Posted: Nov 21, 2011
WINNECONNE, Wis.-- Senior Lee Berube covered the eight-kilometer course in 23:49 to finish as the national runner-up at the NCAA Division III Cross Country championships at Winneconne, Wisconsin in leading Geneseo to a program-best fourth place team finish with 235 points. Berube finished behind individual champion Ben Sathre, a senior from St. Thomas (Minn.) who finished in 23:44. North Central (Ill.) won the event with 110 points, Haverford (Pa.) was second with 172 and Washington University of St. Louis was third with 206.
Senior Eddie Novara earned his second consecutive cross country All-America award by finishing 25th in 24:38 and senior Mark Streb was one spot out of a national certificate with a 36th place time of 24:47. Junior Tom Clark ran 60th in 25:00, senior Chris Carter was 187th in 25:52, senior AJ Corcoran ran 189th in 25:53 and sophomore Chris Moore placed 263 of 279 runners with a time of 26:44. Geneseo's previous best team finish came in 2009, when they placed sixth. The Blue Knights have made nine consecutive and 10 overall appearances at the men's cross country nationals.
Cortland posted a score of 459 points, two ahead of Nebraska Wesleyan and 18 behind NYU to finish in 20th place. Junior Tom Hopkins finished 54th in a field of 279 runners in 24:58.06 over 8,000 meters. Freshman Nick Marcantonio placed 62nd in 25:00.86. Sophomore Cody Amengual crossed the finish line 156th in 25:38.23, junior Pat Fannon placed 168th (25:42.87) and freshman Mike Ramos was 172nd (25:44.06). Rounding out Cortland's contingent were sophomore Brian Hotchkiss in 227th place (26:05.42) and junior Joe Blazey in 261st place (26:43.20).
Cortland posted a score of 459 points, two ahead of Nebraska Wesleyan and 18 behind NYU to finish in 20th place. Junior Tom Hopkins finished 54th in a field of 279 runners in 24:58.06 over 8,000 meters. Freshman Nick Marcantonio placed 62nd in 25:00.86. Sophomore Cody Amengual crossed the finish line 156th in 25:38.23, junior Pat Fannon placed 168th (25:42.87) and freshman Mike Ramos was 172nd (25:44.06). Rounding out Cortland's contingent were sophomore Brian Hotchkiss in 227th place (26:05.42) and junior Joe Blazey in 261st place (26:43.20).
Ryan Millar of the Plattsburgh State and Fredonia’s Peter Francia were individual entries based on their performance at the Regional meet. Millar finished 137th setting a personal record in his first-ever appearance at the National Championships, completing the 8k course in 25:30. Millar’s time was a season’s best by 31 seconds.
Francia covered the distance in 25:41, a 17-second improvement over his previous-best time. He finished 167th.
