Susquehanna Runs To Landmark Cross Country Championship Titles
TOWSON, Md. – On the strength of two very balanced
performances the Susquehanna men's and women's cross country teams
each claimed their respective titles at the 2010 Landmark Cross
Country Championships Saturday on the campus of Goucher College in
Towson, Md. The Susquehanna men earned the title for the fourth
time in four years while the Crusader women's team claimed its
second crown after winning the title in 2008.
Though the Susquehanna men broke a streak of three-consecutive
individual winners with David Haklar and Ian Quinlan placing third
and fourth respectively the Crusaders placed all five of their
scorers in top-14 to earn 38 points for the victory. Juniata
College was second with 61 points followed by Moravian College with
70. The University of Scranton produced 100 points to place fourth,
host Goucher was fifth with 143 while the United States Merchant
Marine Academy earned 165 points for a sixth-place finish. Drew
University just edged The Catholic University of America at the
seventh and eighth spots with Drew collecting 196 and Catholic
finishing with 199.
Moravian's Matthew Lutcza was named Male Outstanding Performer
as he just edged out Goucher's Joey Negreann by slightly over three
seconds to earn the win while running a course record time on the
8K course. Lutcza ran 26:46.40 while Negreann posted a time of
26:49.80 in the closest finish in the four-year history of the
Landmark meet. Ceth Parker and Steve Schmitt of Juniata were fifth
and sixth respectively in the race and Drew's Steve Monteleone
capped the first-team All-Conference finishes by placing seventh.
Susquehanna's Brandon Mash was named Rookie of the Year after his
11th-place finish and Crusaders Head Coach Marty Owens and his
staff were voted the Coaching Staff of the Year.
In the women's race Susquehanna's Alycia Woodruff won her third
Landmark individual title in four seasons to lead the Crusaders who
placed all five runners in the top-20 to collect 51 points and earn
their second Landmark Championship. Scranton, the defending
champions, had five runners in the top-25 to collect 74 points for
a runner-up finish. The scoring was tight at third, fourth, and
fifth place with Juniata third with 85 points, Goucher fourth with
87 and Moravian fifth with 92. Catholic produced 101 points to
place sixth, USMMA was seventh with 204 and Drew rounded out the
proceedings without collecting a team score.
Woodruff broke the course record with a time of 23:04.70 over
the 6K course, besting the time she ran when she won the Landmark
meet as a freshman in 2007. She was more than 23 seconds ahead of
Goucher's Kelsey Myette who collected a second-place finish and was
also named the Landmark Rookie of the Year. Cadee Rockwell of
Moravian was third, followed by Scranton's Kathleen Druther in
fourth and defending individual champion Casey Hess of Susquehanna
in fifth. Madeleine Cronan of Catholic and Caroline Morgan of
Juniata were sixth and seventh respectively to cap the first-team
All-Conference recipients. Owens and the Susquehanna coaching staff
were recognized as the Coaching Staff of the Year for the women's
competition as well.
Landmark runners will now move on to postseason races either at
the ECAC Championships or the NCAA Regionals, held November 13 at
various campuses, where they will look to earn high team and
individual finishes and hope to qualify for the NCAA Championships.
The Landmark sent four individual runners to the NCAA Championships
last season.
2010 All-Landmark Conference Men’s Cross
Country
First Team
Name, School, Class, Hometown (High School)
Matt Lutcza, Moravian, Jr., Dingmans Ferry, Pa. (Delaware
Valley)
Joey Negreann, Goucher, Jr., Denver, Colo. (Cherry Creek)
David Haklar, Susquehanna, Sr., Coopersburg, Pa. (Southern
Lehigh)
Ian Quinlan, Susquehanna, Jr., Eagle View, Pa. (Methacton)
Ceth Parker, Juniata, Jr., Sabillasville, Md. (Catoctin)
Steve Schmitt, Juniata, Sr., New Providence, Pa. (Solanco)
Steve Monteleone, Drew, Jr., Berkeley Heights, N.J. (Governor
Livingston)
Second Team
Name, School, Class, Hometown(High School)
Mike Harahan, Susquehanna, Sr., Downington, Pa. (Downingtown
West)
Donnie Noble, Moravian, So., Souderton, Pa. (Souderton)
Jason Bohenek, Scranton, Jr., Jessup, Pa. (Holy Cross-Bishop
O’Hara)
Brandon Mash, Susquehanna, Fr., Collegeville, Pa. (Methacton)
Robert Steffen, Susquehanna, Sr., New Castle, Del. (Caravel
Academy)
Nate Alter, Juniata, Fr., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Taylor Allderice)
Pat Casterline, Scranton, Jr., Bridgewater, N.J. (Bridgewater
Raritan)
2010 All-Landmark Conference Women’s Cross
Country
First Team
Name, School, Class, Hometown (High School)
Alycia Woodruff, Susquehanna, Sr., West Chester, Pa. (West Chester
East)
Kelsey Myette, Goucher, Jr., Binghamton, N.Y. (Seton Catholic
Central)
Cadee Rockwell, Moravian, Jr., Sinking Spring, Pa. (Wilson West
Lawn)
Katherine Druther, Scranton, So., Clarks Summit, Pa. (Scranton
Preparatory)
Casey Hess, Susquehanna, Jr., Bloomsburg, Pa. (Bloomsburg
Area)
Madeleine Cronan, Catholic, Sr., Denver, Colo. (Bishop
Machebeuf)
Caroline Morgan, Juniata, So., Havertown, Pa. (Haverford
Township)
Second Team
Name, School, Class, Hometown(High School)
Lauren Smith, Susquehanna, Sr., Phillipsburg, N.J.
(Phillipsburg)
Katrina Woods, Juniata, Fr., Shirleysburg, Pa. (Mount Union)
Jessica Koenig, Juniata, Jr., Milford, Pa. (Delaware Valley)
Maria Cifone, Scranton, Sr., Staten Island, N.Y. (St. Joseph
Hill)
Camelia Mayfield, Catholic, Fr., Ashland, Ore. (Ashland)
Hadley Couraud, Goucher, So., East Lansing, Mich. (East
Lansing)
Kristina Ruggiero, Moravian, Jr., Cedar Grove, N.J. (Cedar
Grove)