The IC4A Coaches Race on Nov. 17 was the last event for the cross country program on the season, as the women's side placed four competitors in the top-10, while the men placed two in the top-20.
The race was held at Van Cortlandt Park in New York, a site that the Pirates travel to at least two times a year. Although the team has the experience for the path, snow caused a restructuring of the race.
According to Jarod Moser, the changing of the race took emphasis off running the hills, switching it from a toughness race to a speed race.
Moser was one of the participants on the men's team to place in the top-20, as he placed fourth overall with a time of 24:21 in the 4.97 mile race. His motivation during the race was to remind himself that it would be the final cross country event in his Seton Hall career.
On the other side of the spectrum, Emma Newgarden, who finished third overall for the women, was a freshman looking to return to form in the last event of her first-year campaign.
With the season over, Moser and Newgarden see ways the programs can improve.
For Newgarden, she feels the team should learn how to become less tired down the stretch of the season with the way it trains. Meanwhile, Moser, looking a team full of younger runners, thinks it is important for the freshmen to cope with the uptick in miles that they will run during the year.
Yet for Moser, as an exiting member of the team, what he will take away most from his four years as a Pirate is what he learned from his head coach, John Moon.