For Immediate Release: October 19, 2004
Contact: Megan Cross, SUNYAC Publicist
Brockport
Hosts 2004 SUNYAC Cross Country Championships This Weekend
Geneseo Men and Women Eye Fifth Consecutive Titles
FREDONIA, NY – The 2004 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC)
Cross Country Championships will be held Saturday, October 23 on the campus
of SUNY Brockport. The men's race will begin at 11:00 a.m., followed by the
women's race at noon.
The men and women's teams from
Geneseo are capable of capturing their fifth consecutive championship, led
by 2003 Coach of the Year, Mike Woods. The men finished seventh at the NCAA
Division III championships last year, reaching the national meet for just
the second time. The women made their tenth appearance in 14 years at the
NCAA Division III Cross Country championship meet and claimed their second
NCAA Atlantic Region title in three years.
The Geneseo men are led by senior
Ted Turner (Wappingers Falls/John Jay), last year's first place finisher
at the SUNYAC Championships, and juniors Jeff Beck (Fairport/Fairport),
Ross Huncovic (Endwell/Maine-Endwell ), and sophomore Jim Tillapaugh
(Carlisle/Cobleskill-Richmondville). Beck (2nd), Huncovic (5th), and Tillapaugh
(9th) all were top 15-finishers a year ago.
Geneseo's competition includes
three other returning top15-finishers from last year, Plattsburgh's Matt
DeShane (Norwood/Norfolk) (7th), Brockport's Scott Austin (Brockport/Caledonia)
(8th) and James Davenport (Lansing/Lansing) (14th).
The Geneseo women have five
returning top-15 finishers from the 2003. Marta Scott (South Wales/East
Aurora) took 5th, Fran Magri (Rochester/Irondequoit) took 6th,
Sally Briggs (Fishkill/John Jay) took 7th, Kelly Owens (Baldwinsville/Baker)
took 8th and Christina Finke (Fairport/Fairport) finished 14th.
Three other women's teams return top 15-finishers from the 2003 SUNYAC meet. Brockport's Lindsey Goldberg (Schenectady/Guilderland Central) (9th) Potsdam's Jodie Schoppmann (Levittown/Island Trees) (10th) and Fredonia's Dani Pendl (Patchogue/Patchogue-Medford) (15th).
2003 SUNYAC
Women's Cross Country Championship Results
| 1. | Geneseo | 30 |
| 2. | Cortland | 78 |
| 3. | Brockport | 83 |
| 4 | Oswego | 150 |
| 5. | Fredonia | 163 |
| 6. | Oneonta | 183 |
| 7. | Plattsburgh | 186 |
| 8. | Buffalo State | 189 |
| 9. | New Paltz | 191 |
| 10. | Potsdam | 230 |
2003 SUNYAC Men's Cross Country Championship Results
| 1. | Geneseo | 15 |
| 2. | Plattsburgh | 68 |
| 3. | Brockport | 100 |
| 4 | Cortland | 135 |
| 5. | Oswego | 150 |
| 6. | Oneonta | 172 |
| 7. | Buffalo State | 177 |
| 8. | New Paltz | 186 |
| 9. | Fredonia | 191 |
| 10. | Potsdam | 313 |