CUMMINGS FINISHES 11TH AS UALBANY WOMEN PLACE NINTH; MEN FINISH 15TH AT IONA MEET OF CHAMPIONS

Bronx, N.Y. – Junior Laura Cummings placed 11th at the 13th Annual Br. John “Paddy” Doyle Meet of Champions hosted by Iona College at Van Cortlandt Park to lead the University at Albany women’s cross country team to a ninth place finish. Senior Ricardo Estremera finished 48th to pace the men’s team to a 15th place finish out of 20 schools.

Cummings finished the 6K course in a time of 22:20.4 to lead the Great Danes. Freshman Kristine Mun was the second UAlbany competitor to cross the finish line, placing 72nd in a time of 24:09.6. Senior Jessica Chichester finished the course in 24:24.8 to place 81st, graduate student Allison Hazlett placed 92nd in 24:35.6, and freshman Ally Panos completed the course in 26:02.1 to place 138th to round out the top-5 finishers for the Great Danes. Keene State senior Breanne Lucey crossed the finish line in 21:30.2 to win the women’s race. Penn State placed five runners in the top-16 to win the team competition.

Estremera completed the 8K course in 26:35.4 to garner 40 team points for the Great Danes. Sophomore John Moore finished 123rd in 28:16.7 as the second Great Dane runner to cross the finish line. Sophomore Jon Hilbert finished in 28:26.3 placing 131st, freshman David Rothman came in 158th in a time of 29:36.1, and junior Joe Belokopitsky completed the race in 29:49.8 for 163rd place. Iona’s Mohamed Khadraoui finished first individually in 25:02.7 to lead the Gaels to the team title.


Women’s Results

1. Penn State 48, 2. Cornell 56, 3. Brown 62, 4. Keene State 174, 5. UConn 175, 6. Dartmouth 195, 7. Kutztown 210, 8. Army 231, 9. UAlbany 271, 10. Harvard 275, 11. Manhattan 285, 12. Marist 329, 13. Iona 349, 14. West Virginia Wesleyan 359, 15. Brockport State 420, 16. Youngstown State 495, 17. Le Moyne 531, 18. NJIT 556, 19. Long Island 599.

INDIVIDUAL

1. Breanne Lucey (Keene State) 21:30.2; 2. Serena Ramsey 21:34.3; 3. Delilah DiCrescenzo 21:40.9; 4. Jenna Ridgeway (Brown) 21:48.9; 5. Bridget Franek (Penn State) 21:51.0; 6. McKayla Plank 21:56.0; 7. Smitha Gupta (Brown) 22:10.8; 8. Kim Standridge (Cornell) 22:15.9; 9. Leah Rosenfeld (Penn State) 22:17.6; 10. Calandra Stewart 22:18.6.

UAlbany Results

11. Laura Cummings 22:20.4, 72. Kristine Mun 24:09.6, 81. Jessica Chichester 24:24.8, 92. Allison Hazlett 24:35.6, 138. Ally Panos 26:02.1, 168. Laine Sefick 27:21.6, Brianna McNamee 29:26.8.

Men’s Results

1. Iona 72, 2, Brown 77, 3. Penn State 93, 4. Navy 109, 5. American 120, 6. Cornell 176, 7. Army 191, 8. Marist 193, 9. UMass Lowell 224, 10. Youngstown State, 11. Manhattan 337, 12. Harvard 354, 13. Kutztown 399, 14. Brockport State 428, 15. UAlbany 431, 16. West Virginia Wesleyan 459, 17. Le Moyne 462, 18. FDU 517, 19. NJIT 589, 20. Long Island INC.

INDIVIDUAL

1. Mohamed Khadraoui (Iona) 25:02.7; 2. Steve Hallinan (American) 25:03.0; 3. Girma Segni (Marist) 25:13.5; 4. John Olsen (Navy) 25:16.1; 5. Stephen Chemlany 25:29.5; 6. Joe Parks (Iona) 25:33.6; 7. Chase Pizzonia (Iona) 25:35.0; 8. Lucas Zarzeczny (Penn State) 25:35.2; 9. Stephen DeWitt (UMass Lowell) 25:36.3; 10. John Kress (Navy) 25:37.7.

UAlbany Results

48. Ricardo Estremera 26:35.4, 123. John Moore 28:16.7, 131. Jon Hilbert 28:26.3, 158. David Rothman 29:36.1, 163. Joe Belokopitsky 29:49.8, 165. Jared Jupin 29:54.6, 186. Mitch Troise 31:00.6.