Tribe Wins Again, Takes 14th Consecutive CAA Title

The William and Mary men's cross country team won its 14th Colonial Athletic Association championship in a row, and 21st overall Saturday. The Tribe placed seven runners on the all-conference team to easily out-pace Northeastern, 25-44. The Huskies' Wes Gallagher won the individual title in 24:42.02.Leading the way for the Tribe once again was, who finished second overall in 24:46.56. Freshmanwas the bronze medalist in 25:05.17, the best finish for a true freshman since All-Americanwas second in 2004. Sophomorewas fifth in 25:16.66, andwas sixth overall in 25:26.64. Juniorrounded out the scoring in ninth place at 25:49.87, andand freshmanalso joined on the all-conference team in 10th place and 11th place, respectively.The Tribe's 14-straight wins is tied for the second-longest active streak in the nation and tied for sixth-longest ever, behind only Iona's 23 in a row in the MAAC and tied with Wisconsin's 14 wins in the Big Ten (the Big Ten meet is Sunday). Between the CAA and Southern Conference combined, W&M now has 36 conference championships, third-most in NCAA history. The Tribe's 21 total CAA championships is the most-ever for a men's team in conference history, and second overall behind the W&M women's tennis team (22).William and Mary will take next week off to host the annual Massey Cancer Center 5K, which has raised more than $100,000 for cancer research and treatment at MCV's Massey Center over the years. The run/walk fundraiser will begin at 5:15 p.m. at Zable Stadium next Friday, Nov. 8, and participants and donors are still welcome to sign-up and pledge at Massey5k.com . The Tribe's next championship race will come on Friday, Nov. 15, at the Southeast Region Championships in Charlottesville.2. Northeastern 443. UNCW 894. College of Charleston 1065. Hofstra 1151. Wes Gallagher (NU) 24:42.024. Zach Krause (NU) 25:13.127. Zach Fraielli (NU) 25:31.188. Daniel Rono (HU) 25:42.6912. Adam Seften (CofC) 26:05.1713. Jacob Sears 26:10.8715. Nick Tyrey 26:31.0818. David Pennesi 26:38.2424. Tom Feeney 27:10.6325. Ian MacFawn 27:11.35