2008 NORTHEAST-10 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP

October 25, 2008

Host: SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE

Women's Course         Men's Course


UMass Lowell Men's and Women's Cross Country Sweeps Northeast-10 Championship Titles

 

Final Women's Team Results      Final Women's Individual Results

 

Final Men's Team Results      Final Men's Individual Results



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Colchester, Vt. – The University of Massachusetts Lowell claimed both the men's and women's team championship titles at the annual Northeast-10 Cross Country Championships hosted by Saint Michael's College.

Senior Ruben Sanca (Boston, Mass.) helped lead the Riverhawks to the team title as he claimed the men’s individual championship with a time of 24:33 in the eight-kilometer race, while on the women's side Bentley senior Melissa Nash (Marshfield, Mass.) claimed the individual championship with a time of 18:19 in the five-kilometer race. Both Sanca and Nash were runner-ups in last year’s championship.

The UMass Lowell men claimed their third straight Northeast-10 Team Championship with 31 points, besting second-place Stonehill College by 21 points. The Skyhawks finished with 52. Southern Connecticut State University took third place with 64 points, while Merrimack College followed in fourth with 139 points. The College of Saint Rose rounded out the top- five team finishes with 145 points.

On the women’s side, UMass Lowell edged out Stonehill by a slight margin (46-51) to claim the team championship. Saint Rose took third place with 98 points while Bentley (154) and Le Moyne (178) rounded out the top five respectively.

Individually, Stonehill’s Kevin Gill (Brockton, Mass.) finished second behind Sanca with a time of 25:04, while Southern Connecticut’s Chris Croff (Lisbon, Conn.) finished third with a time of 25:12. UMass Lowell’s Rex Radloff (Dedham, Mass.) (25:21) and Angus MacDonald (Metheun, Mass.) (25:23) each finished fourth and fifth respectively.

In the women’s race, UMass Lowell’s Christina DaLomba (Marston Mills, Mass.) finished with a time of 18:30 to take home a second-place finish just ahead of teammate Sarah Brassard (Oxford, Mass.) who finished at 18:38. Stonehill freshman Jill Alves (Whitman, Mass.) finished fourth with a time of 18:42, while sophomore Lyra Clark (Nashua, N.H.) from UMass Lowell rounded out the top five with a time of 18:45.

With 15 member institutions the Northeast-10 is the second largest NCAA Division II athletic conference in the nation. Its 23 championship sports provide athletic opportunities for over 5,500 student-athletes, the largest such program of any Division II conference.

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2008 Cross Country Championship All Conference Teams


Women’s First-Team All Conference
Jill Alves, Stonehill
Sarah Brassard, UMass Lowell
Lyra Clark, UMass Lowell
Kristina Coriaty, Stonehill
Christina DaLomba, UMass Lowell
Gina Micaroni, Le Moyne
Melissa Nash, Bentley

Women’s Second-Team All Conference
Laura Brustolon, Southern Connecticut
Haley Catarius, UMass Lowell
Mary Lynn Denholm, Saint Michael’s
Jenny Gardynski, Stonehill
Kelsey Ryan, Le Moyne
Ashley Sarris, Merrimack
Amanda Tripodi, Stonehill

Women’s Third-Team All Conference
Melissa Bredice, Saint Rose
Ashley Jackman, Saint Rose
Meaghan Lucie, Saint Rose
Kristen Mahoney, Stonehill
Susan O’Connell, Stonehill
Kelley O’Toole, Stonehill
Joanne Smith, Saint Rose

Men’s First-Team All Conference
Josh Andrews, Stonehill
Chris Croff, Southern Connecticut
John Fennekohl, Southern Connecticut
Kevin Gill, Stonehill
Angus MacDonald, UMass Lowell
Rex Radloff, UMass Lowell
Ruben Sanca, UMass Lowell

Men’s Second-Team All Conference
Jason DeDanato, UMass Lowell
Jacob Edwards, Southern Connecticut
Adam Holmes, Merrimack
Jack Kilcommons, UMass Lowell
Matt Meagher, Stonehill
Carlos Montrond, UMass Lowell
Dan Pilz, Stonehill

Men’s Third-Team All Conference
Eric McDonald, UMass Lowell
Brian Mulwo, American International
Steve Polito, Stonehill
Ben Rumery, Stonehill
Nicholas Santoro, Merrimack
Jeffrey Veiga, UMass Lowell
Jefferson Welch, Merrimack

 


 

Saint Michael's Set to Host 2008 Northeast-10

Cross Country Championship


South Easton, Mass. – The Northeast-10 Conference will host its annual cross country championship this Saturday, October 25 on the campus of Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vt. The championship is set to begin at 10 a.m. with the women’s five-kilometer race followed by the men’s eight-kilometer race at 11 a.m. as 15 schools will be competing for this year’s championship.

The University of Massachusetts Lowell and Stonehill College won a share of the men’s team title last year, while the Stonehill women earned their seventh team title in eight years.

On the women’s side, four of the top five finishers from last year will be back and ready to compete for the individual championship. Nicole Radzik, last year’s champion, has since graduated which leaves the door wide open for this year’s field. Bentley University’s Melissa Nash (Marshfield, Mass.) finished second last year with a time of 18:40.9 just ahead of Stonehill’s Kristina Coriaty (Brockton, Mass.) at 18:46.6. UMass Lowell’s Christina DaLomba (Marstons Mill, Mass.) and Lyra Clark (Nashua, N.H.), last year’s top freshman finisher, each finished fourth and fifth respectively.

Last year UMass Lowell’s Stephen DeWitt clocked in with the top men’s time claiming the individual title with a time of 25:07.1. DeWitt has since graduated, which leaves the men’s title up for grabs this year. DeWitt’s teammate Ruben Sanca (Boston, Mass.) finished second last year (25:21.7) and is currently coming off a second-place performance at this year’s New England Championships with a time of 24:36. Sanca is the only top-five finisher from last year that will compete in this year’s championship.

Stonehill’s Kevin Gill (Brockton, Mass.), last year’s top freshman finisher, will also compete and vie for the individual championship along with Le Moyne’s Jake McAndrew (Oswego, N.Y.) who finished eighth and Southern Connecticut’s Joseph Poulsen (Oxford, Conn.) who followed with a ninth place finish a year ago.

For more information on the 2008 Northeast-10 Cross Country Championship visit the NE-10 website at www.northeast10.org.



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