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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

1 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)

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   1:18
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
77.   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 -- 33
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 PARK UNIVERSITY -- 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) -- 50
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.

9/11: 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 22ndwith 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 placing6th overall was junior Sarah Johnston with a time of 20:02 over the 3.1 mile course. Freshman Laura Magnuson finished strong at 16thin 20:58 while junior Elizabeth Lundquist came in 17thwith 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

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.