Bears take ninth at CC championships

TIMONIUM, Md. – Pat O’Neill (Ardsley, PA/LaSalle) finished 26th to lead the Ursinus men’s cross country team at the 2005 Centennial Conference (CC) Cross Country Championships at Johns Hopkins on Saturday.

O’Neill ran the 8.000 meter course 27 minutes, 28 seconds to help the Bears finish with 244 team point and ninth overall. Haverford made it 13-for-13 in men’s team titles, scoring 19 points compared to Dickinson’s 86.

Liz Brennan (Drexel Hill, PA/Academy of Notre Dame) finished with a time of 24:25 for 35^th overall and help the Ursinus women 9^th out of 10 teams.

Dickinson won the women’s side for the sixth straight year with 18 points – 49 points ahead of second-place Haverford.

Chris DeLeon (Lawrence Harbor, NJ/Old Bridge) finished second on the team, running in 71^st. Kevin Metz (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville) followed DeLeon across the line in 73^rd overall.

Joe Szymanski (Bensalem, PA/Bensalem) and Eric Wickersham (Hockessin, DE/St. Mark’s) round out the Bears’ top five.

Szymanski was 89^th (31:31), while Wickersham was 91^st (32:03).

On the women’s side, Sara McNally (Drexel Hill, PA/Upper Darby) was the second fastest Bear with a 38^th-place time of 24:33.

Stephanie Rogman (Schnecksvill e, PA/Central Catholic) crossed the line in 27:09 for 88^th and Lynne Erickson ran in 46^th overall in 24:45. Maureen McCarthy (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic) ran in 27:39 to round out the Bears’ top five.
Ursinus returns to action at the NCAA Division III Mid-East Regionals in two weeks on Nov. 12^th at Dickinson. The women run at 11 a.m., and the men follow at 12 p.m.

Women’s Results:

1. Dickinson 18, 2. Haverford 67, 3. Swarthmore 80, 4. Franklin & Marshall 126, 5. Muhlenberg 142, 6. Johns Hopkins 154, 7. Gettysburg, 209, 8. Bryn Mawr 223, 9. Ursinus 234, 10. McDaniel 236.

Ursinus Results:

35. Liz Brennan 24:25, 38. Sara McNally 24:33, 46. Lynne Erickson 24:45, 88. Stephanie Rogman 27:09, 92. Maureen McCarthy 27:39, 96. Stephanie Weitz 27:54, 97. Erika Bradley 28:05, 102. Allison Stouch 28:42, 108. Christa Johnson 30:36, 111. Maura McCarthy 33:58.

Men’s Results:

1. Haverford 19, 2. Dickinson 86, 3. Swarthmore 99, 4. Muhlenberg 100, 5. Gettysburg 145, 6. Johns Hopkins 154, 7. McDaniel 161, 8. Franklin & Marshall 234, 9. Ursinus 244.