Men's Cross Country 10/29/2011 12:00:00 AM

North Eastern Athletic Conference Men’s Cross Country Championships and All-Conference Selections

GANSEVOORT, N.Y. – The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) concluded its men’s cross country season with its conference championship held at SUNY Cobleskill (Cobleskill, N.Y.) today. Host SUNY Cobleskill captured its third title in four years with a team score of 24.

SUNY Institute of Technology, last year’s champion, finished in second place with a team score of 44, while Morrisville State College came in third with 81 points. The rest of the team finishes were as follows: Penn State Berks (4^th, 145 points), Keuka College (5^th, 147 points), Wells College (6^th, 165 points), Penn State Abington (7^th, 168 points), Lancaster Bible College (8^th, 209 points), Penn State Harrisburg (9^th, 244 points) and Gallaudet University (10^th, 255 points).

Individually, SUNY Cobleskill sophomore Conor Cashin (Albany, N.Y.) took home first place with a time of 28:27 at the 8K course and won his second straight NEAC Runner of the Year award for his efforts. Cashin, a two-time NEAC Student-Athlete of the Week winner, was also named to the All-Conference First Team. Morrisville State freshman Greg Jonsmeyer (West Hurley, N.Y.) was named the NEAC's inaugural Rookie of the Year after being the first rookie to cross the finish line, while also earning All-Conference first team honors.

SUNY Cobleskill’s Mitch Tomaszkiewicz received the NEAC Coach of the Year honors after two first-place finishes and five top-five finishes on the season.

Below are the NEAC All-Conference First Team, Second Team and Third Team selections.

All-Conference Team Selections

#	Name	College	Year	Time	Hometown
First Team All-Conference
	Conor Cashin	SUNY Cobleskill	So.	28:27	Albany, N.Y.
	Geoffrey Hall	SUNY Cobleskill	So.	28:47	Van Etten, N.Y.
	Robert Doss	SUNY Institute of Technology	Sr.	29:01	Chittenango, N.Y.
	Josh Miller	SUNY Cobleskill	So.	29:33	Walkersville, Md.
	Greg Johnsmeyer	Morrisville State College	Fr.	29:44	West Hurley, N.Y.
	Chris Wicks	SUNY Institute of Technology	So.	29:50	Baldwinsville, N.Y.
	Brayden Shumski	Wells College	Jr.	30:00	Everett, Wash.
Second Team All-Conference
	Brendan Connor	SUNY Cobleskill	Fr.	30:09	Hudson, N.Y.
	C.J. Sousis	SUNY Cobleskill	Fr.	30:19	Troy, N.Y.
	Steve Gagnier	SUNY Institute of Technology	Sr.	30:42	Croghan, N.Y.
	Dylan Parry	SUNY Institute of Technology	So.	30:48	Voorheesville, N.Y.
	Zach Dockstader	SUNY Cobleskill	So.	30:50	Edmeston, N.Y.
	Ben Sargrad	Morrisville State College	So.	30:51	Manlius, N.Y.
	Cody Russell	SUNY Institute of Technology	Fr.	31:04	Fonda, N.Y.
Third Team All-Conference
	Lee Bottoni	Keuka College	Fr.	31:05	Prattsburgh, N.Y.
	Dakota Nelson	Morrisville State College	Fr.	31:19	Smyrna, N.Y.
	Nathaniel Wilson	Penn State – Abington	So.	31:30	Antioch, Calif.
	Nicholas Volpe	Penn State – Abington	Fr.	31:34	Southampton, Pa.
	Sam Miller	Lancaster Bible College	Jr.	31:48	Reading, Pa.
	Michael Fitzgerald	SUNY Cobleskill	Fr.	31:50	Washingtonville, N.Y.
	Austin Barlow	Penn State – Berks	Fr.	31:59	Easton, Pa.

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The North Eastern Athletic Conference has twelve NCAA Division III member institutions which include: Cazenovia College, College of St. Elizabeth, Gallaudet University, Keuka College, Pennsylvania State University – Abington, Pennsylvania State University – Berks, Pennsylvania State University – Harrisburg, SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY Institute of Technology, SUNY - Morrisville State College, Wells College, and Wilson College. Associate members include: Medaille College and Rutgers University – Camden. The NEAC has partnered with the North Atlantic Conference in the sports of baseball, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s tennis. For more information, visit us at: www.neacsports.com or call the NEAC Commissioner’s Office at (518) 320-7354.