ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Led by overall individual champion Oliver Sax, Yeshiva University placed six Maccabees in the top eight spots to capture a convincing 31 point victory in the 2012 Hudson Valley Men's Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships held at Bard College on Sunday afternoon.
Sax, who took runner-up honors in last year's race, covered the 8k course in 27:56, edging out teammate and last year's individual champion, Sam Cohen, by two seconds.
The Culinary Institute of America took runner-up honors in the team competition, paced by James Avenoso who finished third overall. Steels head coach Lowell Fisher was named 2012 Coach of the Year in a vote by his peers.
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2012 HVMAC Cross Country Championships
October 21, 2012
at Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY)
Team Results
Champions - Yeshiva University (21 points)
2nd Place - The Culinary Institute of America (52
points)
3rd Place - Albany College of Pharmacy and Health
Sciences (67 points)
4th Place - Sarah Lawrence College (116
points)
5th Place - St. Joseph's College (131
points)
Incomplete teams - Berkeley, Vaughn
Individual Results
| Overall Place |
Team Score |
Name | School | Year | Time | Pace |
| 1 | 1 | Oliver Sax | Yeshiva | Sr. | 27:56 | 5:37 |
| 2 | 2 | Sam Cohen | Yeshiva | Sr. | 27:58 | 5:38 |
| 3 | 3 | James Avenoso | Culinary | Sr. | 28:11 | 5:40 |
| 4 | 4 | Zachary Yates | Albany Pharmacy | Sr. | 30:09 | 6:04 |
| 5 | 5 | Dov Levine | Yeshiva | So. | 30:17 | 6:06 |
| 6 | 6 | Isaac Markel | Yeshiva | Jr. | 30:32 | 6:09 |
| 7 | 7 | Natan Koloski | Yeshiva | Sr. | 31:06 | 6:15 |
| 8 | 8 | Yossi Lipton | Yeshiva | So. | 31:12 | 6:17 |
| 9 | 9 | Dylan Rutherford | Culinary | So. | 31:23 | 6:19 |
| 10 | 10 | Michael Stafford | Culinary | So. | 31:28 | 6:20 |
| 11 | 11 | Caleb Jaster | Sarah Lawrence | Fr. | 31:31 | 6:20 |
| 12 | Ulises Bravo | Berkeley | Fr; | 31:44 | 6:23 | |
| 13 | 12 | Ronald Ta | Albany Pharmacy | Jr. | 31:52 | 6:25 |
| 14 | 13 | Christopher Hunter | Albany Pharmacy | Fr. | 31:53 | 6:25 |
| 15 | 14 | Aaron Gross | Culinary | Jr. | 32:53 | 6:37 |
| 16 | 15 | Asher Apsan | Yeshiva | Sr. | 32:56 | 6:38 |
| 17 | 16 | Matt Lipnick | Culinary | Fr. | 32:59 | 6:38 |
| 18 | 17 | Chris Flores | Culinary | Jr. | 33:00 | 6:38 |
| 19 | 18 | Gavin O'Brien | Albany Pharmacy | So. | 33:10 | 6:40 |
| 20 | 19 | Thomas Rushin | St. Joseph's | Fr. | 33:14 | 6:41 |
| 21 | 20 | Jonathan McBride | Albany Pharmacy | Fr. | 33:32 | 6:45 |
| 22 | 21 | Asher Morse | Sarah Lawrence | So. | 33:36 | 6:46 |
| 23 | Moshe Blockman | Yeshiva | So. | 33:49 | 6:48 | |
| 24 | 22 | Michael McCarey | Culinary | So. | 34:08 | 6:52 |
| 25 | 23 | Mark Smith | Albany Pharmacy | Sr. | 34:31 | 6:57 |
| 26 | Nathaniel Kukurudz | Yeshiva | So. | 34:52 | 7:01 | |
| 27 | 24 | Matthew Calnan | Albany Pharmacy | So. | 35:27 | 7:08 |
| 28 | Kyle McLaughlin | Albany Pharmacy | Fr. | 36:04 | 7:15 | |
| 29 | 25 | Danny Contant | St. Joseph's | Sr. | 37:40 | 7:35 |
| 30 | 26 | Joe Mendez | St. Joseph's | Jr. | 37:42 | 7:35 |
| 31 | 27 | Jack Califano | Sarah Lawrence | Fr. | 37:44 | 7:35 |
| 32 | William Gallo | Albany Pharmacy | Sr. | 37:52 | 7:37 | |
| 33 | John Durandisse | Berkeley | Fr. | 38:17 | 7:42 | |
| 34 | 28 | Ben LoPiccolo | Sarah Lawrence | Fr. | 38:18 | 7:42 |
| 35 | Patrick O'Carroll | Culinary | Sr. | 38:18 | 7:42 | |
| 36 | 29 | Cassidy Bernstein | Sarah Lawrence | Fr. | 38:19 | 7:42 |
| 37 | Dan Mokszycki | Albany Pharmacy | Sr. | 38:39 | 7:47 | |
| 38 | 30 | Chris Vargas | St. Joseph's | Jr. | 38:48 | 7:48 |
| 39 | 31 | John Moore | St. Joseph's | Jr. | 44:18 | 8:55 |
| 40 | 32 | Ismael Dabo | St. Joseph's | Sr. | 44:19 | 8:55 |
| 41 | Jermund Ottermo | Berkeley | Fr. | 50:01 | 10:04 | |
| 42 | David Arez | Vaughn | Jr. | 54:31 | 10:58 | |
| 43 | Kyle Ward-Chalk | Vaughn | So. | 69:55 | 14:04 |
