{"id":4231,"date":"2020-04-04T14:14:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T18:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sullyonsports.com\/?p=4231"},"modified":"2020-04-04T14:14:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T18:14:51","slug":"kutch-advances-to-ncaa-cross-country-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sullyonsports.com\/?p=4231","title":{"rendered":"Kutch Advances to NCAA Cross Country Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This article originally appeared in The Fordham Ram in November 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not many things can stop Fordham senior and cross country superstar Ryan Kutch. Evidently, not even a foot of snow can do so, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Friday\u2019s NCAA Northeast Regional Championship was scheduled to be held at the Audubon Golf Course. However, Mother Nature had other ideas, dumping nearly a foot of snow in upstate New York between Monday and Tuesday. Because of the conditions and extensive cleanup necessary to make the golf course passable for competition, the event was moved from the golf course to a local road course, where conditions would be more favorable for the runners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it turned out, the quick change and abbreviated preparation time had no ill-effects on Kutch\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kutch was able to finish this 10K course in a blazing 28:52.5, which was good enough for fourth place and an automatic bid into the NCAA\u2019s 2019 Cross Country Championship. Kutch made history, as no Fordham runner has taken part in the NCAA Championship since 1977. His run of historic feats continues, as he will compete on a national stage to conclude his collegiate career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kutch\u2019s outstanding top-five finish also helped his team, which finished 14th overall in the event. There were four other Ram runners who scored on the day: senior Nicholas Raefski (80th \u2014 30:22.6), sophomore Brandon Hall (87th \u2014 30:30.6) and freshmen John McGovern (93rd \u2014 30:32.9) and Colin Flood (164th \u2014 31:50.3). Two other competitors for Fordham were freshman Jack Craven (198th \u2014 31:00.4) and senior Sean Sullivan (208th \u2014 32:57.4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For his part in leading Fordham to a 14th-place finish at regionals, Kutch was named to the NCAA\u2019s All-Northeast team for the 2019 fall season. Kutch\u2019s stellar performance is just the latest in a long line, highlighted by last year\u2019s individual Atlantic 10 Championship and this year\u2019s second-place finish at the conference tournament. Kutch has been one of the standard-bearers for the Fordham track and cross country teams over his four years in the Bronx, and his presence has been particularly important this season, as the team deftly handled the transition from former head coach Thomas Dewey \u2014 who retired over the summer after 39 years at the helm \u2014 to current coach Brian Horowitz, who used his knowledge of the team as an assistant and applied it to a head coaching role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up for Kutch is the NCAA Cross Country Championship Saturday in Terre Haute, Indiana. The forecast calls for sunshine and chilly temperatures in the low-40s. It does not call for snow. Even if it did, though, it wouldn\u2019t have too much of an effect on Ryan Kutch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This article originally appeared in The Fordham Ram in November 2019. Not many things can stop Fordham senior and cross country superstar Ryan Kutch. Evidently, not even a foot of snow can do so, either. Last Friday\u2019s NCAA Northeast Regional Championship was scheduled to be held at the Audubon Golf Course. However, Mother Nature had … <\/p>\n

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