2008 Men's Cross Country Pre-Season Coaches' Poll
August 25, 2008
CSAC Coaches Select Cavaliers as Men’s Cross Country Pre-Season Favorite
Aston, Pa. –
Cabrini College’s Men’s Cross Country team has been selected as the pre-season favorite in the
Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) coaches’ poll. The 2007 conference champion received five of nine possible first-place votes for a total of 77 points, finishing ahead of
Gwynedd-Mercy College.
“I’m surprised that we’d be given this honor because we’ve lost two of our top five runners,” said Cavalier
Head Coach Tom O’Hora. “I hope this will give our younger team members the impetus to perform well. We are certainly flattered to be named the pre-season favorite and we look forward to living up to those expectations.”
Gwynedd-Mercy College earned a total of 71 points for a strong second.
Keystone College was selected third with 60 points.
Marywood University (50),
Baptist Bible College (38),
Philadelphia Biblical University (32),
Neumann College (30),
Immaculata University (24) and
Centenary College (23) rounded out the voting.
The 2008
CSAC Championship Race will be held on Saturday, November 1, 2008 in Allentown, Pa.
| School |
Points (1st Place Votes) |
| Cabrini |
77 (5) |
| Gwynedd-Mercy College |
71 (2) |
| Keystone College |
60 (2) |
| Marywood University |
50 |
| Baptist Bible College |
38 |
| Philadelphia Biblical University |
32 |
| Neumann College |
30 |
| Immaculata University |
24 |
| Centenary College |
23 |
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2008 Men's Cross Country All-CSAC Awards
Champion: Gwynedd-Mercy College
Runner-Up: Keystone College
Coach of the Year: Mike Werner, Gwynedd-Mercy College
First Team All-Conference:
Eddie Penetar, Cabrini College
Bear Maloney, Keystone College
John Watts, Gwynedd-Mercy College
R.J. Every, Gwynedd-Mercy College
Kevin Ryan, Keystone College
Eric Shotto, Keystone College
Brendan Sharp, Gwynedd-Mercy College
Second Team All-Conference:
Justin Walsh, Cabrini College
Dan Geary, Gwynedd-Mercy College
Matthew VanDenHengel, Gwynedd-Mercy College
Chris Berg, Keystone College
Mike Candy, Philadelphia Biblical University
Rob Ahrens, Baptist Bible College
Tim Nowakowski, Keystone College
CSAC Sportsmanship Award Recipients:
Rob Ahrens, Baptist Bible College
Eddie Penetar, Cabrini College
JJ Mitchell, Centenary College
Brian Eichler, Gwynedd-Mercy College
Kevin Moore, Immaculata University
Jeff Bachak, Keystone College
Mike O’Neill, Marywood University
Samir Loftin, Neumann College
Kyle Fosbenner, Philadelphia Biblical University
2008 Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week
October 20, 2008
Cabrini College’s
Eddie Penetar (So., Blakely, Pa. / Bishop O’Hara) was named the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week ending October 19th. With a 6K time of 19:09.14,
Penetar finished first out of 140 runners at the Collegiate Track Championship at Stockton College, leading the
Cavaliers to an eighth place finish.
October 13, 2008
Gwynedd-Mercy College’s
R.J. Every (Sr., Harleysville, Pa./Lansdale Catholic) was named the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week ending October 12th. With an 8K time of 28:09.78,
Every finished first out of 74 runners at the Gwynedd-Mercy College Invitational, breaking the course record and helping the
Griffin’s capture the team title.
Honor Roll
Justin Walsh, Cabrini College (Sr., Malvern, Pa./Devon Prep) finished 14
th out of 172 runners in a time of 27:18.50, leading the
Cavalier’s Men’s Cross Country team at the Cabrini Invitational.
October 6, 2008
Cabrini College’s
Eddie Penetar (So., Blakely, Pa./Bishop O’Hara) was named the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week ending October 5th. With an 8K time of 25:51,
Penetar finished seventh out of 270 runners at the Paul Short Invitational, helping the
Cavaliers to finish 28
th out of 42 teams.
Honor Roll
Kevin Ryan, Keystone College (Fr., Ringwood, NJ/PCTI), finished 37
th out of 270 runners at the Paul Short Invitational with a time of 26:55, helping the
Giants to an 11
th place finish
.
R.J. Every, Gwynedd-Mercy College (Sr., Harleysville, Pa./Lansdale Catholic) finished 3
rd out of 96 runners, with a time of 28:00.5, at the Goldey-Beacom Invitational, helping the
Griffins to a first place finish.
September 29, 2008
Cabrini College’s
Eddie Penetar (So., Blakely, Pa./Bishop O’Hara) was named the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week ending September 28th. With a time of 26:52.24,
Penetar finished in second place behind a Division II Philadelphia University runner, helping his team to finish 9th out of 19 teams.
September 22, 2008
Cabrini College’s
Eddie Penetar (So., Blakely, Pa./Bishop O’Hara) was named the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week ending September 21st. With a time of 25:47,
Penetar captured his third individual first-place crown of 2008 at the Philly Metro Meet.
Honor Roll
Kevin Ryan, Keystone College (Fr., Ringwood, NJ/PCTI) placed 6
th out of 103 runners, with a time of 27:06, at the Cougar Classic at Misericordia University.
September 15, 2008
Cabrini College’s
Eddie Penetar (So., Blakely, Pa./Bishop O’Hara) was named the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week ending September 14th. With a time of 26:54,
Penetar captured his second individual first-place crown of 2008 at the Mule-Falcon Classic.
Honor Roll
R.J. Every, Gwynedd-Mercy College (Jr., Hatfield, Pa./Lansdale Catholic) placed 28
th out of 131 runners, with a time of 27:43, at the Waynesburg College Invite.
September 8, 2008
Keystone College’s
Kevin Ryan (Fr., Ringwood, NJ/PCTI) was named the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week ending September 7th. In his first collegiate race,
Ryan finished first out of 52 runners at the Keystone College Invitational with a time of 30:15, 19 seconds ahead of the second place finisher.
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2008 Men's Cross Country CSAC Championship
The CSAC Men's Cross Country Championship was held today, with
Gwynedd-Mercy College outrunning the competition to win the conference title.
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM RESULTS
| Place |
Team |
Score |
| 1 |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
33 |
| 2 |
Keystone |
38 |
| 3 |
Cabrini |
106 |
| 4 |
Marywood |
115 |
| 5 |
Baptist Bible |
120 |
| 6 |
Philadelphia Biblical |
127 |
| 7 |
Centenary |
194 |
| 8 |
Immaculata |
227 |
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
| Place |
Name |
School |
Time |
| 1 |
Penetar, Eddie |
Cabrini |
26:30.5 |
| 2 |
Maloney, Bear |
Keystone |
27:09.0 |
| 3 |
Watts, John |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
27:23.5 |
| 4 |
Every, R.J. |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
27:32.4 |
| 5 |
Ryan, Kevin |
Keystone |
27:52.2 |
| 6 |
Shotto, Eric |
Keystone |
28:02.2 |
| 7 |
Sharp, Brendan |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
28:15.5 |
| 8 |
Walsh, Justin |
Carbini |
28:20.0 |
| 9 |
Geary, Dan |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
28:26.8 |
| 10 |
VanDenHengel, Matthew |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
28:27.8 |
| 11 |
Berg, Chris |
Keystone |
28:28.3 |
| 12 |
Candy, Mike |
Philadelphia Biblical |
28:34.7 |
| 13 |
Ahrens, Rob |
Baptist bible |
28:37.8 |
| 14 |
Nowakowski, Tim |
Keystone |
28:39.3 |
| 15 |
Clancy, Richard |
Keystone |
28:39.3 |
| 16 |
Booth, Robert |
Keystone |
29:07.4 |
| 17 |
Bachak, Jeff |
Keystone |
29:29.7 |
| 18 |
Dunphy, Brian |
Centenary |
29:32.0 |
| 19 |
Kosheim, Aaron |
Baptist Bible |
29:39.3 |
| 20 |
Toye, Dan |
Keystone |
29:41.1 |
| 21 |
Carlucci, Lenny |
Keystone |
29:51.4 |
| 22 |
Triana, Christian |
Marywood |
29:52.3 |
| 23 |
Makar, Keith |
Marywood |
29:55.4 |
| 24 |
Koneski, Tad |
Keystone |
29:57.8 |
| 25 |
Ricciard, Ralph |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
29:59.2 |
| 26 |
Marra, David |
Marywood |
30:05.2 |
| 27 |
Hoffman, David |
Keystone |
30:07.1 |
| 28 |
Schock, Ian |
Philadelphia Biblical |
30:10.1 |
| 29 |
Wellman, Kevin |
Cabrini |
30:25.0 |
| 30 |
O’Neil, Mike |
Marywood |
30:25.6 |
| 31 |
Robustelli, Jason |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
30:32.8 |
| 32 |
Noonan, Geoffrey |
Keystone |
30:52.7 |
| 33 |
Jones, Kevin |
Philadelphia Biblical |
31:19.5 |
| 34 |
Marcouillier, Joseph |
Baptist Bible |
31.27.1 |
| 35 |
Siddons, John |
Marywood |
31.29.8 |
| 36 |
Tingler, Joshua |
Baptist Bible |
31.30.3 |
| 37 |
Ziegler, Mark |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
31.30.8 |
| 38 |
Stackhouse, Kevin |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
31.48.5 |
| 39 |
Eichler, Brian |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
31.48.9 |
| 40 |
Calvert, Travis |
Keystone |
31.57.0 |
| 41 |
Whalen, Brian |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
32.19.2 |
| 42 |
Pambianco, Luke |
Keystone |
32.19.4 |
| 43 |
Brown, Brett |
Baptist Bible |
32.30.3 |
| 44 |
Fosbenner, Kyle |
Philadelphia Biblical |
32.40.5 |
| 45 |
Walters, Matthew |
Philadelphia Biblical |
32.43.7 |
| 46 |
McQuade, Ed |
Cabrini |
32.51.8 |
| 47 |
Knott, Zachary |
Keystone |
33.00.0 |
| 48 |
Bucko, Andrew |
Neumann |
33.29.5 |
| 49 |
Huntington, Kurt |
Baptist Bible |
33.32.4 |
| 50 |
Reid, Brice |
Marywood |
33.36.3 |
| 51 |
Moore, Kevin |
Immaculata |
33.40.7 |
| 52 |
Singleton, Joe |
Centenary |
33.43.3 |
| 53 |
Solewin, John |
Cabrini |
33.52.5 |
| 54 |
Ordway, David |
Baptist Bible |
33.52.8 |
| 55 |
Darroch, Ryan |
Keystone |
34.01.7 |
| 56 |
Bodnar, Robert |
Keystone |
34.26.1 |
| 57 |
Hawn, Jared |
Baptist Bible |
35.12.8 |
| 58 |
Pezzner, Josh |
Neumann |
35.31.9 |
| 59 |
Respoli, Frank |
Cabrini |
35.35.0 |
| 60 |
Pane, Nick |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
35.37.8 |
| 61 |
Orndorff, Patrick |
Philadelphia Biblical |
36.55.5 |
| 62 |
Lewis, Rich |
Neumann |
37.37.5 |
| 63 |
Stitenpole, RJ |
Marywood |
37.50.1 |
| 64 |
Davis, Thomas |
Baptist Bible |
39.11.5 |
| 65 |
Kowaleski, Gary |
Centenary |
39.44.3 |
| 66 |
Steward, Brian |
Centenary |
39.51.9 |
| 67 |
Barnello, Jim |
Immaculata |
41.20.2 |
| 68 |
Riffe, Matt |
Immaculata |
43.58.6 |
| 69 |
Down, Dan |
Immaculata |
46.38.0 |
| 70 |
Emenecker, Jim |
Immaculata |
46.41.3 |
| 71 |
Hoagland, Erik |
Centenary |
46.56.2 |
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