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RELEASE DATE: 11/11/09

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mountaineer women rank seventh and men ranked 10th in final USTFCCCA Atlantic Region poll

MANSFIELD -- On the heels of a strong performance at last Saturday's NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Cross Country Championship, the Mansfield University women's team was ranked seventh and the men's team tenth in the final USTFCCCA Atlantic Regional poll.

Mansfield final ranking in the regional poll mirrors the Mountaineers finish at the Atlantic Region Championship in which the women finished seventh overall and the men tenth. It marked the first time in school history both women's and men's team have finished in the top ten in the final poll.

In a display of conference strength, all the team's in the final top ten poll are members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). Shippensburg, which won both the women's and men's team titles at the regional championship, was ranked first in both the women's and men's poll.

RELEASE DATE: 11/07/09

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Shippensburg sweeps women’s and men’s NCAA Division II Atlantic Region team championships; Brenae Edwards finishes sixth to earn All-Regional Honors

MANSFIELD – Shippensburg University swept the women’s and men’s team titles at the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional Cross Country Championship hosted by Mansfield University at the Lambs Creek Recreational Area course Saturday.

The event made history for the town of Mansfield and the university as this was the first time the school has hosted an NCAA cross country regional championship.

Shippensburg’s Neely Spence won the repeat as the individual championship with a course record time of 20:15 over the 6k distance.

Edinboro’s Ben Hahn won the 10k men’s race with a course record time of 31:02.

In the women’s competition Spence ran away from the field finishing 26 seconds ahead of runner-up Priscilla Jennings of Millersville (20:41) with Shippensburg’s Mary Dell finishing third (20:45).

Slippery Rock’s Jennifer Harpp was fourth (20:58) with Mercyhurst’s Christie Turak (20:58) out kicking Mansfield’s Brenae Edwards (21:04) for fourth and fifth place respectively. Edwards missed a chance to go to the NCAA Championship by one place and six seconds.

Her top 15 finish does earn her the title of All-Regional Team.

Edinboro’s Tina Yi was seventh overall (21:11) followed by Bloomsburg’s Angela Borealo (21:45) and Andrea Kellock (21:56). Crystal Burnick of Slippery Rock was 10^th (22:04).

Shippensburg won the team title with 86 points followed by Kutztown (100), and Bloomsburg (120) with the top three teams advancing to the National Championship.

Kait Chegwidden and Clarissa Cummings finished in the top 50 by taking 32^nd (Chegwidden, 22:57) and 47^th (Cummings, 23:20) places. Mansfield finished seventh overall in the field of 22 teams, the second-best finish for the Mountaineer women in the program’s history.

Other top finishers for Mansfield were Becky Kratz (23:49) in 65^th place and Bethany Coons (24:13) in 80^th place.

Shippensburg pulled off on upset of sorts in the men’s race beating Edinboro and defending champion Lock Haven after finishing behind both schools at last week’s PSAC Championship.

Shippensburg had four of the first 10 runners cross the finish line led by Bryan Beegle finishing third (31:26), Ethan Rissell sixth (31:53), Stephen Schelander eighth (31:57) and Matt Gillette nine (32:00).

Lock Haven’s Nick Hilton was second overall (31:19) with IUP’s Hillary Mugun taking fourth (31:30) and Edinboro’s Chris Lantinen seventh (31:54). Slippery Rock’s Brian Ulrich (32:05) rounded out the top ten.

Mansfield, which finished 10^th overall in the 21-team field, had three runners finish in the top 50 led by freshman Bud Plaszenski (31^st – 33:02), Joe Stanek (37^th – 33:21) and Sean Vollenweider (50^th – 34:02).

Other top finishers for Mansfield were Nathan McNabb (34:18) in 56^th place and Scott Wilt (35:43) in 99^th place.

Shippensburg won the men’s team title with 39 points followed by Edinboro (56), Lock Haven (62), East Stroudsburg (118) and Bloomsburg (185).

USTFCCCA Atlantic Region Men’s Poll (10/20/09)

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USTFCCCA Athletic Region Women's Poll