RIT senior Matt Giannino defeated 284 other runners to claim the 2014 NCAA Atlantic Region Championship. Giannino is RIT's first Atlantic Regional winner since the format was changed from New York to Atlantic in 1997. Giannino recorded a time of 25:08.7 on the 8,000-meter course, defeating second-place finisher Sebastian Oja of NYU by just under three seconds, finishing with a mile rate of 5:04. Giannino was 23rd after the 2,000-meter split and climbed to third at the 6,000-meter split before recording a time of 6:08.2 over the final 2,000 meters. He became the first RIT runner to win a regional event since Tony Fraij won the final New York Regional in 1996. A RIT runner won five straight New York State Regionals from 1992-1996. Since moving to the Atlantic Region in 1997, Jesse Williamson had RIT's previous top finish, placing second in 2006.