ABINGTON, Pa. – The SUNY Cobleskill
men’s cross country team captured its second straight North
Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) cross country championship,
which was hosted by Penn State Abington at Lorimer Park in
Huntingdon Valley, Pa., on Saturday. It is the fourth title
in five years for the Fighting Tigers.
SUNY Cobleskill won the event with a team score of 52 points,
edging out Morrisville State College by two points as the Mustangs
finished with a team score of 54. SUNY Institute of
Technology came in third with 70 points, while Penn State Berks
finished in fourth with 112 points and Wells took fifth place with
156 points. Rounding out the rest of the 11-team field was:
Penn State Abington (6th, 164 points); Penn State
Harrisburg (7th, 169 points); Gallaudet University
(8th, 196 points); Keuka College (9th, 216
points); Lancaster Bible College (10th, 251 points); and
Cazenovia (11th, Did not have enough runners to qualify
for a team finish).
Host Penn State Abington swept the individual awards, as
freshman Alexander Kane (Doylestown,
Pa.) was the first runner to cross the finish line
of the 8-kilometer course at 29:05 en route to being named both the
NEAC Runner of the Year and NEAC Rookie of the Year. Kane won
three NEAC Student-Athlete of the Week awards on the season.
Penn State Abington’s Jose Rodriguez was
selected by his peers as the NEAC Coach of the Year after guiding
the Nittany Lions to a pair of first-place finishes and five
top-five finishes overall 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
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Name
|
College
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Year
|
Time
|
Hometown
|
|
First Team All-Conference
|
|
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Alexander Kane
|
Penn State Abington
|
Fr.
|
29:05
|
Doylestown, Pa.
|
|
|
Geoffrey Hall
|
SUNY Cobleskill
|
Jr.
|
29:20
|
Van Etten, N.Y.
|
|
|
Austin Townsley
|
Morrisville State College
|
Sr.
|
29:36
|
Horseheads, NY
|
|
|
C.J. Sousis
|
SUNY Cobleskill
|
So.
|
29:40
|
Troy, N.Y
|
|
|
Dylan Parry
|
SUNY Institute of Technology
|
Jr.
|
29:48
|
Voorheesville, N.Y
|
|
|
Derek Struck
|
SUNY Institute of Technology
|
Fr.
|
29:51
|
Knox, N.Y.
|
|
|
Brayden Shumski
|
Wells College
|
Sr.
|
29:53
|
Everett, Wash.
|
|
Second Team All-Conference
|
|
|
Ben Sargrad
|
Morrisville State College
|
Jr.
|
29:54
|
Manlius, NY
|
|
|
Dan Fields
|
SUNY Cobleskill
|
Fr.
|
30:14
|
Lebanon, Conn.
|
|
|
Cody Russell
|
SUNY Institute of Technology
|
So.
|
30:26
|
Fonda, N.Y
|
|
|
Anthony Ostuni
|
Morrisville State College
|
Fr.
|
30:28
|
Liverpool, N.Y
|
|
|
Shawn Okula
|
Morrisville State College
|
So.
|
30:37
|
Medford, N.Y.
|
|
|
Alex Close
|
Gallaudet University
|
Fr.
|
30:41
|
Tallahassee, Fla.
|
|
|
Connor McLaughlin
|
Penn State Berks
|
So.
|
30:57
|
Coatesville, Pa.
|
|
Third Team All-Conference
|
|
|
Connor Henry
|
Penn State Berks
|
Fr.
|
31:01
|
Easton, Pa.
|
|
|
Josh Miller
|
SUNY Cobleskill
|
Jr.
|
31:04
|
Walkersville, Md.
|
|
|
Nathaniel Wilson
|
Penn State Abington
|
Jr.
|
31:04
|
Antioch, Calif.
|
|
|
Sean Reynolds
|
SUNY Institute of Technology
|
Fr.
|
31:23
|
East Berne, N.Y.
|
|
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Matt Martino
|
Penn State Berks
|
So.
|
31:23
|
Saylorsburg, Pa.
|
|
|
Austin Hirsch
|
Morrisville State College
|
Fr.
|
31:34
|
Morrisville, N.Y.
|
|
|
Zack Dockstader
|
SUNY Cobleskill
|
Jr.
|
31:36
|
Edmeston, 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.