Brooklyn, NY---Brooklyn College Men's Cross Country cleaned up with the announcement of the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) All-Stars earlier in the week.  BC grad student, Frank Ferrante, became Brooklyn's first ever Runner of the Year.  First-year BC Head Coach, Eric Schrick, was chosen as the conference's Coach of the Year.  Azizjon Sharifov, Yasin Gordon, and Samuel Dafner all earned CUNYAC All-Star accolades for finishing in the top-15 at this year's CUNYAC Championships.  In addition, Wali Mohammad was named to the conference's Sportsmanship Team. The Bulldogs took Third Place at the 2024 CUNYAC Championships at Van Cortlandt Park a couple of weekends ago and will run in the NCAA Regional Championships on November 16 at Stockton University.  

Frank Ferrante - Runner of the Year

• Named CUNYAC Runner of the Week during the season. 
• Began the season by winning the Purchase Invitational in a pool of 53 runners.  
• Placed fourth overall at the 2024 CUNYAC Championships.  
• Placed sixth overall out of 64 runners from NCAA Division I, II, and III schools at the Manhattan College Invitational 8K with a time of 28:00.6.  
• Placed 8th overall out of 168 runners at the Bard Invitational 8K with a time of 26:59.2.  

Coach of the Year - Eric Schrick

• Team earned a First Place at the Purchase Invitational to open the season. 
• Four runners finished in the top-10 at CUNYAC Championships - most amongst all schools competing.  
• Team took fourth place out of 21 scoring teams at the Queensborough Invitational.  

Azizjon Sharifov - CUNYAC All-Star

• Third straight All-Star selection for his career.  Finished second for Brooklyn and sixth overall with a time of 30:12.1 on the 8K CUNYAC Championship course. 

Yasin Gordon - CUNYAC All-Star

• Improving every week during the season, finished third for BC and 7th overall with a time of 31:21.9 at the CUNYAC Championships.  

Samuel Dafner - CUNYAC All-Star

• In his second season with the Bulldogs, he also cracked the top-ten at CUNYAC Championships, finishing 9th overall with a time of 31:30.2.