St. Francis (PA) Sweeps NEC Cross Country Championships For Second Year In A Row
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New Britain, CT -- St. Francis (PA) put on a dominant display on Saturday, easily winning the men's and women's races at the 2002 NEC Cross Country Championships for the second straight year. The Red Flash women crowned an individual champion as senior Kristen Cerasi (East Chester, NY/East Chester) crossed the tape in 17:59.7, three seconds ahead of Sacred Heart's Katherine Wrinkle (Medford, NY/Patchogue-Medford). Cerasi received Most Outstanding Cross Country Performer recognition for her individual championship. The 5,000-meter event was held at Stanley Quarter Park in New Britain, Connecticut.
St. Francis (PA) concluded the championship with a team score of 51, twenty-seven points better than runner-up Sacred Heart. UMBC, Monmouth and Wagner rounded out the top five teams. The Red Flash had four runners in the top-15 and all five of their point scorers were no lower than 22nd place.
UMBC's Stefanie Thomas (Springfield, PA/Springfield) received Freshman of the Year honors for her third place finish. Thomas completed the 3.1-mile course in 18.10.0. St. Francis (PA)'s Scott Catone received the Coach of the Year award for the second straight year as voted by his fellow coaches.
TEAM TEAM < ATHLETE PLACES >
PLACE TEAM NAME SCORE <------------------------>
1 ST FRANCIS U 51 1 7 9 12 22 49 50
2 SACRED HEART UN 78 2 14 18 21 23 33 40
3 UMBC 84 3 16 17 19 29 32 41
4 MONMOUTH 117 8 13 15 36 45 52 53
5 WAGNER COLLEGE 133 5 25 30 34 39 42 46
6 MT ST MARYS 141 20 26 27 31 37 44 60
7 QUINNIPIAC 157 4 28 35 43 47 51 58
8 CCSU 225 11 38 55 56 65 67 72
9 FDU 236 6 10 71 73 76 77 80
10 ROBERT MORRIS 261 24 54 57 62 64 66
11 LIU 331 59 61 68 69 74 75 78
12 ST FRANCIS COLL 341 48 63 70 79 81
Women's Cross Country All-Conference Performers (Top-14 Finishers)
OVERALL TEAM RACE
PLC PLC NO LAST FIRST TEAM TIME
1 1 233 CERASI KRISTEN ST FRANCIS U GR 0:17:59.7
2 2 223 WRINKLE KATHERINE SACRED HEART JR 0:18:02.4
3 3 251 THOMAS STEFANIE UMBC FR 0:18:10.0
4 4 194 GWYTHER KAITLYN QUINNIPIAC FR 0:18:32.3
5 5 255 ACEVEDO KARINA WAGNER COLLE SR 0:18:37.9
6 6 144 CHEPTOO EVERLYNE FDU JR 0:18:40.5
7 7 236 BEACH LAURA ST FRANCIS U SO 0:18:42.5
8 8 173 LOSITO TARA MONMOUTH SR 0:18:45.4
9 9 239 PILE BETH ST FRANCIS U GR 0:18:47.0
10 10 151 URENA FREDYLA FDU SR 0:18:48.2
11 11 134 CROWLEY KIMBERLY CCSU SR 0:18:49.2
12 12 240 REAP KELLY ST FRANCIS U JR 0:18:50.3
13 13 177 WOLOZEN KIM MONMOUTH SR 0:18:56.7
14 14 211 D'ANGELO SUZANNE SACRED HEART SR 0:19:07.0