2007 Men's Cross Country Pre-Season Coaches Poll
August 29, 2007
PAC Coaches Select Misericordia as Favorite in Men's Cross Country
Aston, PA – Misericordia University’s men's cross country team has been selected as the pre-season favorite in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) coaches’ poll. Misericordia, the six-time defending Conference Champion, earned six of the eight first-place votes for a total of 62 points.
"We're honored to be selected as the team to beat in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference," said second-year Misericordia University head coach Chris Wadas. "With the combination of some outstanding returnees and a solid recruiting class, we have the potential to be even better than last year."
Gwynedd-Mercy College finished second in the poll with 57 points including two first-place votes. Cabrini College earned the third slot with a total of 49 points.
Alvernia College (35), Marywood University (29), Centenary College (25), Eastern University (19), and Immaculata University (12) rounded out the voting.
Cabrini College will host the 2007 PAC Championships at Belmont Plateau in Fairmont Park on Saturday, October 27th.
2007 PAC Men's Cross Country Poll Totals
|
Points |
1st Place Votes |
| Misericordia |
62 |
6 |
| Gwynedd-Mercy |
57 |
2 |
| Cabrini |
49 |
0 |
| Alvernia |
35 |
0 |
| Marywood |
29 |
0 |
| Centenary |
25 |
0 |
| Eastern |
19 |
0 |
| Immaculata |
12 |
0 |
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Runners of the Week
October 15, 2007
Runner of the Week
Cabrini College’s Eddie Penetar (Fr, Blakely, PA / Bishop O’Hara) was named the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week ending October 14th. Penetar claimed the individual title outrunning 159 runners in a time of 26:23.48 at the 8k Cabrini Invitational. This is the fourth week Penetar received the PAC honor.
Honor Roll
Mike Wilson, Eastern University (So, Stow, OH/ Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy) finished fourth out of 159 runners in a time of 27:17 at the Cabrini Invitational.
October 1, 2007
Runner of the Week
Cabrini College’s Eddie Penetar (Fr, Blakely, PA/ Bishop O’ Hara) was named the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week ending September 30th. Penetar finished eleventh out of 270 runners in a time of 26:20 at the 8K Paul Short Invitational. This is the third straight week Penetar received the PAC honor.
September 24, 2007
Runner of the Week
Cabrini College’s Eddie Penetar (Fr, Blakely, PA/ Bishop O’ Hara) was named the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week ending September 23rd. Penetar finished fourth out of 161 runners in a time of 27:52 to lead the Cavaliers to a third place team finish at the Philadelphia Metropolitan Meet. This is the second straight week Penetar received the PAC honor.
September 17, 2007
Runner of the Week
Cabrini College’s Eddie Penetar (Fr, Blakely, PA/ Bishop O’ Hara) was named the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week ending September 16th. Penetar finished first out of 60 runners in a time of 26:47 to lead the Cavaliers to a first place team finish at the Mule/ Falcon Classic.
Honor Roll
Mike Wilson, Eastern University (So, Stow, OH/ Cuyahoga Valley Christian) finished second out of 60 runners in a time of 27:19 at the Mule/ Falcon Classic.
September 10, 2007
Runner of the Week
Eastern University’s Mike Wilson (So, Stow, OH/ Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy) was named the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week ending September 9th. Wilson finished fifth out of 152 runners in a time of 27:57 at the Delaware Valley Invitational and 3rd in a time of 27:38 at the Lebanon Valley Invitational. Wilson posted school records at both events.
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Championship Results
2007 PAC Championship | Team Results | Individual Results
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Men's Cross Country Championship
Location: Belmont Plateau, Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Host: Cabrini College
Start: Approximately 12:15pm
PAC XC Championships Men's Team Scores
TEAM SCORES -- MENS XC 8K RACE
PLACE SCHOOL INDIVIDUAL SCORES TOTAL
1 Cabrini College 1 4 6 9 11 31
2 Misericordia University 2 7 8 10 13 40
3 Gwynedd-Mercy College 5 14 15 16 17 67
4 Marywood University 20 21 26 27 29 123
5 Eastern University 3 12 33 38 40 126
6 Alvernia College 25 32 35 37 39 168
7 Immaculata College 31 36 42 44 45 198
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PAC XC Championships Men's Individual Results
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS -- MENS XC 8K RACE
DATE: 10/27/07
TIME: 12:30 PM
PLACE: PAC CHAMPIONSHIP XC MEET
DISTANCE: 8000 METERS
PLACE COMPETITOR SCHOOL TIME GRADE
1 Edward Penetar Cabrini College 27:34.47 FR
2 Mike Guest Misericordia University 28:21.93 FR
3 Mike Wilson Eastern University 28:40.05 SO
4 Justin Walsh Cabrini College 28:54.34 JR
5 R.J. Every Gwynedd-Mercy College 29:10.87 SO
6 Miguel Amaya Cabrini College 29:26.91 FR
7 Pat Noonan Misericordia University 29:38.11 FR
8 Frank Redmond Misericordia University 29:46.57 FR
9 John Solewin Cabrini College 30:00.03 FR
10 Steve Beecher Misericordia University 30:03.27 SR
11 Chris Sweeney Cabrini College 30:07.94 SR
12 Ben O'Donnell Eastern University 30:17.60 JR
13 John Peruso Misericordia University 30:20.84 SO
14 Dan Geary Gwynedd-Mercy College 30:27.32 SO
15 Tom Dolan Gwynedd-Mercy College 30:45.29 FR
16 John Watts Gwynedd-Mercy College 30:51.99 FR
17 Mike Pflueger Gwynedd-Mercy College 31:15.05 SO
18 Ralph Ricciardi Gwynedd-Mercy College 31:18.95 FR
19 Jason Robustelli Gwynedd-Mercy College 31:26.97 SO
20 Keith Makar Marywood University 31:30.49 FR
21 David Marra Marywood University 31:41.47 FR
22 Ryan Garges Misericordia University 31:48.94 SO
23 Joe Tiscott Cabrini College 32:32.66 FR
24 Pat Blaswieckzi Misericordia University 32:51.67 FR
25 Brian O'Neill Misericordia University 33:06.50 FR
26 Kevin Stackhouse Gwynedd-Mercy College 33:22.21 FR
27 Eric Garcia Alvernia College 33:51.92 JR
28 John Siddons Marywood University 34:30.10 JR
29 Ian Weatherall Marywood University 34:39.76 JR
30 Vince Mundy Neumann College Club 34:41.41 JR
31 Jack Winn Neumann College Club 34:41.79 SR
32 Brian Zarley Cabrini College 35:01.84 SO
33 Brian Eichler Gwynedd-Mercy College 35:04.31 FR
34 Brandon Redmond Cabrini College 35:55.89 FR
35 Dave Verzella Misericordia University 36:22.31 SO
36 Ronald Stiltenpole Marywood University 36:33.51 JR
37 Darrin Zignoli Marywood University 36:37.19 FR
38 Eric Royar Immaculata College 36:40.10 JR
39 Aidan Mccrossan Alvernia College 37:40.19 JR
40 Derek Lockhart Gwynedd-Mercy College 37:42.11 SO
41 Zach Rivest Eastern University 37:51.29 JR
42 Andrew Perlis Marywood University 38:33.42 FR
43 Mike Bledsoe Alvernia College 38:56.15 FR
44 Chris Mcnew Immaculata College 39:06.48 JR
45 Bryan Otruba Alvernia College 39:16.81 SR
46 Lou Palazzo Eastern University 39:33.06 SR
47 Dan Giang Cabrini College 40:20.68 JR
48 Currie Mooney Alvernia College 40:53.86 JR
49 Andrew Bradstreet Eastern University 41:20.94 SR
50 Dave Matkowski Neumann College Club 41:42.58 SO
51 Anthony Lazzaro Eastern University 43:09.64 SO
52 Matt Riffe Immaculata College 45:40.24 SO
53 Chris Hannon Eastern University 46:47.69 JR
54 Mike Barcellona Centenary College 47:11.86 SR
55 Nick Kakolowski Eastern University 47:13.89 SR
56 Geoff Lorentz Immaculata College 51:25.72 SO
57 Robert Blair Immaculata College 51:26.22 JR
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