Stony Brook Seawolves Place Second in CAA Cross Country Meet
Five runners from the team earned All-CAA honors, with the squad finishing 39 points behind the championship winner.
By Adrian Kovalenko ·
Stony Brook University’s men’s cross country team secured the second-place finish among 11 programs in the 2026 Colonial Athletic Association Championship on Oct. 30 in Bethpage. The Seawolves accumulated 39 points in the 8k race, placing them behind William & Mary, which won the title with 34 points. Hofstra finished in third place, trailing the top two teams by a wide margin with 69 points.
The team’s standing relied on five individual runners earning All-CAA placements. Collin Gilstrap led the group with a fourth-place finish out of 97 total runners. Henry Gartner placed fifth, and Ethan Green finished sixth. Peter Fogarty rounded out the top 10 with an eighth-place result. Silas Gartner earned the final All-CAA nod with a 14th-place finish.
Several athletes posted new personal bests during the competition. Gilstrap improved his season best by 36 seconds compared to his early October mark. Hesler also set a new season best, finishing just one second behind his career record from the previous year’s CAA Championship. Silas Gartner shaved one-tenth of a second off his previous personal record, which he set at the IC4A Championship.
Additional members of the squad placed in the top 20. Ryan Hesler, Gavin Catherwood, and Percy Moser finished in 18th, 19th, and 20th place, respectively. Joseph Bertola and Collin McLaughlin both recorded new personal records, finishing 32nd and 33rd. Rookie Alexander Medina placed 46th, while Chris Tardugno finished 50th. All 12 Seawolves who competed placed within the top 50 runners.
The team demonstrated depth by accounting for a large portion of the fastest finishers. Eight of the 21 runners who completed the course in under 25 minutes were from Stony Brook. This performance follows a strong season for individual athletes, with Henry Gartner recording three top-five finishes this year and Ethan Green placing in the top 10 at two separate meets.
The Seawolves will use the next two weeks to prepare for the NCAA Northeast Regionals. That meet is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 13, and will also be held at Bethpage. Qualified runners from the CAA Championship will compete in that event.
