Former cross country runner Eric Speakman ended his legendary Stony Brook campaign with a bang. He left big shoes to fill on head coach Andy Ronan’s team.
When SBU first joined the realm of Division I athletics in 1994, it was like Cinderella. Not necessarily beaten around, but not expected to do anything spectacular or great.
The Seawolves men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the Princeton Invitational in Princeton, N.J. on Saturday afternoon. The men’s team finished 20th overall. The women finished fourth.
Eric Speakman had to travel nearly 9,000 miles be a part of the Stony Brook cross country team. Despite the distance and time he spends away from home, Speakman still feels at home at Stony Brook.
Senior Lucy Van Dalen ran a 15:23:54 in the 5,000m on Saturday at the Mt. SAC (San Antonio College) Relays, a school record and the fifth fastest by a New Zealand woman ever. Stony Brook track and field continued its solid weekend on Sunday with big performances by sophomores Eric Speakman and Olivia Burne, junior Lorraine McCarthy and senior Mary O'Connor at the Larry Ellis invitational hosted by Princeton University.
