Hempstead, NY – The Hofstra Men's Cross Country team will wrap up its 2017 season on Friday when the Pride compete in the NCAA Division I Northeast Regional Championship at the Audubon Golf Course in Amherst, NY. The 10K regional championship begins at noon and is hosted by the University at Buffalo.

In the Pride's last outing on October 28, Hofstra senior Alan Hetherington earned All-Colonial Athletic Association honors to lead the Hofstra to a fifth-place finish in the 2017 Colonial Athletic Association Cross Country Championship in Elon, NC.

Hetherington, who led the Pride for the fourth time this season, equaled his personal best 8K time to finish in 11th-place in 25:50 and earn his first All-CAA accolade. Junior Dante Perez recorded a time of 27:20 to finish 33rd while senior Austin Jenkins was the Pride's third finisher in 27:27 to place 35th. Freshman Marc Meltzer finished in 41st place in 28:18 while freshman Oluwafikunayomi Ibironke finished 42nd in 28:25. Senior Rodney Chirchir rounded out the Pride field finishing in 43rd place in 28:44.

Hofstra accumulated 133 points to take fifth place in the CAA Championship that was won by the Tribe of William and Mary for the 18th consecutive year.
 
The men's Northeast championship will feature 38 teams and 341 individual competitors. Syracuse, ranked third in the nation, is the heavy favorite to win the Northeast Regional. Iona is ranked 22nd in the NCAA after winning their 27th consecutive MAAC Championship with a perfect 15-point score. Columbia, which is ranked third in the region, Army West Point, which is fourth in the region, and Stony Brook, which is fifth in the Northeast, are also expected to challenge for the team title.