Cadets Clinch Fourth-Consecutive GNAC Championship

Cadets Clinch Fourth-Consecutive GNAC Championship
Posted: Oct 28, 2018

STANDISH, Maine – Norwich University claimed the 2018 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Men's Cross Country Championship for the fourth-consecutive season, and 11th time overall, with 22 points in the 8K race at Saint Joseph's College on Sunday afternoon.

The Cadets placed five runners in the top 10 overall including the top three finishers as junior Adam Saucier (Massena, N.Y.) captured the individual crown after touring the 8K course in 26:50, just one second off the SJC Course record. 2017 individual champion Brody Hale (Naugatuck, Conn.) placed second (27:18) and sophomore Jack McNally (Nokesville, Va.) was third (27:23) as Norwich cruised to the team title, 27 points ahead of runner-up Colby-Sawyer College, which totaled 49 points.

Suffolk University placed third (93 points), Emmanuel College was fourth (104), and Saint Joseph's rounded out the top five teams with 111 points. Regis College (127), Johnson & Wales University (227), Lasell College (253), and Rivier University (263) fielded full teams in this year's championship while University of Saint Joseph (CT) entered three individuals in the 2018 event.

Individually, Suffolk freshman Matyas Csiki-Fejer finished fifth with a 27:29 time and Colby-Sawyer junior Peter Bakker completed the top five with a 27:43 performance.

Norwich Head Coach Seth Jackson, in his first year as the Cadets' skipper, claimed GNAC Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year honors, as voted on by fellow conference coaches.

For the Monks, freshman Troy Hendricks (Hiram, Maine) finished 11th (28:44), first-year Jacob Huberdeau (Plaistow, N.H.) was 12th (28:49), freshman Michael Brooks (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) placed 17th (29:23), sophomore Brandon Whitlock (Westbrook, Maine) was 40th (31:38), and junior Ben Plante (Biddeford, Maine) finished 45th (32:00).

 

FIRST TEAM ALL-GNAC (top seven individuals):

Adam Saucier, Norwich
Brody Hale, Norwich
Jack McNally, Norwich
Matyas Csiki-Fejer, Suffolk
Peter Bakker, Colby-Sawyer
Korey Leonard, Norwich
Ben Jones, Colby-Sawyer

SECOND TEAM ALL-GNAC (individuals placing 8th-14th):

Liam Fleming, Colby-Sawyer
Erik Brobst, Emmanuel
Zachary Bergeron, Norwich
Troy Hendricks, Saint Joseph's
Jacob Huberdeau, Saint Joseph's
Patrick Carty, Emmanuel
Kyle Hajj, Colby-Sawyer

MAJOR AWARDS:

TEAM CHAMPION: Norwich University

RUNNER-UP: Colby-Sawyer College

GNAC RUNNER OF THE YEAR: Adam Saucier (Norwich)

GNAC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Matyas Csiki-Fejer (Suffolk)

GNAC COACH OF THE YEAR: Seth Jackson (Norwich)

GNAC SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM: Saint Joseph's College

 

GNAC ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM: 

Bruin Smith, Colby-Sawyer 
Cameron Atherton, Emmanuel 
Matthew Ursillo, Johnson & Wales 
Ryan Dalaba, Lasell 
Andrew Turner, Norwich 
Gustavo Novelle-Ruddy, Regis 
Yash Jagtap, Rivier 
Chamroeun Chhorn, Saint Joseph (CT) 
Avery Liotta-Henderson, Saint Joseph's (Maine) 
Roth Santos, Suffolk

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.