BRONX, NY – Siena Men's Cross Country junior Jackson Cayward took home All-IC4A honors for the first time in his collegiate career as Siena continued fall action by running in the IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships AT STORIED Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx, New York on Friday.

The Tolland, Connecticut native finished 13^th in the men's 8k with a new personal best time of 24:19.8, good for the best finish amongst MAAC competitors at the race and the sixth-fastest cross country 8k time in program history.

Siena's women's cross country program logged a 12^th place team finish, while the men finished 22^nd as a team.

Graduate student Madeline Hesler led the women with a 35^th place finish and a time of 21:51.3 in the women's 6k, while junior Julia Caputo (22:07.1) took 55^th place. Freshman Kyra Pellegrino (22:32.9), senior Katharine Hesler (22:36.1), and junior Claire Gardner (22:45.1) rounded out the team's top five finishers with 84^th, 91^st, and 110^th place finishes, respectively.

Following Cayward on the men's side were senior Christopher DeForest (25:48.4) and fifth year Tommy Anderson (25:50.7), who took 150^th and 154^th place, respectively. Junior Nathaniel Sletten (25:54.4) and junior Chris Bertola (25:57.1) rounded out the men's top-five finishers.

Men's sophomore Brody Santagata (26:19.7, 37^th) and women's junior Christina Peppy (24:04.3, 30^th) led both teams in their respective open races.

Siena's road to the 2023 MAAC Cross Country Championships continues at the CCSU Mini Meet in New Britain, Connecticut on Friday, October 20.