Jason Vigilante Voted Ivy League Coach of the Year, All-Ivy and Academic Honors Presented to Several Tigers
October 31, 2023 | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Ivy League announced today that Jason Vigilante has been voted the unanimous 2023 Cross Country Coach of the Year. The award follows last weekend's victory at the 2023 Ivy League Cross Country Heptagonal Championships in Franklin Park.
This is Vigilante's sixth time being named Ivy League Coach of the Year. Since 2014, he has received this honor more than any other Ivy head coach. Vigilante earned this honor after leading the men's cross country team to its third straight Ivy title, its 24th in program history.
The team had four individual finishers inside the Top-10 allowing them to top Harvard at their own home course.
"I humbly accept this honor of coach of the year," said Vigilante. "Credit to the young men on this team that gave it their all this weekend. I couldn't be more proud of how they competed and how they worked as a team."
The Ivy League has also announced the student-athletes selected for 2023 Cross Country Academic All-Ivy honors. One member from both the women's and men's program from each school are given this distinction. From the women's team, Maggie Liebich has been named Academic All-Ivy. For the men, Anthony Monte has been named Academic All-Ivy for the second year in a row.
This year's First and Second Team All-Ivy runners were announced following the championship race on Friday. Here are the Tigers that received these honors.
Men's First-Team All-Ivy
Nicholas Bendtsen
Jarrett Kirk
Men's Second-Team All-Ivy
Connor Nisbet
Anthony Monte
Daniel O'Brien
Women's First-Team All-Ivy
Fiona Max
Women's Second-Team All-Ivy
Maggie Liebich
Tsion Yared
Mena Scatchard
This is Vigilante's sixth time being named Ivy League Coach of the Year. Since 2014, he has received this honor more than any other Ivy head coach. Vigilante earned this honor after leading the men's cross country team to its third straight Ivy title, its 24th in program history.
The team had four individual finishers inside the Top-10 allowing them to top Harvard at their own home course.
"I humbly accept this honor of coach of the year," said Vigilante. "Credit to the young men on this team that gave it their all this weekend. I couldn't be more proud of how they competed and how they worked as a team."
The Ivy League has also announced the student-athletes selected for 2023 Cross Country Academic All-Ivy honors. One member from both the women's and men's program from each school are given this distinction. From the women's team, Maggie Liebich has been named Academic All-Ivy. For the men, Anthony Monte has been named Academic All-Ivy for the second year in a row.
This year's First and Second Team All-Ivy runners were announced following the championship race on Friday. Here are the Tigers that received these honors.
Men's First-Team All-Ivy
Nicholas Bendtsen
Jarrett Kirk
Men's Second-Team All-Ivy
Connor Nisbet
Anthony Monte
Daniel O'Brien
Women's First-Team All-Ivy
Fiona Max
Women's Second-Team All-Ivy
Maggie Liebich
Tsion Yared
Mena Scatchard
Players Mentioned
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