The 2007 Rider University cross country season came to an end Saturday, for the men at the ICAAAA Championships and for the women at the ECAC Championships at Van Cortlandt Park. “Coming off the big effort we had last week, we responded pretty well,” said Rider coach Bob Hamer. “It is difficult to have two big weeks in a row, especially with such a young group, The kids responded real well.”

Both the Rider University men’s and women’s teams enjoyed their highest finishes ever at the NCAA Division I Mid-Atlantic Regional Cross Country Championships, hosted by Lehigh University Saturday.

The Rider men placed third and the women seventh at the 2007 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships, held Friday at Van Cortlandt Park in Riverdale, NY.  “I thought the men’s team ran great,” said Rider coach Bob Hamer. “We really stepped up and ran to our potential. The guys executed the race-plan really well. The men did well up and down the board.”