ABINGTON, Pa. – The SUNY Cobleskill
women’s cross country team won its fourth straight North
Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) women’s cross country
championship, which was hosted by Penn State Abington at Lorimer
Park in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., on Saturday. The Fighting
Tigers won with a team score of 34 points and saw their five top
runners finish in the top 12.
Penn State Berks came in second place with a team score of 49,
while Wells College came in third for the second straight year with
81 points. Rounding out the top five team finishes were
Morrisville State College (107) and Penn State Abington
(156). The rest of the field finished as follows: Cazenovia
College (6th, 176 points); Keuka College
(7th, 181 points); Gallaudet University (8th,
204 points); Lancaster Bible College (9th, 220 points);
Penn State Harrisburg (10th, 284); College of Saint
Elizabeth (11th, 287); and SUNY Institute of Technology
(12th, 300 points).
Individually, Wells College sophomore Emily Middlebrook
(Newark, N.Y.) was the first-place finisher for the second
straight year with a time of 21:52 at the 5-kilometer course en
route to being named the NEAC Runner of the Year for the second
consecutive year. Middlebrook won two NEAC Student-Athlete of
the Week awards during the season.
Penn State Berks freshman Laura Keller
(Pipersville, Pa.) was
honored as the NEAC Rookie of the Year after being the first rookie
runner to cross the finish line at the championship event.
The award capped off a stellar year for Keller, as she was the top
Berks finisher at all seven of the races the Nittany Lions competed
in.
SUNY Cobleskill’s Mitch Tomaszkiewicz was
voted by his peers as the NEAC Coach of the Year after guiding the
Fighting Tigers to four top-five finishes on the season.
Below are the NEAC All-Conference First Team, Second Team and
Third Team selections, which were chosen based on finish times at
the championship race.
All-Conference Team
Selections
|
|
Name
|
College
|
Year
|
Time
|
Hometown
|
|
First Team All-Conference
|
|
|
Emily Middlebrook
|
Wells College
|
So.
|
21:52
|
Newark, N.Y.
|
|
|
Rebekah Johnson
|
SUNY Cobleskill
|
So.
|
21:55
|
Amsterdam, N.Y.
|
|
|
Laura Keller
|
Penn State Berks
|
Fr.
|
22:18
|
Pipersville, Pa.
|
|
|
Samantha Moade
|
SUNY Cobleskill
|
Jr.
|
22:27
|
DeRuyter, N.Y.
|
|
|
Amanda Hunt
|
Morrisville State College
|
So.
|
23:00
|
Tunkhannock, Pa.
|
|
|
Kies Orr
|
SUNY Cobleskill
|
Fr.
|
23:10
|
Thompson, Conn.
|
|
|
Paige Lechner
|
Penn State Berks
|
So.
|
23:40
|
Louisville, Ky.
|
|
Second Team All-Conference
|
|
|
Mariah Bryan
|
Penn State Berks
|
So.
|
23:53
|
Ventura, Calif.
|
|
|
Celine Eppolito
|
Morrisville State College
|
Fr.
|
23:54
|
North Collins, N.Y.
|
|
|
Megan Jenney
|
SUNY Cobleskill
|
Fr.
|
24:00
|
Troy, N.Y.
|
|
|
Jessica Weiss
|
Penn State Berks
|
Fr.
|
24:24
|
Collegeville, Pa.
|
|
|
Alyssa Alex
|
SUNY Cobleskill
|
Fr.
|
24:26
|
Pattersonville, N.Y.
|
|
|
Gina Montgomery
|
Penn State Abington
|
Fr.
|
24:34
|
Philadelphia, Pa.
|
|
|
Kristen Nicolais
|
Cazenovia College
|
Jr.
|
24:38
|
Mahopac, NY
|
|
Third Team All-Conference
|
|
|
Brienne Goodson
|
Wells College
|
Sr.
|
24:50
|
Deansboro, N.Y.
|
|
|
Evelia Hehir
|
Morrisville State College
|
Fr.
|
25:00
|
Washingtonville, N.Y.
|
|
|
Kara O’Connor
|
SUNY Cobleskill
|
Jr.
|
25:07
|
Easthampton, Mass.
|
|
|
Katie Lamanna
|
Wells College
|
Fr.
|
25:14
|
Constableville, N.Y.
|
|
|
Elizabeth Gorman
|
Keuka College
|
Sr.
|
25:20
|
Waverly, N.Y.
|
|
|
Lisa Brown
|
Penn State Berks
|
Fr.
|
25:25
|
Fleetwood, Pa.
|
|
|
Victoria Kodak
|
SUNY Cobleskill
|
Sr.
|
25:31
|
Wappinger Falls, N.Y.
|
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The North Eastern Athletic Conference has thirteen NCAA
Division III member institutions which include: Cazenovia College,
College of St. Elizabeth, Gallaudet University, Keuka College,
Lancaster Bible 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 are: Hilbert College (M
Lacrosse), Medaille College (M&W Lacrosse) and Rutgers
University - Camden (M Golf & M Tennis). The North
Eastern Athletic Conference has partnered with the North Atlantic
Conference in the sports of men’s and women’s
tennis.