Men's Results
Women's Results
ONEONTA, NY – The Rowan University men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the NCAA Division III Atlantic Regional on Saturday. The Prof men took eighth place out of 39 teams while the women came in ninth among 33 schools.
Rowan’s Jena Peacock (jr. Williamstown, NJ/Our Lady of Mercy Academy) finished fifth with a time of 22:06.7 over the 6K course. She qualified for the national championships for the second straight year. Jenn Rawls (so. Runnemede, NJ/Highland Reg.) took 17th in 22:55.8. For the men, Eric DuBois (jr. Pittsgrove, NJ/A.P. Schalick) was 15th overall (25:19.5) in the 8K race. Rawls and DuBois will have to wait until Sunday afternoon to see if they receive an at-large selection to the NCAA Division III Championships.
Alli Catenacci (sr. Mullica Hill, NJ/Kingsway Reg.) was the third runner to score. She was 66th overall (24:09.5) followed by Joy Hanke (so. Cranford, NJ/Cranford) 69th (24:14.0). Grace Kaler (fr. Parsippany, NJ/Parsippany Hills) came in 76th (24:27.6). Gabby Prendergast (fr. Blackwood, NJ/Highland Reg.) and Meghan Borz (fr. Buena, NJ/Buena Reg.) were 77th (24:28.5) and 78th (24:30.0) respectively.
In the men’s race, Jeff Terebey (sr. Shamong, NJ/Seneca) came in 31st with a time of 25:53.2. Jake McCormack (jr. Cliffwood, NJ/Matawan Reg.) finished 43rd (26:10.5) and Stephen Mennitt (so. Edison, NJ/Edison) was 61st (26:34.1). Brian Quilty (sr. Brick, NJ/Saint Rose) was 110th (27:20.0). The Profs’ sixth and seventh runners were Michael Carotenuto (so. Port Monmouth, NJ/Middletown N.) and Stephen Hoffman (jr. Ocean City, NJ/Ocean City). Carotenuto finished 125th (27:32.5) and Hoffman was 133rd (27:42.6).
Lee Berube from Geneseo State was the men’s individual winner (24:27.8) out of 268 runners. The women’s champion was St. Lawrence University’s Wendy Pavlus among 236 athletes with a time of 21:11.9. The men’s team qualifiers were first place Geneseo State and second place St. Lawrence. For the women, St. Lawrence and Geneseo finished first and second respectively to qualify for the national championships.
The NCAA cross country committee will select the next 16 teams for at-large-berths. The top five teams in each region are in consideration for the berths. There will be seven individuals from each region that will automatically qualify for the national championships. This is determined by removing the team championship qualifiers from regionals and renumbering the remaining individuals that are not with a qualifying team.
The at-large teams and individual runners for the NCAA Championships will be announced on Sunday, November 14 at 3 p.m. on the website (www.ncaa.com). Wartburg College (IA) is the host for the NCAA Division III Championships on Saturday, November 20.
