TOWSON, Md. - The Landmark Conference announced its 2022 Men's Cross Country awards Tuesday afternoon.
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Performer of the Year - Shane Houghton (Moravian University)
Rookie of the Year - Angel Perez (University of Scranton)
Coaching Staff of the Year - Moravian University (Jesse Baumann)
Performer of the Year is awarded to the individual champion, while Rookie of the Year is awarded to the top individual finisher who is participating in their first year of intercollegiate competition. Coaching Staff of the Year is voted on by the league's head coaches at the conclusion of the race.
Houghton finished first of the 81 runners with a winning 8,000-meter time of 26:10.3, just edging teammate Own Nahf, who was the runner-up in a time of 26:10.6. He is the fourth Greyhound to earn Performer of the Year honors, and first since 2013 when Dillon Farrell earned the award. Earlier this season, Houghton set a new Landmark 6k record at the Lehigh University Invitational. He crossed the finish line in 18:16.80 to place 15th.
Perez becomes just the third runner from Scranton to earn Men's Cross County Rookie of the Year accolades, joining Chris Wesnetsky (2007) and Jack Patwell (2017). Perez finished in 21st in his first-ever collegiate championship race, crossing the finish line in 27:17.70.
Baumann and his staff earned their second straight Coaching Staff of the Year honors after guiding the Greyhounds to their fourth Landmark title. Moravian finished the 8k race with 33 points and placed six runners in the top 20, including four that earned All-Conference honors.
Catholic University, Elizabethtown College, and Moravian led the all-conference selections with four, while Drew University and Susquehanna University had one.
| 2022 Landmark All-Conference First Team |
| Student-Athlete |
School |
Year |
Hometown |
| Paul Ames |
Catholic University |
Sr. |
Chatham, NJ |
| John O'Rourke |
Catholic University |
Sr. |
Providence, RI |
| Brian Reinhart |
Catholic University |
Sr. |
Georgetown, KY |
| Brandon Baxter |
Elizabethtown College |
Jr. |
Mechanicsburg, PA |
| Shane Houghton |
Moravian University |
Sr. |
Easton, PA |
| Josh Mangini |
Moravian University |
So. |
New Hartford, CT |
| Owen Nahf |
Moravian University |
So. |
Northampton, PA |
| 2022 Landmark All-Conference Second Team |
| Student-Athlete |
School |
Year |
Hometown |
| Joe Wolfe |
Catholic University |
So. |
Saint Marys, PA |
| Tobias Gaynor |
Drew University |
Jr. |
Morristown, NJ |
| Matthew Fick |
Elizabethtown College |
Sr. |
West Chester, PA |
| Christian Gingrich |
Elizabethtown College |
Jr. |
Elizabethtown, PA |
| Devon Soto |
Elizabethtown College |
Sr. |
Lancaster. PA |
| Nathan Hajel |
Moravian University |
So. |
Succasunna, NJ |
| Jack Warehime |
Susquehanna University |
Gr. |
Hanover, PA |