STANDISH, Maine – The Norwich University Cadets marched to their eighth GNAC Men's Cross Country Championship with 24 team points in the 8K race held at Saint Joseph's College on Saturday afternoon.
The Cadets placed all five scorers in the top eight overall – and seven in the top 10 – en route to claiming the 2015 conference title by a wide margin, as runner-up Johnson & Wales University finished with 67 points. Lasell College placed third with 84 points, Emmanuel College was fourth with 92, and Saint Joseph's College closed out the top five teams with 128 points.
Norwich freshman Korey Leonard (Pembroke, Mass.) won the event with a 28:09 time, seven seconds ahead of runner-up Adam Sachs (Ellicott City, Md.), a junior standout from Johnson & Wales. As the individual champion and top-finishing first-year participant, Leonard – the second Cadet to win the GNAC Championship - earned GNAC Runner and Rookie of the Year accolades.
Norwich Head Coach Nick Cooper claimed the second GNAC Coach of the Year honor, which is voted on by fellow men's head coaches, while Saint Joseph's College earned the Team Sportsmanship award, as selected by coach vote.
Individually, Norwich freshman Brody Hale (Naugatuck, Conn.) was third with a 28:24 time, Emmanuel junior Ian Chamenko (Beacon Falls, Conn.) placed fourth with a 28:28) effort, and Cadets first-year Cameron Connelly (Panama, Neb.) rounded out the top five with a 28:29 performance.
Suffolk University (190 points, sixth), Rivier University (206, seventh) and Mount Ida College (231, eighth) capped the group of participating institutions.
For the Monks, sophomore Lucas Fisher (Strafford, N.H.) placed sixth (28:41), freshman Andrew Force (Lancaster, N.H.) finished 37th (31:25), senior Andrew Caron (Gardiner, Maine) was 38th (31:39), freshman Avery Liotta-Henderson (Waterbury, Conn.) placed 43rd (32:40) and senior Taidghe Hagan (Reading, Mass.) was 44th (32:48). Senior Connor Dufour (Augusta, Maine) (47th, 33:35) and junior Nick Shuckrow (Winslow, Maine) (49th, 33:40) also competed for St. Joe's in the GNAC Championship.
|
Place |
TmPl |
Time |
Pace |
Name |
Race# |
Yr |
Team |
ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM |
|
|
1 |
1 |
28:09 |
5:40 |
Korey Leonard |
365 |
FR |
NORWICH |
Ted Duchesney, Anna Maria |
|
|
2 |
2 |
28:16 |
5:42 |
Adam Sachs |
306 |
JR |
JWU |
Corey Hebert, Emmanuel |
|
|
3 |
3 |
28:24 |
5:43 |
Brody Hale |
360 |
FR |
NORWICH |
Adam Sachs, Johnson & Wales |
|
|
4 |
4 |
28:28 |
5:44 |
Ian Chamenko |
276 |
JR |
EMMANUEL |
Jeremy Shriber, Lasell |
|
|
5 |
5 |
28:29 |
5:44 |
Cameron Connelly |
357 |
FR |
NORWICH |
Chris Kidger, Mount Ida |
|
|
6 |
6 |
28:41 |
5:47 |
Lucas Fisher |
445 |
SO |
SAINT JOSEPH'S |
Robert Greene, Norwich |
|
|
7 |
7 |
28:47 |
5:48 |
Robert Greene |
359 |
JR |
NORWICH |
Jonah Prevost, Rivier |
|
|
8 |
8 |
28:56 |
5:50 |
Connor Lafontaine |
364 |
SO |
NORWICH |
Taidghe Hagan, Saint Joseph's |
|
|
9 |
9 |
28:58 |
5:50 |
Ryan Gilligan |
358 |
FR |
NORWICH |
Paulo Guedes, Suffolk |
|
|
10 |
10 |
29:10 |
5:52 |
Jarrett Cavanagh |
356 |
SO |
NORWICH |
MAJOR AWARDS:
TEAM CHAMPION: Norwich University
RUNNER-UP: Johnson & Wales University
GNAC RUNNER OF THE YEAR: Korey Leonard (Norwich)
GNAC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Korey Leonard (Norwich)
GNAC COACH OF THE YEAR: Nick Cooper (Norwich)
GNAC SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM: Saint Joseph's College
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Saint Joseph's College is Maine's only Catholic liberal arts college, providing a supportive, personalized and career-focused education for more than 100 years. From its 474-acre campus on the shores of Sebago Lake, the College offers more than 40 undergraduate programs to a population of approximately 1,000 students. Saint Joseph's College Online provides certificates, undergraduate and advanced degrees for working adults through an online learning program. For more, visit www.sjcme.edu.
