HARTFORD, Conn. – The Manhattanville University cross country teams opened the 2026 season on Saturday, running in the University of Hartford Invitational. The women's team finished 8^th out of the ten competing programs from NCAA Division I, II and III, while the men placed 11^th of out 11.

Sam Delgado (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) paced the Valiant women with a 50^th place finish in the 3K, finishing in 13:30.9. Freshman Amanda Alvarez () was close behind, placing 52^nd with a time of 13:33.0. Jennifer Oliveros (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) crossed in 14:05.3 to placed 62^nd, ahead of Adelina Rodriguez' (Westbury, N.Y./Westbury) 82^nd-place finish with a time of 16:52.1.

Lilly Savnik (Mastic, N.Y./William Floyd) and Saage Palmer (Brooklyn, N.Y./Medgar Evers College Preparatory School) finished 86^th and 87^th, respectively, crossing in 18:38.4 and 19:52.8.

The men's team was led in the 5K by Joey DeMilio (White Plains, N.Y./White Plains) who opened his senior year with a time of 18:25.9, good for 63^rd. Danny Noia (Honolulu, Hawaii/McKinley) was the next to cross in 78^th, finishing in 18:55.2. Courtney Brown (Clarendon, Jamaica/Mount Vernon) also cracked the top 100 with a time of 19:50.3 to placed 96^th.

The remaining six Valiant runners placed all within nine spots of each other. Khalil Williams (Menands, N.Y./Shaker) (22:04.6) and Luca Perez (Somers, N.Y./Somers) (22:27.1) took 110^th and 111^th before Alex Carney (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Mount Vernon High School) took 113^th (23:06.4). Aka Udeagha (Rye, N.Y./Rye) led the final trio with a 115^th place finish (23:24.4), ahead of Christian Guevara () (116^th, 24:08.4) and Colby Phillipe (118^th, 31:09.7).

Up Next
The Valiants get two weeks to prep for the next race, competing in the Saint Joseph's Long Island Invitational on Sept. 26.

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