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November 15, 2009

PSU men, women finish sixth in regional

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MOUNT MORRIS, N.Y. — Plattsburgh State had two all-region performers and scored 191 points to finish in sixth place on Saturday at the NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Atlantic Regional Championships held at Letchworth State Park. SUNY Geneseo, which was the team runner-up with 74 points to regional champion Saint Lawrence (43), hosted the 42-school event. The top two teams and six-best placing individuals not from those squads gain automatic entry into the NCAA national championships at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, on Nov. 21.

The Cardinals are still in contention for an at-large berth, with head coach John Lynch adding: "Our region is very strong — probably the toughest in the nation — so I'm hopeful that the National Selection Committee will award us a bid to the NCAAs."

Senior Jenny Schaffhouser and sophomore Stefanie Braun both earned all-region first team accolades. Schaffhouser led Plattsburgh with a time of 22 minutes and 15 seconds, which was good for seventh overall. Braun clocked 22:40.5 on the 6,000-meter course for 11th.

Other Cardinals who scored include sophomore Brittany Trahan, who was 49th overall in 23:38.3; freshman Colleen Coon, who was 59th in 23:45.8; and sophomore Colleen Cotey, who wound up 67th in 23:54.9.

Junior Krystal Yernye (69th overall, 23:57) and sophomore Julia Warren (94th, 24:37.1) also ran for the Cardinals, but didn't figure into the team scoring.

SLU junior Wendy Pavlus was the individual champion in 21:22.0.

All-Region Trio Leads Cardinals to Sixth in
NCAA Regionals

Junior Mike Heymann was the runner-up in the individual race to pace the Plattsburgh State men's cross country team to a sixth-place showing in the NCAA Division III Atlantic Regional Championships held at Letchworth State Park on Saturday. SUNY Geneseo, which was second in the team standings with 64 points behind regional champion Cortland (49), hosted the 42-school event. The top two teams and six-best placing individuals not from those squads gain automatic entry into the NCAA national championships at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, on Nov. 21.

Plattsburgh tallied 188 points to trail fellow State University of New York Athletic Conference members Cortland and Geneseo, as well as New York University (79), Rochester Tech (147) and St. Lawrence (150).

Heymann navigated the 8,000-meter course in 24 minutes and 53.8 seconds to end up second behind individual medalist Hamilton senior Peter Kosgei, who won in 24:40.6. Heyman earned first-team all-region laurels.

Junior Bobby Grim and senior Alex Sico also joined Heymann on the all-region squad, both making the second team. Grim had a time of 26:05.5 for 30th overall while Sico crossed the finish line in 26:16.4 for 36th.

Senior Seth Yernye and sophomore Josh Mitchell also scored points for the Cardinals, finishing 57th and 63rd in 26:39.5 and 26:45.5, respectively.

Sophomore James Biondi (27:12.4 for 82nd overall) and freshman Christopher Taylor (27:35.8 for 103rd) participated to the Plattsburgh cause, but didn't figure into the team scoring.

The NCAA will announce the complete field of qualifying teams and individuals on Monday.

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