The Jesuit Cross Country squad kicked off the 2018 season Saturday at the annual Meeting of the Marauders at Hoffman Park. Junior Matt Strangio, a 2017 All-American, ran the #2 time in course history, winning the race in 13:36. Senior Colin Ryan ran 14:02 (#21 all time) in second and senior Antonio Vargas ran 14:21 (#34 AT) in third. Junior Chase Gordon opened up his Jesuit career at 14:29 (#45 AT) in 4th, senior Anthony Rogado placed 5th in 14:32 (#47 AT), senior Clin Brannan was 6th in 14:33 (#48 AT) and senior Gabe Lovely rounded out the top 7 in 14:38 (#52 AT). Also checking in at #74 on the all time list was senior Todd Russell, who placed 8th in 14:52. The squad ran a team time of 71:00, which is the 5th fastest time in the 25-year history of the Meeting of the Marauders.

The senior squad consisting of Ryan, Vargas, Rogado, Brannan, Lovely, Russell and Seamus Caslin (9th in 15:14) ran 72:06 to win the class competition and placed 4th on the all-time list. The juniors led by Strangio and Gordon were joined by Martin Smith (10, 15:24) Jayson Leach (13th, 15:35), Connor King (14th, 15:35), Demetri Petuskey (15th, 15:47) and Talon Krieger (16th, 15:52) to take 2nd in a team time of 74:39, placing them 4th all-time.

The large and talented freshman group landed 9 runners on the all-time freshmen list. Cameron Cleland led the group in 16:34 (21st, #28AT) with Spencer Morrison (23rd, 16:53, #38AT) and Harley Sherman (24th, 6:53, #39AT) close behind. Gavin Joaquin ran 17:08 (26th, #50AT), Julian Curiale ran 17:10 (27th, #52AT), Ian King ran 17:15 (29th, #53 AT) and Joey Ryan ran 17:16 (30th, #55AT). Diego Levenfeld and Giovanni Sloppye also checked in on the all-time list (32nd, 17:19, #56AT and 34th, 17:25, #61AT, respectively). The freshmen’s team time of 84:38 was good for 7th on the all-time list and 3rd overall for the day. The sophomores placed 4th in the class battle, running 85:34 for 19th on the all-time list. They were led by Michael Chambers, who placed 11th in 15:30, good for 39th on the all-time list for sophomores. Joe Ryan placed 22nd in 16:44, Tommy Gee placed 31st in 17:19, Michael Gamette was 33rd in 17:20, Lukas Crawford ran 17:41 for 36th, Trey Jacobi was 38th in 18:38 and Matthew Jones was 47th in 19:19.

The Maruders compete in their first meet on September 1 at Lagoon Valley Park in Vacaville.