Women's Cross Country Takes Fourth At ECAC Championships
Roxanne Wegman took ninth place, and Army placed five runners within the Top 50 as the Black Knights’ women’s cross country team concluded its 2006 season with a fourth-place finish at the ECAC Championships Saturday at Van Cortlandt Park.
Wegman led the Black Knights to the tape for the fourth time this season, touring the 5,000-meter course in 18 minutes, 58.4 seconds.
Ashley Morgan was the second Army harrier to cross the finish line, placing 29th with a clocking of 19:34.7. Megan Howell (19:46.2) followed closely behind to take 36th.
Jayna Tangen (19:54.6) and Kirsten Dawson (19:56.0) rounded out Army’s Top 5 as the duo placed 41st and 42nd, respectively.
Army finished with 146 points to take fourth place out of 19 teams. Patriot League rival Colgate won the team title with 47 points, while conference foe Bucknell and Binghamton tied for second with 118 points.
Binghamton’s Katie Radzik won the individual medalist honors with a time of 18:02.8. Her time was more than 25 seconds faster than the field.
Stephanie Schoeneman (20:23.0) and Toni Oestmann (20:36.3) also competed for Army, placing 77th and 63rd, respectively.
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Men's Cross Country Finishes Third At IC4A Championships
Robert Squier placed third and Andrew Catalano took sixth as the Army men’s cross country team wrapped up its 2006 campaign with a third-place finish at the IC4A Championships Saturday at Van Cortlandt Park. Army was the only school to sport two athletes within the Top 6.
Squier clocked a time of 26 minutes, 2.2 seconds to lead the Black Knights to the finish line, while Catalano finished with a clocking of 26:11.6.
Steve Marthy took 31st (27:05.7), Ryan Clay placed 43rd (27:22.4) and Justin Marburger finished 66th (27:48.5) to round out the Black Knights’ Top 5.
As a team, Army amassed 142 points to place third out of 19 teams. Fordham took home the team title with 61 points, while Binghamton finished runner-up with 140 points.
Adelphi’s Jaime Julia-Perez won medalist honors individually with a clocking of 25:49.8, nearly nine seconds better than runner-up finisher Richard Estremera of Albany (25:58.1).
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Marist Men’s Cross Country Runs To Best Finish In School History At ICAAAA Meet
David Raucci paces Marist’s fifth place finish
The Marist College men’s cross country team wrapped up its finest season in school history in record fashion Saturday at the ICAAAA Championships at Van Cortlandt Park. Running in the Championship Division, the Red Foxes placed a program-best fifth place out of 18 teams, with 161 points. Sophomores David Raucci (Clermont, NY) and Girma Segni (Bronx, NY) paced the Red Foxes with first-ever Championship Division All-East performances.
William and Mary won the meet with 45 points. Marist’s previous best finish in the Championship Division was 11th in 2001 (291 points) and 11th in 2003 (263 points). The 161 points was by far the lowest total in school history at the meet. The Red Foxes placed second in the University Division in 2005 and won the University Division in 2000.
Raucci completed the 5-mile course in a personal-record time of 25:32.9, good for 13th place. Segni followed closely behind, placing 15th in 25:37.5. The top 25 runners earn ICAAAA All-East honors. It is the second year in a row both runners have been named All-East. Last year, they earned the honors in the University Division.
Senior captain Justin Harris (Wappingers Falls, NY) closed out his collegiate cross country career with a personal-best time of 26:10.9, good for 41st place. Freshman Conor Shelley (Rockville Centre, NY) followed closely in 44th place in 26:12.5. Junior Tom Williams (Pleasant Valley, NY) rounded out the scoring pack in 65th place with a personal-best time of 26:27.8. Senior captain Matt Szymaszek (Simsbury, CT) and junior Mike Rolek (Maplewood, NJ) completed the top-7 for the Red Foxes with times of 26:53.0 and 26:54.2.
The top-five combined time of the Red Foxes on Saturday was 2:10:01.6 for an average of 26:00.32 per man. This is the second-fastest total in school history, trailing only the 2006 MAAC runner-up team on Oct. 27, which totaled 2:09:40.2 for an average of 25:56.0. The 2006 Metropolitan Championship runner-up team on Oct. 6 totaled 2:10.12.9 for an average of 26:02.6.
This means that the 2006 Running Red Foxes have secured the top-3 overall Van Cortlandt Park times in school history in the three meets they ran there this year, cementing themselves as the finest team in the program’s 43-year history.
Team standings: 1. William and Mary 45, 2. James Madison 92, 3. Yale 96, 4. Duke 103, 5. Marist 161, 6. Princeton 176, 7. St. Joseph’s 180, 8. Columbia 207, 9. New Hampshire 239, 10. Maryland 259, 11. Massachusetts 266, 12. LaSalle 330, 13. Delaware 333, 14. UNC Wilmington 379, 15. Mercy 495; Cornell, Georgetown, Stony Brook INC
Burns leads Marist Women At Northeast Regional Championship
Red Foxes Place 24th Overall
The Marist women’s cross country team placed 24th out of 41 teams in the NCAA Northeast Regional Qualifier, held at Van Cortlandt Park. Freshman Brittany Burns (Watertown , N.Y.) led the women with an 87th-place finish over the 6,000-meter course on a mild and windy day.
Junior Kerri Mannino (Amityville , N.Y.) placed 105th, followed by senior Allison Kline (Wilbraham, Mass.) who followed in 118th. Juniors Caitlin Garrity (Watertown , Conn.) and Christine Wahl (Lancaster, N.Y.) rounded out the scoring, placing 142nd and 158th, respectively, in the field of 288 starters.
Marist Results
6,000 meters
87-Brittany Burns, 23:36
105-Kerri Mannino, 23:57
118-Allison Kline, 24:11
142-Caitlin Garrity, 24:41
158-Christine Wahl, 25:07
208-Lindsay Rappleyea, 27:04
DNF-Sarah Domermuth
Marist Men’s Cross Country Runs To 17th Place At Regionals
Harris Leads Red Foxes' Contingent
Senior captain Justin Harris (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) was the lead runner for the first time in two years, leading the Marist men’s cross country team to a 17th-place finish out of 38 teams Saturday at the NCAA Northeast Regional Qualifier, held at Van Cortlandt Park. Harris had the best finish of his career in the meet, placing 73rd out of 230 finishers in the 10,000-meter race in 33:47.8.
Sophomore Girma Segni (Bronx , N.Y.), the team’s lead runner all season, suffered from late-race cramps - fading from a top-15 placement late in the race to his finish in 87th overall in 34:08.7. Junior Tom Williams (Pleasant Valley, N.Y.) was third for the Red Foxes, placing 95th overall in 34:15.4. He was followed closely by senior captain Matt Syzmaszek ( Simsbury , Conn. ), who was 99th in 34:18.1, and sophomore David Raucci (Clermont, N.Y.), who was 101st in 34:21.5. The Red Foxes scoring pack was tightly packed with 33 seconds of each other.
Rounding out the Marist varsity were sophomore John Keenan (Centereach, N.Y.), who was 125th in 35:01.3, and freshman Conor Shelley (Rockville Centre, N.Y.), who was 164th in 36:02.1.
The Red Foxes finished with 455 points, just 13 points shy of 15th place, which is the best placement in school history at the meet. Iona College won the meet with 59 points.
The Red Foxes conclude their season Saturday at the ICAAAA Championships at Van Cortlandt Park. Return to Top of Page
Cross Country at NCAA Regionals
The SUNY New Paltz cross country teams competed at the NCAA Regionals hosted by SUNY Geneseo at Letchworth State Park. The women finished with 659 points for a 24th place finish and the men finished 30th with 863 points.
Kelly Dunphy led the women with a 98th place finish in 25:35. Stephanie Albinski crossed in 26:07 and Lisa Cassaro finished in a time of 26:17. First year Robert Grazier led the men with a time of 29:31. Senior Harry Sudwischer finished in 29:56 and first year Nick Avello crossed in a time of 30:21. Return to Top of Page