October 30, 2010
Cortland Wins Women's Cross Country Championship
FREDONIA, N.Y. - SUNY Cortland won the 2010 Women's Cross Country State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) title with a narrow two-point victory over SUNY Geneseo at the league championship meet at the Battle Island State Park Golf Course on Saturday.
Cortland, ranked 23rd nationally, won its 16th SUNYAC title with a final score of 32 points. Geneseo, ranked sixth nationally, scored 34 points. Plattsburgh finished third in the 10-team field with 81 points. Cortland captured its first league crown since winning 15 consecutive titles from 1984-98 and snapped Geneseo's 10-year win streak.
Geneseo sophomore Marissa Liberati dominated the competition to win the individual title in a time of 22:18 over the six kilometers. Junior Alyssa Smith placed third for the Blue Knights in 22:55.
Cortland junior Alyson Dalton finished second out of 115 runners with a time of 22:34. In addition to Dalton, the Red Dragons had three other runners in the top-7 led by senior Erin Keaveney (4th) in 23:02, senior Kristin Vespa placed sixth (23:11.15) and sophomore Jordan Naylon finished seventh (23:11.31).
The Oneonta women placed 4th with 103 points on the day and junior Lauren took fifth place with a time of 23:09 for the 6k race. Brittany Trahan was the top Plattsburgh runner, finishing eighth overall in 23:12.
Geneseo claimed the 9th-12th places by Julie Dmochowski ran 23:13, Danae Polsin finished 23:24, Mary Aldridge paced 23:25 and junior Ashley Jones came in at 23:26. Following Jones was Cortland's Dayna Eikeseth in 13th (23:32) and completing the top-15 were Cardinal runners Colleen Cotey (23:35) and Kelley Driscoll (23:36). The top-15 finishers earn all-conference honors with the top-7 garnering first team and runners 8-15 are named to the second team.
Liberati, Keaveney and Brunetto each entered the SUNYAC Cross Country Hall of Fame. To earn the honor a runner must finish in the top-five once, top-ten twice, or top-15 three times throughout their running career at the conference meet.
Cortland head coach Steve Patrick was named SUNYAC Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year.
Women's Recap
Geneseo sophomore Marissa Liberati dominated the competition to win the individual title in a time of 22:18 over the six kilometers. Junior Alyssa Smith placed third for the Blue Knights in 22:55.
Cortland junior Alyson Dalton finished second out of 115 runners with a time of 22:34. In addition to Dalton, the Red Dragons had three other runners in the top-7 led by senior Erin Keaveney (4th) in 23:02, senior Kristin Vespa placed sixth (23:11.15) and sophomore Jordan Naylon finished seventh (23:11.31).
The Oneonta women placed 4th with 103 points on the day and junior Lauren took fifth place with a time of 23:09 for the 6k race. Brittany Trahan was the top Plattsburgh runner, finishing eighth overall in 23:12.
Geneseo claimed the 9th-12th places by Julie Dmochowski ran 23:13, Danae Polsin finished 23:24, Mary Aldridge paced 23:25 and junior Ashley Jones came in at 23:26. Following Jones was Cortland's Dayna Eikeseth in 13th (23:32) and completing the top-15 were Cardinal runners Colleen Cotey (23:35) and Kelley Driscoll (23:36). The top-15 finishers earn all-conference honors with the top-7 garnering first team and runners 8-15 are named to the second team.
Liberati, Keaveney and Brunetto each entered the SUNYAC Cross Country Hall of Fame. To earn the honor a runner must finish in the top-five once, top-ten twice, or top-15 three times throughout their running career at the conference meet.
Cortland head coach Steve Patrick was named SUNYAC Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year.
Women's Recap
