BROOKVILLE, N.Y. - The Saint Peter's Cross Country team finish an impressive performance at the Metropolitan Championships on Saturday.
The meet hosted this year by Long Island University, featured nearly 100 runners across the Metropolitan area, and the Peacocks came to race following an extended break after the canceling of the Paul Short Run last Friday, Oct. 2.
Once the race started, the Saint Peter's squad compiled an excellent day with five racers finishing within the top 30 in both the Men's 8K and the Women's 5K. The top performer on the women's team was freshman sensation
Alhena Dalcerri who placed 22nd overall and ran an impressive time of 19:45.8.
Mya Sampong continued a solid season as well with a place of 30th overall and a time of 21:03.1. But the biggest improvement came from
Yeilin Vargas Morillo who took a massive leap in this meet, placing 23rd and running a time of 19:46.2. The best performance the Peacocks have had at METS in the 2020s as the Women's squad placed 6th place.
On the Men's side of things, the dynamic duo of
Sebastian Lopez and
Johan Aparicio led the way for the Peacocks 8K team. Lopez finished 25th overall, running a time of 26:57.3, his best time this season. And Aparicio finished in 27th place, running a time of 27:34.9, another massive improvement on his last completed race. The trio of
Matthew Martinez,
Davian Simon, and
Jack Cabrera also provided some scoring for Saint Peter's as the three rounded out the top 40 as the squad finished in 6th place.
The full list of finishes for the Peacocks is listed below:
Women's 5K
Dalcerri, 19:45.8 (22nd)
Vargas Morillo, 19:46.2 (23rd)
Sampong, 21:03.1 (30th)
Keiry Nunez Duran, 22:44.7 (42nd)
Paulina Nunez, 23:17.9 (45th)
Stephanie Macareno, 25:15.6 (50th)
Men's 8K
Lopez, 26:57.3 (25th)
Aparicio, 27:34.9 (27th)
Martinez, 29:04.3 (36th)
Simon, 29:22.6 (37th)
Cabrera, 29:27.5 (38th)
Kenneth Montes, 29:57.3 (40th)
Quaglia Giuseppe, 31:21.1 (42nd)
Michael Amaker, 31:27.9 (43rd)
The Peacocks will be back out on the starting line next week, Oct. 17 as they travel to Bethpage, NY where they will compete in the ECAC/IC4A Division I Championships.
