11/6: AMC/NAIA Region IX Championship report
The Saint Vincent men's team finished fourth in the NAIA Regional
Championship and National Qualifier, earning an at-large berth into the
National Championships.
TJ Black finished sixth overall and earned First Team All-American
Mideast Conference honors. Nate Sylvester was named to the Second Team
and Matt Pajak garnered Honorable Mention status.
The women's team finished 7th overall. Sarah Johnston set a new
school record with a time of 19:40 on the SVC course. Seton Hill
University hosted the event but used the SVC course.
Johnston's effort earns her a trip to Louisville, Kentucky for the National Championship.
10/16: Bearcats perform well in Gettysburg
Saint Vincent College runners enjoyed a succesful trip to Gettysburg College for the Gettysburg Invitational on Saturday.
T.J. Black led the way with SVC's best-ever finish in the Gettysburg
Invitational, posting a second place overall out of 180 runners with a
time of 26:32 for the 8K distance and earning a medal. The men's team,
which finished 3rd overall out of 21 teams -- their highest team finish
in several years of competition in the event -- also had two other
award winners. Nate Sylvester finished 21st overall, while Jake Hoone
finished 25th.
The men's team, coached by Andy Herr, finished behind only Elizabethtown College and Alderson-Broaddus.
The Lady Bearcats' Sarah Johnston earned a medal in the women's 6K
race, recording a time of 23:33 and finishing 9th overall. Laura
Magnuson was the second-fastest SVC runner, finishing 38th out of the
177 runners.
Johnston's finish was the highest-ever for a Lady Bearcat in the Gettysburg Invitational.
Saint Vincent's women, under the guidance of Coach Tom Harbert, finished 8th of 21 teams. Elizabethtown took the top spot.
10/9: Bearcats finish second in CMU Invitational
Coach Andy Herr's Saint Vincent Bearcat men finished second among 14
teams in the Carnegie Mellon University Invitational Cross Country meet.
TJ Black was tops among four Bearcat runners that earned medals for
a top-25 finish. Black's time of 26:45 for the 8K distance was good
for fourth overall. Nick Pajak (27:45, 19th overall), Nate Sylvester
(27:50, 22nd), Nick Krause (27:51, 23rd) and Aaron Conway (28:23, 26th)
rounded out the Bearcat top five.
The team finished second behind CMU (18 points) with a team score of
80. Juniata was third (102) followed by Grove City (135) and Penn
State-Erie (136).
10/2: Johnston medals for women at Dickinson
Junior Sarah
Johnston (Manassas, VA) continued her stellar season for the Lady
Bearcats at the Dickinson Invitational on Saturday, placing 12th
overall in the 6K race with a time of 24:08.
The Lady Bearcats, under Coach Tom Harbert, finished in 11th out of
17 complete teams in the 6K. Other top finishers for the women
included Laura Manguson (25:32), Kara Shirley (27:03), Rachel Karpency
(27:24), and Kelly Bridges (27:38).
A second race, this one a 4K, was also ran on Saturday. In this
short course race, SVC finished 15th, and was led by Ashley Gornick who
ran a 16:46. Rounding out the top five were Christina Steve (17:54),
Julie Kromer (18:13), Ashley Bower (18:17), and Tracy Avalos (18:19).
Overall, combining the two races, Saint Vincent finished in 8th
place, despite the absence of Amanda Connell and Elizabeth Lundquist,
the team's number three and four runners respectively, due to injury.
The squad will next be in action on October 16th as they travel to the Gettysburg College Invitational.
| Place |
Team |
4k Score |
6k Score |
Combined Score |
| 1 |
Dickinson |
28 |
23 |
51 |
| 2 |
Ithaca |
18 |
63 |
81 |
| 3 |
Mount Union |
54 |
43 |
97 |
| 4 |
Baldwin-Wallace |
78 |
50 |
128 |
| 5 |
Christopher Newport |
68 |
66 |
134 |
| 6 |
Franklin & Marshall |
118 |
55 |
173 |
| 7 |
DeSales |
117 |
75 |
192 |
| 8 |
Saint Vincent |
166 |
104 |
270 |
| 9 |
Goucher College |
129 |
165 |
294 |
| 10 |
Eastern Mennonite |
175 |
175 |
350 |
| 11 |
York College |
244 |
127 |
371 |
| 12 |
Marymount |
194 |
182 |
376 |
| 13 |
Hollins |
254 |
168 |
422 |
9/25: Johnston leads SVC to victory, men compete in KY
Sarah
Johnston (Manassas, VA) recorded one of the fastest times in Saint
Vincent College history to lead the Lady Bearcats to victory in the
Saint Vincent College Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. Her time
of 19:43 was 42 seconds better than the next competitor, SVC freshman
Laura Magnuson (Greensburg/Hempfield HS).
The Saint Vincent
men, running without their usual top seven runners, finished second in
the men's race, led by Nick Krause, who finished fourth overall.
(see story at bottom of page for men's results from Louisville, KY)
9/11: Bearcat men remain undefeated, women finish 4th9/11: Bearcat men remain undefeated, women finish 4th
The Saint Vincent College men's cross country team, coached by Andy
Herr, captured first place for the second time in as many compeitions
this
season with a strong finish at the California University of
Pennsylvania Cross Country Invitational meet. Once again first
place overall honors went to senior standout TJ Black, who completed
the 5 mile course in 26:31 . Also receiving individual awards by
placing in the top 25 finishers were: 5th - Matt Pajak
27:45, 6th - Jake Hoone 27:47, 7th - Nathan Sylvester 27:54, 10th -
Carl Isenberg 28:12, 15th - Nick Krause 28:27, 21st -
Albert Oduho 28:57, and Aaron Conway finishing 22nd with
29:00.
Men's Team Scores:
Saint Vincent College 29
Mount Union
College 33
Mercyhurst College
79
California University of PA 85
Coach Tom Harbert's Lady Bearcat cross country team fiinished 4th
overall and had three women receiving top 25 honors . Top
runner for the Bearcats and placing 6th overall was junior Sarah
Johnston with a time of 20:02 over the 3.1 mile course. Freshman
Laura Magnuson finished strong at 16th in 20:58 while junior Elizabeth
Lundquist came in 17th with a 21:04.
Women's Team Scores:
Mount Union
College 39
Mercyhurst College
44
California University of PA 76
Saint Vincent College 86
Univ. of Pitt-Johnstown 131
SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL - LATROBE, PA - 9/25/04
WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:
1. Sarah Johnston SVC 19:43
2. Laura Magnuson SVC 20:25
3. Emily Ciak SHU 20:44
4. Katie Graff SHU 20:54
5. Amanda Connell SVC 20:59
6. Amanda Gould UPJ 21:03
7. Erin Madigan LaR 21:06
8. Laura Lemoine SHU 21:10
9. Sarah Goho Beth 21:11
10. Melissa Wilson FranU 21:15
11. Rachel Karpency SVC 21:18
12. Heather Eckart SHU 21:26
13. Mallory Roadman Beth 21:27
14. Kara Shirley SVC 21:31
15. Caryn Hapner FranU 21:41
16. Natalie Nagyar ND 21:44
17. Angie Kemp SHU 21:45
18. Angie Delbrugge SHU 21:48
19. April Wanzo ND 21:52
20. Ashley Gornik SVC 21:56
21. Heather Jaacobs FranU 21:59
22. Natalie Green PP 22:08
23. Emma Wagner FranU 22:13
24. Sarah Slade HU 22:13.5
25. Chelsea McKinney UPJ 22:15
26. Lauren George SHU 22:18
27. Trisha Meehan FranU 22:19
28. Kelly Bridges SVC 22:20
29. Christina Steve SVC 22:22
30. Audrey Rice FranU 22:36
31. Ann Stadler SHU 22:43
32. Amanda Rubis SVC 22:50
33. Lauren Turner FranU 22:56
34. Melissa Wagner DE 22:57
35. Ashley Bower SVC 22:59
36. Julie Kromer SVC 23:06
37. Ann Osbourne UPJ 23:09
38. Tallie Stettinius Beth 23:10
39. Tracy Avalos SVC 23:15
40. Rhonda Williams SVC 23:22
41. Kim Everhart SVC 23:26
42. Kasey Clawson UPJ 23:40
43. Jamie Semetkosky SHU 23:43
44. Jessica Bisnett SVC 23:49
45. Kristy Hartbauer SVC 23:55
46. Tracey Colbert ND 23:55.5
47. Andie Bender ND 23:59
48. Erin Langenbacher SVC 24:05
49. Caroline Jones SHU 24:10
50. Bernadette Sukley FranU 24:11
51. Katie Donaldson SHU 24:16
52. Carol McKenzie DE 24:19
53. Jacqui Allanson ND 24:30
54. Nicole Cicconetti ND 24:34
55. Allison Miller FranU 24:40
56. Claire Roman FranU 24:40.5
57. Maria Torma FranU 24:43
58. Amy Slade SHU 24:45
59. Erika Swopa UPJ 24:58
60. Regina Gamberoni SVC 25:01
61. Amanda Moore DE 25:05
62. Heather Godina ND 25:09
63. Toshua Martin SHU 25:21
64. Angela Muetzel FranU 25:25
65. April McKenzie DE 25:27
66. Tatiana Mastriano PP 25:33
67. Sarah Colbert SVC 25:34
68. Lauren Kemerer SVC 25:52
69. Andrea Denniston SHU 26:12
70. Lucie McGinnis ND 26:53
71. Brienne Gallagher PP 26:57
72. Megan Ivory SVC 27:37
73. Eleanor Segraves FranU 28:06
74. Jodi Caro SVC 28:15
75. Truly Gaston LaR 28:51
76. Ashley Wise LaR 29:03
7 7. Dana Culbert Beth 29:07
78. Callie Chapman Beth 29:25
79. Kim Boylan FranU 29:29
80. Michelle Miller LaR 29:47
81. Ashley Hornanic Beth 33:02
82. Arniesha Barr LaR 39:34
83. Beverly Kitchens LaR 44:51
TEAM RESULTS:
1. SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE -- 3
2. SETON HILL UNIVERSITY -- 44
3. FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY -- 93
4. UNIVERSITY OF PITT-JOHNSTOWN -- 132
5. BETHANY COLLEGE -- 139
6. NOTRE DAME COLLEGE -- 140
7. LAROCHE COLLEGE -- 178
8. POINT PARKUNIVERSITY -- INC
9. DAVIS AND ELKINS COLLEGE -- INC
MEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:
1. Jesse Bender PP 28:05
2. Julian Fiorina SHU 28:15
3. Matt Suda ND 28:26
4. Nick Krause SVC 28:33
5. Will Cleveland ND 28:47
6. Joe McFadden SHU 29:05
7. James Scheicher ND 29:16
8. Joshua Kinches ND 29:22
9. Matt Robson SVC 29:33
10. Justin Szucs ND 29:36
11. Lance Hines DE 29:53
12. Jim Walsh SVC 30:00
13. Albert Oduho SVC 30:13
14. Troy Higgins DE 30:13.5
15. Matt Bright DE 30:18
16. Anthony Rodger FrU 30:27
17. Branden Teets SVC 30:39
18. Steve Leuschel SVC 30:50
19. Jon Scheicher ND 31:10
20. Dom Scarnecchia FranU 31:21
21. Sean Finneran FranU 31:28
22. Brandon Anuszkiewicz ND 31:28
23. Jonathan Guth eR 31:35
24. Jason Hunter ND 32:00
25. J.R. Ohler DE 32:09
26. William Fischer SVC 32:36
27. Chris Biser DE 32:46
28. Tad Wissel SHU 33:12
29. David Scott FranU 33:16
30. Tim O'Mara SVC 33:17
31. Dan Burke SVC 33:48
32. Jon McCallough DE 34:11
33. John Whitney FranU 34:24
34. Mike Markl LeR 35:11
35. Dan Vamosi PP 35:44
36. Goron Admidzic DE 35:49
37. Tom Faherty SHU 35:50
38. Matthew Adams PP 35:53
39. Vianney Rutebuka LeR 36:00
40. John Allwien FranU 36:26
41. Jacob Miller SHU 36:54
42. Miquel Nguema LeR 37.24
43. Norman Litchfield FranU 37:36
44. Thomas James SHU 37:56
45. Greg Spelar SVC 37:59
46. Jeremy Kinches ND 38:33
47. Eric Gosney SHU 38:51
48. Jason Jones FranU 40:12
49. Stan Sarnowski ND 40:41
50. Steve Richitt SVC 42:56
51. George Brattina SHU 42:58
52. DJ Trischier LeR 43:10
53. Tim Denny LeR 44:14
54. Jim Ewing SVC 51:45
MEN'S TEAM RESULTS:
1. NOTRE DAME COLLEGE -- 28
2. SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE -(B) -- 0
3. DAVIS AND ELKINS -- 85
4. SETON HILL UNIVERSITY -- 101
5. FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY -- 110
6. LAROCHE COLLEGE -- 161
7. POINT PARK UNIVERSITY -- INC
8. BETHANY COLLEGE -- INC
**SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE TOP 7 MALE RUNNERS WERE COMPETING AT LOUISVILLE, KY FOR A POSSIBLE NATIONAL BID TODAY
A portion of the
Saint Vincent men's team competed in Louisville, Kentucky today. Full
details will be posted later at the following website: http://www.alltraxtiming.com.
TJ Black was SVC's top runner, finishing 29th. Only three Bearcats finished in the top 100, and the team finished 17th of 41.
9/17: Teams compete in National Catholic Invitational at UND
The Saint Vincent Cross Country teams, under the direction of Tom
Harbert, competed in the National Catholic Invitational at the
University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN on Friday afternoon.
The Bearcats and Lady Bearcats performed well against a field comprised of NCAA Division I, II and III along with NAIA runners.
Coach Andy Herr's SVC men finished 8th overall out of 30 teams.
When you remove the NCAA-I schools, Saint Vincent was 2nd out of 20
remaining teams in the Collegiate Division.
The top ten: 1. Notre Dame 19, 2. Gonzaga 106, 3. Xavier 139, 4.
Dayton 156, 5. DePaul 176, 6. Loras 200, 7. Detroit-Mercy 239, 8. Saint Vincent 273, 9. Holy Cross 299, 10. St. Martin's 348.
TJ Black finished 19th overall of 231 runners with a 25:53 time for
the 5 mile distance. Other top runners for SVC were Jake Hoone (61st,
27:23), Wayne Hooper (63rd, 27:24), Matt Pajak (67th, 27:29), an Aaron
Conway (76th, 27:38).
The Lady Bearcats finished 19th of 31 total schools, 12th of 21 in
the Collegiate Division for Coach Harbert. Sarah Johnston was the
fastest SVC runner (57th overall) with a time of 19:58 for the 5K
distance. Laura Magnuson (20:14), Amanda Connell (20:56), Kara Shirley
(21:34) and Rachel Karpency (21:40) rounded out the top five. SVC lost
#3 runner Elizabeth Lundquist at the two-mile mark due to injury.
9/4: Black, SVC off to fast start
The Saint Vincent Bearcats and Lady Bearcats opened the 2004 Cross
Country season in Greensburg at the Seton Hill University Invitational.
TJ Black set a new course record in winning the men's event,
covering five miles in 26:48 and leading the Bearcat men to victory in
the 9-team event.
Black, a NAIA National Qualifier in 2003, was one of five SVC
runners to medal in the top 15. Matt Pajak finished fourth, followed
by Jake Hoone (5th), Nate Sylvester (6th) and freshman Wayne Hooper,
who finished 7th overall in his first collegiate meet.
The team's score of 23 was by far the best in the field. Walsh
University (68) and Geneva (77) rounded out the top three, ahead of
Notre Dame College, Seton Hill, Pitt-Greensburg, Point Park, Myers and
Daemen.
The Saint Vincent women's team finished fourth among 10 teams in
their event, lead by junior Sarah Johnston, who finished third overall
with a 20:29 time for 3.1 miles. Laura Magnuson, a freshman from
Greensburg/Hempfield HS, medalled in her first meet, finishing 10th.
Geneva won the women's team event with a score of 42. Walsh (69),
Seton Hill (73) and Saint Vincent (76) were in close competition for
second through fourth, respectively. They were followed by Daemen,
Pitt-Johnstown, Notre Dame, Ursuline, Point Park and Pitt-Greensburg.
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