Men's Individual Results | Men's Team Results | Women's Individual Results | Women's Team Results
 
Syracuse, N.Y. – Earlier this afternoon, the men's and women's cross country teams took on the rest of the conference at the Northeast-10 Cross Country Championships held at Jamesville Beach County Park, hosted by Le Moyne College. The women had a solid outing, improving five spots from last year to take second while the men slipped one spot from a year ago to fifth in the tight field.
 
Behind the strength of five runners in the top-30 and a 49 second spread, the women's squad put together a team score of 80 for runner-up honors, falling behind only Stonehill by 15 points.
 
“I am very pleased with the way the women ran today,” Head Coach Katie Rees said. “Before the race, I told them to go out, stick to the game plan, run hard and have fun and that's exactly what they did; it paid off.”
 
Elizabeth Eickelberg was the Brown and Gold's top finisher as she covered the 5k course in 19:07 which was good enough for seventh place and a spot on the All-Conference First Team.
 
Sophomore teammates Jennifer McNally and Larissa Melendez, who have consistently been the three and four runners, were the Panther's second and third finishers on the day. Separated by just six seconds, McNally registered a time of 19:15 and placed 12^th while Melendez clocked in at 19:21 and was 14^th. Each of the girls earned Second-Team All-Conference honors.
 
Senior Jacqueline Kaste slipped in the top-20 with a 19:29 performance for 19^th place and picked up the Panther's fourth and final All-Conference nod with a spot on the Third Team. Lastly, freshman Kristina Coiro rounded out the top-five with a 29^th place overall finish (28^th in scoring) with a mark of 19:55 to give the Panthers all five runners under 20 minutes. Additionally, she was the third fastest freshman in the field to finish the race.
 
“We set out for top-two and we accomplished our goal,” stated Rees. “Now we have our sights set on Regionals with the intent to earn a team spot to go to nationals!”
 
Jeptui Cherutich of AIC was the overall race winner in a time of 18:23. Southern Connecticut State, St. Rose and American International rounded out the three, four and five teams respectively.
 
The men placed two in the top-25 and five in the top-40 to string together 137 points for fifth place in the team scoring.
 
“We came in ranked fifth in the conference and that's how we finished today,” said Rees. “The men's field is very deep and extremely competitive and the regional will be just as tough, but I'm happy with the way they performed especially after not tapering.”
 
Andrew Coelho led the men once again with a sixth place finish and a spot on the All-Conference First Team. He covered the 8k course in 25:36. Junior David DeSalvo was the second Adelphi finisher, placing 22^nd with a time of 26:29, just narrowly missing All-Conference kudos by less than one second.
 
The trio of Ryan Healy, William Marois and Brendan Abrams finished in a cluster separated by three spots and three seconds. Healy was 35^th in 27:11 with Marois right on his heels in 27:12 and 12^th while Abrams rounded out the triplet with 27:14 for 38^th place.
 
“With conferences behind us, we're going to taper and get everyone ready for the Regional,” described Rees. “It's a whole new ballgame with the distance changing to 10k, and I think our guys, both veterans and rookies, will be ready to handle it. Our goals remain the same; to get a top-four finish.”
 
AIC's Michael Biwott was the overall victor with a time of 24:41. Stonehill edged out AIC for the team title by a single point, 60-61 with UMass Lowell in the hunt, checking in a third with 63 points. Bentley was fourth with 96 points.
 
The Panthers return to action on Sunday, November 4 when they compete in the NCAA East Region Championships in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Men's	Women's
Final Team Standings 1. Stonehill – 60 2. American Int'l – 61  3. UMass Lowell – 63 4. Bentley - 96 5. Adelphi – 137 6. So. Connecticut - 141 7. Saint Rose – 206 8. Merrimack – 222 9. Franklin Pierce – 242 10. Assumption – 282 11. New Haven – 375 12. Saint Michael's – 391 13. Le Moyne – 394 14. Saint Anselm – 408 15. Pace – 469 16. So. New Hampshire – 483	Final Team Standings 1. Stonehill – 65 2. Adelphi – 80 3. So. Connecticut – 124 4. Saint Rose – 136 5. American Int'l – 156 T6. UMass Lowell – 164 T6. Merrimack – 164 8. Bentley – 192 9. Saint Michael's – 197 10. Le Moyne – 273 11. Saint Anselm – 305 12. New Haven – 306 13. So. New Hampshire – 322 14. Assumption – 420 15. Franklin Pierce – 432 16. Pace – 451
Men's Athlete of the Year – Michael Biwott, American Int'l Men's Rookie of the Year – Michael Biwott, American Int'l Men's Coach of the Year – Karen Boen, Stonehill Northeast-10 Men's Cross Country First Team All-Conference Michael Biwott, American Int'l Jeff Veiga, UMass Lowell Glarius Rop, American Int'l Brian Nill, So. Connecticut Eric McDonald, UMass Lowell Andrew Coelho, Adelphi Rob Dextradeur, Bentley Northeast-10 Men's Cross Country Second Team All-Conference Bryan Wilcox, Stonehill Tim Johnson, Stonehill Joshua Perry, So. Connecticut Chris Estrella, UMass Lowell Jason Phillips, American Int'l Sean Hanlon, Stonehill Michael Amirault, Stonehill Northeast-10 Men's Cross Country Third Team All-Conference Sean Maguire, Bentley Daniel Gordon, Stonehill John Drago, Bentley Ethan Penney, Stonehill Colton Ham, Franklin Pierce Brendan Adams, UMass Lowell Jeremy Antivo, American Int'l	Women's Athlete of the Year - Jeptui Cherutich, American Int'l Women's Rookie of the Year - Kerry Phelan, Merrimack Women's Coach of the Year - Karen Boen, Stonehill Northeast-10 Women's Cross Country First Team All-Conference Jeptui Cherutich, American Int'l Tara Dooley, Bentley Courtney Dinnan, So. Connecticut Chloe Boutelle, Saint Michael's Caroline McBride, Stonehill Chelsea Bishop, Stonehill Elizabeth Eickelberg, Adelphi Northeast-10 Women's Cross Country Second Team All-Conference Alexandra Stasiuk, American Int'l MJ Ohoueu, American Int'l Kelly Walton, UMass Lowell Kelsey Grimmer, Merrimack Jennifer McNally, Adelphi Titilayo Vanriel, So. Connecticut Larissa Melendez, Adelphi Northeast-10 Women's Cross Country Third Team All-Conference Kerry Phelan, Merrimack Sarah Biggers, Stonehill Caitlin Fahey, Bentley Emily Anderson, Stonehill Jacqueline Kaste, Adelphi Brianna Venturo, Stonehill Emma Cohen, Saint Rose