PITMAN, NJ -- Rowan swept all three marquee awards as the NJAC announced its year-end awards in men's cross county. Justin Kelly was named the NJAC Runner of the Year with teammate Shane Vostenak the NJAC Rookie of the Year. Head coach Dustin Dimit was chosen the NJAC Coach of the Year.

Kelly captured the 2022 NJAC Cross Country Individual Title with his first-place finish on Saturday at the conference championship. He becomes the 27th Prof in program history to win the individual title and the first since Kevin Veltre and Daniel Henry won in back-to-back years in 2017 and 2018.

Joining Kelly on the first team is Jacob Riley, Brandon Jarrett, and Dario Epifania. Vostenak, Cole Kolodziej and Noah Cziryak all earned spots on the second team. Riley was fourth overall and earns his second-straight first-team honor. Jarrett (sixth), Epifania (seventh), who also was named the NJAC Rookie of the Year in 2019, and Kolodziej (tenth) all score first conference accolades respectively. This is the second honor for Cziryak as the senior was a second-team pick last season.

Coach Dimit wins his second cross country coach of the year award as the Profs captured the team title for the 24th time in program history.

Rowan now gets ready for the NCAA Metro Regional on Saturday, November 12th that takes place at DeSales University.
 

2022 NJAC ALL-CONFERENCE MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM
RUNNER OF THE YEAR:   Justin Kelly, Rowan
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:   Shane Vostenak, Rowan
COACH OF THE YEAR:  Dustin Dimit, Rowan
FIRST TEAM
Name	Year	School	Hometown/High School
Justin Kelly	SR	Rowan	Marlton, NJ/Cherokee
Cooper Knorr*	SR	Stockton	Manalapan, NJ/Manalapan
Benjamin Fanta^+	JR	TCNJ	Princeton Jct., NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro S.
Jacob Riley+	SO	Rowan	Blairstown, NJ/North Warren
Kevin Christensen*~	SR	TCNJ	Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan
Brandon Jarrett	JR	Rowan	Woodbridge, NJ/Woodbridge
Dario Epifania	JR	Rowan	Kendall Park, NJ/South Brunswick
SECOND TEAM
Name	Year	School	Hometown/High School
Mart Villanueva	SO	TCNJ	Little Egg Harbor, NJ/Pinelands Regional
Gabriel Calandri~	SR	TCNJ	Rockport, ME/Kennebunk
Cole Kolodziej	SO	Rowan	Turnersville, NJ/Washington Township
Shane Vostenak	FR	Rowan	Delran, NJ/Pennsauken
Noah Cziryak~	SR	Rowan	Glendora, NJ/Triton
Michael Bond*+	JR	TCNJ	Freehold, NJ/Freehold Boro
Erik Ackerman	SO	Stockton	Long Valley, NJ/West Morris Central