NEC Women's Cross Country Squads Compete at NCAA Regional Championships

Representing the Northeast Conference (NEC) at the 2009 NCAA Women's Cross Country Northeast Regional Championships on Nov. 14 were Central Connecticut State, Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart. Syracuse won the 35-team event, totaling 59 points on the 6K Franklin Park course in Boston, MA. Competing at the 27-team NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships at the University of Maryland - Eastern Shore in Princess Anne, MD were Monmouth, Mount St. Mary's, Robert Morris and Saint Francis (PA). Taking home the hardware was Villanova with 23 points.

Quinnipiac Secures Fifth Straight NEC Women’s Cross Country Title

2009 NEC Women's Cross Country Champion Quinnipiac   Behind five all-Conference performances, Quinnipiac won the 2009 NEC Women’s Cross Country Championship for the unprecendented fifth consecutive year. Sacred Heart junior Kimberly DeLoreto (Hillsdale, NJ/Pascack Hills) turned in the lone sub-18 minute time to take first-place in 17:58.1, earning NEC Outstanding Performer merit by just over 16 seconds. A sprint over the final 400-yards gave Mount St. Mary’s rookie Megan Kinsella (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic) a second-place finish and a time of 18:14.9 en route to NEC Freshman of the Year distinction. Quinnipiac totaled 33 points to take home the hardware, while Sacred Heart was the runner-up with a team score of 71. Monmouth accumulated 98 points, good for third place as Saint Francis (PA) (127) and Mount St. Mary’s (163) rounded out the top-five. With 168 points, Central Connecticut State sat in the sixth slot, followed by Robert Morris (176) and Bryant (203) in seventh and eighth, respectively. Long Island’s 219-point effort was good for ninth, while Fairleigh Dickinson (281), St. Francis (NY) (296) and Wagner (308) completed the 12-team field.