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November 14, 2005

Results from the Cross Country Nationals held at Finger Lakes Community College on Saturday, November 12:

Women's Results:

HCCC's Sarah Lazarus finished third and received First Team All-American. Sarah was only seven seconds behind second place. Coach Sharon Howell said "Sarah has had an outstanding season." It was Lazarus' first season running cross country. Each of the HCCC women decreased their time compared to the first time they ran the course. Patty Wakefield showed the most improvement shaving five minutes off. There were 71 female runners in the meet.

Results:

MVCC 1st 32 pts

SUNY Delhi 102

Finger Lakes 115

Gloucester 129

Suffolk 132

Morrisville 136

Alfred 138

Harper 148

HCCC 164

The following teams were incomplete: Bergen, Broome, Cayuga, College of DuPage, Columbus State, CC of Rhode Island, Cumberland, Dutchess, Hudson Valley, Kingsborough, Montgomery, Northern Essex, Sullivan County, Suny Cobleskill.

3rd Sarah Lazarus 20:24

48 Sarah King 24:55

54 Stephine Sawyer 25:48

65 Patty Wakefield 28:06

67 Andrea Viel 29:08

Men's Results:

Delhi                 26

MVCC               109

CC of Rhode Island  117

Erie                  131

Howard             140

Alfred St            152

Harper               183

Cobleskill          232

DuPage             246

Morrisville          285

Finger Lakes     307

Columbus          351

Georgia Military 360

Queensborough 391

HCCC               394 15th/19

Middle Georgia  422

Gloucester        438

Northern Essex  441

Bergen              457

The following teams were incomplete: Bronx, Broome, Cayuga, Cumberland, Dutchess, Kingsborough, Middlesex, Montgomery, Palo Alto, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, and Thaddeus Stevens.

Place    Name                            Time

68         Patrick Bane                 31:55

84         Matt Swancott               32:47

87         Mike Carter                   32:54

105       Sebastian Czuszel         34:32

126       Travis Byam                  37:18

139       Ben Schultz                  39:37

Coach Howell said "The men all improved their time since the first time they ran it." Mike Carter showed the most improvement by shaving seven minutes off his time. "The men did well by pulling together and working as a team," said Howell. There were male 145 runners in the meet.

October 31, 2005

Results from the October 29th meet at SUNY Delhi:

Women:

Mohawk            30

Delhi                 71

Finger Lakes     77

Alfred                93

Morrisville          105

Herkimer           109

Incomplete teams were Hudson Valley and Broome

Sarah Lazarus made the All-Region Team by placing 2nd out of 39 runners with a time of 20:49. "Sarah ran well and will be in the top 10 at Nationals," said Coach Sharon Howell. Other women's results:

Sarah King 27th 25:00

Stephine Sawyer 31st 25:27.00

Patty Wakefield 35th 27:46

Andrea Veil 37th 29:45

Howell said "when comparing today's times to those from the first time they ran this course, all the girls reduced their times." Stephine Sawyer had the most improved time with a reduction in time by 1:45.

Men:

Delhi                 23

Mohawk            50

Alfred                109

Erie                  114

Cobleskill          141

Morrisville          148

Finger Lakes     151

Herkimer           219

Incomplete teams were: Cayuga, Broome

The top finisher was Patrick Bane at 42nd out of 75 runners (31:58).

Matt Swancott 52nd 33:42

Mike Carter 54th 34:27

Sebastian Czuszel 34:28

Travis Byam 70th 38:14

Ben Schults 74th 41:06

Coach Howell said t he men are showing improvement in their times. "This course was a tougher course than last week's," she noted.

October 24, 2005

Herkimer's Cross Country team participated in the Mountain Valley Conference held this past weekend at Cobleskill. Results are:

Men:

Delhi 29

MVCC 40

Cobleskill 79

Morrisville 107

Herkimer 137

24th place Patrick Bane 31:45.82

31st Mike Carter 33:52.59

33rd Matt Swancott 34:20.04

36th Sabastian Czuszel 35:10.84

42nd Travis Byam 37:17.66

45th Ben Schultz 43:13.68

Four of the six men took anywhere from one to three minutes off their best times. "They are working hard to get ready for the Regional meet next weekend at Delhi," said Coach Sharon Howell.

Women:

MVCC 21

Delhi   53

HCCC 70

Morrisville  79

Cobleskill & Hudson Valley incomplete

2nd Sarah Lazarus 18:59.85 **made  the all-conference team

14th Sarah King 22:38.98

18th Stephine Sawyer 22:56.73

Patty Wakefield 21st 25:54.47

26th Andrea Veil 27:35.08

All the women improved their times by two to four minutes. Patty Wakefield and Andrea Veil improved the most. Sara Lazarus had an outstanding race as well and made the All-Conference team. She is currently one of the top 10 runners in the nation.

October 6, 2005

Results from the meet at Delhi (October 5):

Women:
Delhi 22
Herkimer 33
Incomplete teams were: Hudson Valley, Hartwick, Broome, Oneonta, and Morrisville
1st Sarah Lazarus 21:31
14th Sarah King 24:45
Stephine Sawyer 27:15
21st Patty Wakefield 29:55
22nd Andrea Veil 30:45

Men:

Delhi 15

Hartwick 59

Morrisville 74

Oneonta 84

Herkimer 126

Incomplete team: Broome

31st Patrick Bane 19:28

35th Matt Swancott 20:00

39th Sebastian Czuszel 20:19

42nd Mike Carter 20:26

43rd Travis Byam 20:37

October 3, 2005

Results from the Lemoyne Invitational (October 1):

Sarah Lazarus placed 16th out of 96 with a time of 21:37.  Coach Sharon Howell said, "Sarah was sick and still ran a great time." Patty Wakefield was 96th with a time of 33:18. Howell said "Although Patty came in last, she did not give up, and she keeps improving."

"The course was tough for both men and women. Four of the six men improved their times even though it was one of the toughest courses they have run thus far," said Howell.

Women's Results:

Niagara Univ      57

MVCC               58

LeMoyne           64

Gannon             69

Canisius            131

Cortland            143

Nazareth           151

Ithaca               201

Delhi                 268

St. Bonaventure 307

Incomplete teams: Herkimer, Broome, Cobleskill, Finger Lakes, Sullivan CC, Cayuga

Men's Results:

Delhi                   39

Niagara             102

Canisius            116

Ithaca               123

MVCC               138

Gannon             164

LeMoyne           169

Nazareth           184

Cortland            213

SUNY IT            300

Cobleskill          302

Morrisville          314

Finger Lakes     326

Broome             393

Herkimer           402

Incomplete teams were:  St. Bonaventure, Sullivan, Cayuga

Patrick Bane 85th 32:46

Matt Swancott 91st 33.26

Mike Carter 99th 35:01

Sebastian Czuszel 37:07

Travis Byam 108th 38:00

Ben Schultz 118th 46.56

September 12, 2005

Results from Finger Lakes Meet (Sept. 9):

Unfortunately the women's team was incomplete, with only four runners (five are required). Sarah Lazarus finished 3rd with a time of 21:26 behind Marchers at 21:00 and behind MVCC 20:08. Sarah King was our second runner in with a time of 25:29 followed by Stephine Sawyer 26:41 and Patty Wakefield 33:05.

MVCC took first with 15 points and Finger Lakes 2nd with 48. In addition to Herkimer, there were 10 other teams incomplete! Alfred State, SUNY Cobleskill, Mercyhurst, Broome, Morrisville, Erie, Hudson Valley, Cayuga, Sullivan, and SUNY Delhi.

The Men were complete and placed 9th out of 9 complete teams (there were 3 incomplete teams). Incomplete teams were Broome, Cayuga, and Sullivan.

Patrick Bane was our first runner in with a time of 33:10 (place was 37), followed by Sebastian Czuszel 34:31 (42), Matt Swancott 35:57 (48), Mike Carter 37:39  (52), Travis Byam 39:29 (55) and Paul Lazarus 41:43 (58).  Team results were:

Suny Delhi 30, MVCC 57, Erie 87, Alfred State 121, Morrisville 147, SUNY Cobleskill 156, Mercyhurst 174, Finger Lakes 197 and HCCC 234.

September 9, 2005

Women's Cross Country runs away with the Cobleskill Invitational. Team places 1st.

The Women’s Cross Country Team is currently tied for 2nd in the Nation. This week, freshman Sarah Lazarus, from New Berlin, was named National Runner of the Week for NJCAA Division 3. Sarah is a basketball and track & field athlete, and decided to run cross country to stay in shape for basketball. The Cobleskill meet was Sarah's first cross country meet ever. Coach Sharon Howell said "Since she is new to this sport, she didn't know what to expect. She now has a feel for what cross country is all about, and I expect she will get better in each race she runs." Howell noted that Sarah is a very dedicated and focused athlete, and went on to say "I expect to see great results in not just cross country but basketball and track as well."

2005 Season Preview:

For 2005, returning runners for the women’s team are Patty Wakefield and Stephine Sawyer, and returning for the men is Matt Swancott.  The men’s team looks to be much stronger than last year.  The focus continues to be on building up the program.  With complete teams and improving times, we should be able to hold our own at meets.

2004 Season in Review:

Last spring was the first year in many that we had complete teams for both men’s and women’s Cross Country, and the season was successful.

Women: First @ SUNY Cobleskill & Alfred State, 2nd at Finger Lakes, 3rd at Delhi & Mountain Valley, 4th at Regionals and 8th at Nationals.

Men: stayed consistently around 4th for the regular season, and 7th at Regionals. Returning runner returning for men is Matt Swancott. The men’s team looks to be much stronger than last year.