|   Sophomore Teddy Vrountas finished in 30th place with a mark of 26:28.63 at Saturday's CAA Championship. |
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Huskies hunt down best team finish at CAA Championship
Oct. 31, 2009
New Market, Va.
The men’s cross country team turned in a fourth-place performance at the CAA Cross Country Championship on Saturday morning at the New Market Battlefield State Historical Park in New Market, Va., marking Northeastern’s best overall finish since joining the conference.
Freshman John Jantz directed the Huskies’ efforts for the second time this season, finishing 25th overall, outlasting 52 other competitors. The Arlington, Mass. native completed the 8K course 26:15.30.
Saturday’s conference championship was the fourth 8K the Huskies have competed in this fall. William and Mary captured its 10th-consecutive men’s conference title while the Tribe’s Brian Sklodowski won the individual crown by clocking a time of 25:06.84. He edged out George Mason’s Everett Hackett by 6.68 seconds, who placed second. The Tribe’s Chris Tyson took third (25:15.02), and teammate Charlie Swartz placed fourth (25:17.39). Delaware’s Chris Borque rounded out the top-5 (25:23.72).
George Mason finished in second place while Delaware took over the third-place post. VCU registered a fifth-place showing while Georgia State, UNC Wilmington and Hofsta closed out the race in sixth, seventh and eighth, in that order.
Northeastern’s first CAA Cross Country Championship came in 2005 when the Huskies placed seventh overall. In 2006, NU earned a ninth-place finish while in 2007 the Huskies closed out the conference race in seventh. Last season, Northeastern was listed in sixth.
Freshman Daniel Grant finished a few steps behind Jantz in 27th place by crossing the line in 26:22.03.
A cluster of Huskies looped the 8K track for 29th, 30th and 31st marks. Senior Ryan Miling registered a clip 26:24.70, sophomore Teddy Vrountas logged a time of 26:28.63 and Bryan Brunelli turned in a measure of 26:31.55.
Senior Brian Kennedy and junior James Pellerano turned in respective times of 27:11.59 for 43rd and 27:19.91 for 45th while rookie Chris Mentas rounded out Northeastern’s eight with a 59th-place finish of28:31.28.
The Huskies return to Franklin Park for the third time this season when Northeastern toes the line at the NCAA Regional Championship on Saturday, Nov. 14.
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2009 CAA Cross Country Championships - 10/31/2009
Hosted by James Madison University
New Market Battlefield, New Market, VA
Results
Event 1 Men 8k Run CC
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Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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Results - Men
1 Sklodowski, Brian William & Mary 25:06.84 1
2 Hackett, Everett George Mason 25:13.52 2
3 Tyson, Chris William & Mary 25:15.02 3
4 Swartz, Charlie William & Mary 25:17.39 4
5 Bourke, Chris Delaware 25:23.72 5
6 Werner, Max William & Mary 25:25.28 6
7 Massam, Ben William & Mary 25:27.20 7
8 Hutterli, Loris Georgia State 25:31.04 8
9 Miller, Harry William & Mary 25:32.86 9
10 Horn, Sam George Mason 25:39.04 10
11 Berkhedle, Walid VCU 25:41.21 11
12 Tekesky, Scott George Mason 25:41.61 12
13 Morris, Richard William & Mary 25:46.21 13
14 Vincent, Steve Delaware 25:47.34 14
15 Snyder, James George Mason 25:49.61 15
16 Parmenter, Nate Delaware 25:52.17 16
17 Dybas, Piotr VCU 25:55.53 17
18 Pachella, Mike George Mason 25:56.08 18
19 Zyryanov, Alex George Mason 26:01.08 19
20 Zahorodny, Wil Unc-Wilmington 26:04.61 20
21 Pence, John William & Mary 26:05.91
22 LaMastro, Anthony George Mason 26:07.39 21
23 Holt, John George Mason 26:09.38
24 Pyle, Nick Delaware 26:10.70 22
25 Jantz, John Northeastern 26:15.30 23
26 Cantwell, Gregg Delaware 26:19.55 24
27 Grant, Daniel Northeastern 26:22.03 25
28 Adley, David William & Mary 26:23.07
29 Miling, Ryan Northeastern 26:24.70 26
30 Vrountas, Teddy Northeastern 26:28.63 27
31 Brunelli, Bryan Northeastern 26:31.55 28
32 Bonnevie, Ed Delaware 26:32.71 29
33 Asaro, Peter William & Mary 26:33.41
34 Mostrag, Axel VCU 26:38.65 30
35 Callan, Daniel George Mason 26:39.40
36 Kemmerle, Kevin Delaware 26:40.14 31
37 Nafziger, Daniel George Mason 26:44.19
38 Burns, James George Mason 26:49.60
39 Palmer, Chris George Mason 26:55.69
40 Simmons, Tyler VCU 27:01.11 32
41 Monroe, Ross Unc-Wilmington 27:04.04 33
42 Shaver, Cam Unc-Wilmington 27:08.09 34
43 Kennedy, Brian Northeastern 27:11.59 35
44 Giackette, Phil Hofstra 27:15.38 36
45 Pellerano, James Northeastern 27:19.91 37
46 McCristall, Mike Hofstra 27:22.29 38
47 Kastoff, Mitch Delaware 27:26.84
48 Walker, Nelson Georgia State 27:27.64 39
49 Leavitt, Brenden VCU 27:30.36 40
50 Brannon, Chris Georgia State 27:31.33 41
51 Harper, Chris Georgia State 27:45.64 42
52 Galasso, Aidan Delaware 27:51.80
53 Pinson, Josh Georgia State 27:53.71 43
54 Tamer, Remy Unc-Wilmington 27:59.05 44
55 Weigel, Phil Delaware 28:07.77
56 Carmichael, Kelly Unc-Wilmington 28:08.64 45
57 Derose, Chris VCU 28:14.49 46
58 Mittelman, Max Unc-Wilmington 28:22.82 47
59 Mentas, Chris Northeastern 28:31.28
60 Shattell, Fred Hofstra 28:33.50 48
61 Vanderham, Bob Unc-Wilmington 28:49.78 49
62 Kendall, Justin VCU 28:52.26 50
63 Hinson, Taylor Delaware 28:59.96
64 Devin, Dixon Unc-Wilmington 29:04.72
65 Farrell, Sean Unc-Wilmington 29:05.34
66 Rodman, Ben VCU 29:10.39
67 Wightman, Kyle Hofstra 29:11.20 51
68 Lockwood, Derek Hofstra 29:12.03 52
69 Chapman, David Georgia State 29:15.52 53
70 Davis, Kevin VCU 29:24.37
71 Webb, Ryan VCU 29:59.79
72 Hinton, Alex VCU 30:11.46
73 dos Santos, Nate Georgia State 31:21.47 54
74 Tomy, Seth Georgia State 33:05.21
75 DeVito, Joe Georgia State 33:37.17
76 Wilkens, Matt Hofstra 34:17.15 55
77 Wright, Robbie Hofstra 35:00.95 56
