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Cross Country’s Perry Mackinnon Takes On NCAA Championships
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Mackinnon came in 173rd, finishing the 10K race in 30:49.6 and was one of two Ivy League runners to compete individually.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/mens-cross-country/)
Mackinnon came in 173rd, finishing the 10K race in 30:49.6 and was one of two Ivy League runners to compete individually.
Junior Perry Mackinnon, who lead the Red men’s team at the NCAA Northeast Regionals with a time of 30:28 for tenth place individually, earned a spot in the upcoming NCAA Championships.
The men’s team finished sixth out of eight and the women’s team finished seventh out of eight at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship.
The men’s team dominated for first place finishes at both courses while the women’s team secured the first-place finish at UAlbany and a fifth-place finish at Penn State.
The men’s team placed eighth overall and the women’s team placed tenth in the competition at Lehigh University.
The men’s team placed first overall in the team competition and the women’s team won the 6k competition.
The men’s cross country team begins its season tomorrow at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational in University Park, P.A.
It was a windy late October day when the men’s cross country team delivered a valiant performance in New York’s Van Cortlandt Park, falling just 10 points shy of an Ivy League title. One of the closest run Heps of all-time, the result was only good enough for a fourth place finish, but the runners still put together an excellent showing. Two weeks later, the Red took third place in NCAA regionals, falling just one spot shy of an NCAA Championship bid. Two runners did make the trip to Louisville, Kentucky for the event, the first time in over 20 years for Cornell’s program. Both of them — Ben Rainero and Brian Eimstad — graduated in the spring, leaving a deep void to fill.