Cross Country Headed to the Northeast Conference Championships on Saturday

OFFICIAL NEC CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS WEBSITE

MOUNT ST. MARY'S CROSS COUNTRY
Northeast Conference Championships
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Holmdel Park, Holmdel, N.J.

Men's Race (5 Miles):  10:00 a.m.
Women's Race (5K):  11:15 a.m.

Results: Will be available at www.northeastconference.org and www.mountathletics.com following the race.

MOUNT UPDATE:  Dylan Bernard finished in sixth place to lead the Mount St. Mary's men's cross country team to a second-place finish at the Blue Hen Invitational hosted by the University of Delaware on October 15.  The women's team finished in third place behind Megan Kinsella's 11th-place finish. 

Bernard finished the 8-kilometer course in 27:01.40 to pace the Mountaineers at the meet, finishing in sixth place overall.  The Mount had five runners finish in the top 20 as Chris Swisko (14th, 28:14.73), George Martinez (17th, 28:26.22), Kevin Pitts (17th, 28:31.77) and Tommy Gruschow (20th, 28:46.56) rounded out the top five. 

Kinsella finished the 6-kilometer course in a time of 24:46.66 (11th overall) to lead the Mount women, just ahead of McKenzie Doyle, who was 13th with a mark 24:55.54.

Colleen Smith (20th, 25:35.67), Megan Schott (32nd, 26:21.29) and Kathryn Franke (34th, 26:24.19) rounded out the Mount's top five runners at the meet.

LAST YEAR AT THE NEC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Dylan Bernard finished in sixth-place to earn All-Northeast Conference honors for the third-straight season to lead the Mount St. Mary's men's team to a seventh-place finish at the 2010 NEC Championships. Megan Kinsella finished in 13^th place to earn All-NEC for the second-straight year as the Mount women finished in seventh place.

Bernard finished the 8-kilometer course with a time of 25:53.9 to top the Mount's top five runners. Sophomores Chris Swisko (37^th, 27:07.4) and Sean Caskey (39^th, 27:12.6) were the next two finishers. Jesse Albright (63^rd) and Vinnie Cherry (68^th) rounded out the top five for the Mountaineers.

Kinsella finished the five-kilometer course with a time of 18:27.1 to lead the Mountaineer women. Freshman Desiree Scott was 25^th overall with a time of 18:59.2 while sophomore Colleen Smith was 31^st with a mark of 19:02.7. Kathryn Franke was the Mount's fourth-best finisher at 19:14.5 (38^th) while Stephanie Joson was 40^th with a time of 19:20.5 to round out the Mount's top five.

MOUNT HISTORY AT THE NEC CHAMPIONSHIPS: The Mount has had a storied history at the NEC Championships since joining the league in 1988-89. The men's team won the title four consecutive seasons (1995-98) while the women's team won the title in 1991 in addition to a three-year run from 1994-96. 

MOUNT INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
Men's Team
Kip Cheruiyot (1989)
Bernard Kitur (1994, 1995)
Daniel Kinyua (1997, 1998)

Women's Team
Nadine Jamerson (1992)
Rebeccah Wassner (1994, 1996)
Robin Kloster (1995)
Jessica Totaro (1997)

OTHER AWARD WINNERS
Men's Coach of the Year
Mike Merritt (1995-98)

Women's Coach of the Year
Mike Merritt (1994, 1996)

Men's Freshman of the Year
Dan Shaffer (1996)
Cleophus Koros (2002)
Matt Logie (2005)

Women's Freshman of the Year
Megan Kinsella (2009)
Leah Pfeiffer (1998)

Men's All-Conference Selections
Bernard Kitur (1993, 1994, 1995)
Shawn McElhaugh (1994, 1995)
Richard Bush (1995)
Brian Rosenberg (1995, 1996, 1997)
Aaron Price (1996, 1997)
Dan Shaffer (1996, 1998)
Ryan Walsh (1996)
Daniel Kinyua (1997, 1998)
Tim Kitching (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
Shawn Day (2001)
Cleophus Koros (2002)
Zach Emerson (2006, 2007, 2008)
Matt Logie (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Dylan Bernard (2008, 2009, 2010)
Kyle Ryan (2008)

Women's All-Conference Selections
Rebecca Wassner (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996)
Amy Linson (1993)
Sarah Johnson (1993)
Robin Kloster (1994, 1995, 1996)
Stella Cinoa (1994)
Heather Moul (1994, 1995, 1996)
Amy DeBor (1995, 1996, 1997)
Jess Totaro (1995, 1996, 1997)
Farrah Ryan (1995)
Lisa Prey (1996)
Sheila Valentine (1996)
Stacy Valentine (1996)
Stacy Stoner (1997)
Sarah Wassner (1997)
Leah Pfeiffer (1998)
Kari McCarty (2001)
Brittany McCann (2003, 2005)
Terri Gibbons (2004)
Megan Kinsella (2009, 2010)

UP NEXT:  The Mount returns to action Saturday, Nov. 12, at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships held in Princess Anne, Md.