2015 PSAC Cross Country Championships: Edinboro Women, Lock Haven Men Capture Titles
October 24, 2015 Slippery Rock University Slippery Rock, Pa
Women:
Team Champions: Edinboro
Individual Champion: Ida Narbuvoll, Edinboro
Champion Scholar: Jackie Kleinschrodt, Seton Hill
Men:
Team Champions: Lock Haven
Individual Champion: Dylan Mountain, Lock Haven
Champion Scholar: Alexander Hampel, IUP
WOMEN'S RECAP: EDINBORO CAPTURES SECOND CONSECUTIVE TITLE
Slippery Rock, Pa.- Edinboro won their second consecutive PSAC Women's Cross Country Championship title with a team score of 90 points on Saturday morning in Slippery Rock, Pa.
The Fighting Scots were led by the PSAC Most Outstanding Runner
Ida Narbuvoll who finished in first place with a 6K time of 21:46.8.
Emma Sullivan finished in 16
th with a time of 22:50.9, while
Anna Hosl was 21
st with a time of 23:04.3. Narbuvoll earned All-PSAC First Team honors, while Sullivan and Hosl earned All-PSAC Second Team honors.
Abby Lang and
Rebekkah Bond also captured All-PSAC Second Team Honors with 24
th and 28
th place finishes.
East Stroudsburg grabbed second place with a team score of 102 points, marking the best team finish for the Warriors. ESU was led by
Allison Decker who finished in eighth place with a time of 22:18.6.
Chelsea Conover grabbed 14
th place with a time of 22:46.3. Both Decker and Conover took All-PSAC First Team honors, while
Caitlin Perry and
Kaylyn West earned All-PSAC Second Team honors with their 22
nd and 26
th place finishes.
Shippensburg placed third with 111 points, while California was fourth with 121, Bloomsburg came in fifth with 125 points.
The top 15 runners earn All-PSAC First Team honors, while finishers 16-30 are named to the Second Team.
Women's Results
MEN'S RECAP: LOCK HAVEN THREEPEATS
Slippery Rock, Pa. Lock Haven won its third consecutive PSAC Men's Cross Country Championship title behind four top 10 finishes on Saturday morning in Slippery Rock, Pa.
The Bald Eagles finished with 33 points and was led by the PSAC Most Outstanding Runner, Dylan Mountain. Mountain grabbed the individual crown with a time of 24:57.0, just 12 seconds shy of the course record.
Addison Monroe placed third with a time of 25:12.5, while
Matt Guiod was eighth with a 25:38.1 time.
Ben Robinson and
Jacob Fetterman each captured All-PSAC First Team honors with 11
th and 12
th place finishes, respectively.
Shippensburg grabbed second place as a team with 46 points led by
Alexander Balla's fourth place finish with a time of 25:12.8.
Kieran Sutton finished fifth overall with a time of 25:13.7, while
Braden Bruning was seventh finishing in 25:27.0.
IUP finished in third place with 83 points, Slippery Rock was fourth with 121 points, and Edinboro rounded out the top five with a fifth place finish with 130 points.
Men's Results
The top 15 runners earn All-PSAC First Team honors, while finishers 16-30 are named to the Second Team.
PREVIEW
Slippery Rock, Pa. - On Saturday, October 24, 18 women's teams and 16 men's teams from around the PSAC will run in the 2015 PSAC Cross Country Championships hosted by Slippery Rock at Cooper's Lake Campground.
The women's 6K race will begin at 10:00 a.m., while the men's 8K race is slated to begin at 11:00 a.m. An awards ceremony will be held following both races at approximately 12:00 p.m.
On the women's side, Edinboro will defend its 2014 crown and come into the race ranked 25th in Division II. The top returner from last year for the Fighting Scots is Anna Hosl, who finished in eighth place at last year's PSAC Championship.
Edinboro will also rely on freshman Ida Narbuvoll, who has impressed in her debut season.
Bloomsburg finished behind Edinboro last season, but comes into this year's meet ranked 13th in the country, best in the PSAC. Lauren Lehman, last year's winner, has graduated, but the Huskies return a trio of all-conference runners. Kate Dodds finished in fourth place last year, while Hannah Boudreau came in 15th, and Teresa Ortiz was the 17th place finisher.
Currently ranked 22nd in Division II, Shippensburg finished in third place last year. Lizzie Manickas was the highest finishing freshman last year, crossing the finish line in 12th place.
The top finisher returning from last year's race is East Stroudsburg's Allison Decker, who finished in second place with a time of 21:24.6. Other returners from the Top 10 include West Chester's Amanda Eisman (5th), ESU's Chelsea Conover (6th), IUP's Rachel Magliane (7th), Seton Hill's Meagan Carter (9th), and Slippery Rock's Jenny Picot (10th).
For the men, the top finishers will look much different, as last year's top three finishers, and five of the top seven, have all graduated.
The top returning runner is Dylan Mountain from Lock Haven. Mountain, who finished fourth last year, will look to lead the Bald Eagles their third straight title. Fellow senior Matt Guiod was another Top 10 finisher for LHU last year, finishing in ninth place. LHU is currently ranked ninth in Division II.
Right behind Lock Haven in the national ranking is the same team that finished just behind them at last year's PSAC Championship: Shippensburg.
The Red Raiders currently sit 11th in Division II and although they graduated last year's runner-up (Brayden Burleigh), they return last year's eighth place finisher, Austin McGinley. In addition to McGinley, Kieran Sutton and Cole Nissley return for SU after being named All-PSAC Second Team last year.
Edinboro finished in third last year and brings back top five finisher Elliott Martynkiewic. Jon Gusew, who finished in 21st last year, also returns for the Fighting Scots, who are ranked fourth in the Atlantic Region.
Alex Hampel from IUP is the only other participant in this year's championship who finished in the Top 10 last season. The Crimson Hawks are currently ranked third in the Atlantic Region.