The Seton Hall cross country team raised the bar in the season-opening Monmouth Kick-off, in which both teams led by Jake Simon and Christiana Rutkowski, placed second, one spot higher than their finish in the same meet last year.
After Monmouth, the Pirates traveled to Stony Brook where both teams took part in the Wolfie Invitational. Again improving on last year and again led by Rutkowski and Simon, the women’s team had a first-place finish, while the men’s side captured third in what capped off the best two-meet start for Seton Hall cross country since 2014.
“Going into the first two meets, all of our attitudes and mindsets were in a very positive place,” Rutkowski said.