NEW YORK, N.Y. – In one of the most tightly-contested races in recent history, Penn pulled out a thrilling Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country men’s title. 
 
The Quakers finished with 62 points just ahead of Harvard (65 points) and Princeton (68 points). Columbia (85 points) rounded out the top four followed by Yale (97 points), Cornell (164 points), Brown (183 points) and Dartmouth (197 points). 

Columbia’s Kenny Vasbinder (22:08.8) claimed the men’s individual title in front of the hometown crowd in New York City. He outlasted Penn’s Anthony Russo (24:38.3) and Yale’s Robert Miranda (24:40.8). 

         
 
It’s the Quakers first title since 2016 and fifth Ivy League men’s title overall. Senior Will Daly picked up a top-10 finish with a time of 24:59.7 before a trio of juniors – Ryan Renken, Daniel Cohen and Alex Roth – rounded out the championship scorers with 14th-, 17th- and 19th-place finishes. Daly and Renken both earned second-team All-Ivy honors.

Harvard turned in an impressive performance, just three team points off Penn's pace. Freshman Collin Baker (24:52.8), racing in just the second event of his Harvard career, led the Crimson men to a second-place finish as well. Baker was followed by last year's champion Kieran Tuntivate (25:03.3) and junior Matthew Pereira who placed in 11th and 12th, respectively. 
  
Five schools placed individuals in the top-eight finishers. 


TEAM STANDINGS
Penn, 62 points
Harvard, 65 points
Princeton, 68 points
Columbia, 85 points
Yale, 97 points
Cornell, 164 points
Brown, 183 points
Dartmouth, 197 points 

FIRST-TEAM ALL-IVY
Kenny Vasbinder, Columbia
Anthony Russo, Penn
Robert Miranda, Yale
Tyler Berg, Columbia
Camren Fischer, Princeton
Connor Nisbet, Princeton
Conor Lundy, Princeton
 
SECOND-TEAM ALL-IVY
Colin Baker, Harvard
Cameron Daly, Brown
William Daly, Penn
Kieran Tuntivate, Harvard
Matthew Pereira, Harvard
David Vorbach, Columbia
Ryan Renken, Penn