Spector battled the elite of the NEC and brought home a sixth place finish with a time of 27:05. By finishing the eight kilometer course in sixth, the three-time NEC Rookie of the Week closes out the NEC season with his best finishing placement of the season, topping his eighth place performance at the Monmouth Cross Country Kick-Off to begin the season. Spector also topped his previous time at the Holmdel County Park on September 19, 2008 by nearly 50 seconds.
The next three finishers for the Green & White all clocked in within 20 seconds of each other as sophomore
Thomas Rammelkamp (Miller Place, NY/Miller Place), freshman
Thomas Iannacone (Havertown, PA/St. Joe's Prep) and sophomore
Derek Rammelkamp (Miller Place, NY/Miller Place) took 24th, 27th and 29th places, respectively. T. Rammelkamp's time of 27:54, Iannacone's of 27:58 and D Rammelkamp's 28:04 time were all better than their previous performances at the course.
Junior
James Johnston (Middle Island, NY/Longwood) closes out the Seahawk scoring with a 40th place finish in 28:16. Senior
Allen Koehler (Okeana, OH/William Henry Harrison) took 46th with a time of 28:23 and sophomore
Brian Doxey (West Islip, NY/West Islip) clocked in at 29:34, good for 63rd.
The Green & White men have never finished in the top-five at the NEC Championships until this year's outstanding show. The Seahawks came close in 2007 and 2005 as they finished sixth in the conference.
