| 34 | 25 | Henry Burch | Vaughn | JR | 42:05 | 8:28 |
| 35 | 26 | Brandon Phillips | Vaughn | FR | 42:30 | 8:33 |
| 36 | 27 | Moises Chaucer | Vaughn | JR | 43:07 | 8:40 |
| 37 | 28 | Michael Pena | Vaughn | SO | 43:15 | 8:42 |
| 38 | 29 | Faiz-Ahmed Nooman | Berkeley | FR | 46:16 | 9:18 |
| 39 | Alejandro Tress | Culinary | SO | 46:43 | 9:24 | |
| 40 | 30 | Jermund Ottermo | Berkeley | JR | 47:15 | 9:30 |
| 41 | 31 | Dickson Tan | St. Joseph's | SR | 47:30 | 9:33 |
| 42 | 32 | Clyde Delacruz | St. Joseph's | SR | 50:08 | 10:05 |
| 43 | Michael Francois | Berkeley | FR | 77:18 | 15:33 |