CLARK, N.J. – The Catholic men's cross country team placed second at the Landmark Conference Championships in Clark, NJ with multiple Cardinals receiving all-conference honors. 

Senior Joe Wolfe led the pack with his eighth place finish, earning a spot on the Second Team All-Conference. The senior capped off his season earning a personal best of 25:19.80 in the 8k race. This time inserted Wolfe into the program record books as the fourth best 8k runner in Catholic history, a title that he previously held with a time of 25:40.0.

Freshman Michael Brunet finished tenth overall, earning a personal-best time of 25:30.52. Brunet, the first freshman finisher and one of four freshmen in the top 25, received Landmark Rookie of the Year honors. He becomes the second member of the Cardinals squad to earn these honors, the first being Matthias Arauco-Shapiro in 2012. The freshman also cemented himself in the Catholic record books with a program fifth best performance, just behind Wolfe.

Tim Sweeney, Richard Harrington, and Joseph Locke also picked up top-25 finishes, picking up 20th, 21st, and 23rd, respectively. 

This second-place finish marks the Cardinals' highest finish since 2022. On November 15, Catholic will take on the NCAA South Region Championships in Salem, Va. The race is set to kick off at 11 a.m. at Green Hill Park.