Nyack's Muckell Wins CACC Women's X-C Title
Oct 23, 2004

Georgian Court Repeats As Team Champion

PHILADELPHIA, PA--Senior Wendy Muckell of Nyack College was named Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Women's Cross-Country Runner of the Year after winning the CACC Championship race on Saturday afternoon at Belmont Plateau.

Muckell completed the 5,000-meter course in 20 minutes, 24.77 seconds. She finished 8.49 seconds ahead of freshman Joy Aifuwa of host University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. As the highest-finishing first-year college runner, Aifuwa claimed the inaugural CACC Newcomer of the Year Award.

Georgian Court University won the team championship for the second consecutive year and for the fourth time in the five-year history of the event. The Lions featured five all-conference runners, paced by freshman Adrianna Correa in fifth place. GCU easily outpointed second-place Nyack College, 43-79.

GCU's Kerwin Lanz was named Coach of the Year by his peers. Caldwell College was selected as the Team Sportsmanship Award winner. Team standings and the all-conference team are listed below. Complete results are available at http://www.geocities.com/xcresults/CACC.html.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Georgian Court 5 7 8 10 13 -- 43

2. Nyack 1 3 20 21 34 -- 79

3. USP 2 16 17 19 28 -- 82

4. NJIT 4 9 22 26 27 -- 88

5. Felician 6 11 25 36 42 -- 120

6. Wilmington 12 15 24 37 59 -- 147

7. Goldey-Beacom 14 29 41 49 50 -- 183

8. Caldwell 31 35 40 43 55 -- 204

9. Holy Family 33 38 48 51 56 -- 226

10. Dominican 39 46 47 52 53 -- 237

2004 ALL-CACC TEAM

1. Wendy Muckell, Nyack 20:24.77

2. Joy Aifuwa, USP 20:35.26

3. Sarah Bird, Nyack 20:49.87

4. Elizabeth Mayo, NJIT 20:55.14

5. Adriana Correa, Georgian Court 20:58.22

6. Shakira Williams, Felician 21:20.30

7. Katherine Czajkowski, Georgian Court 21:28.70

8. Jaime Harbstreet, Georgian Court 21:37.71

9. Jaclyn Thomforde, NJIT 21:39.25

10. Julienne Reilley, Georgian Court 21:42.33

11. Melissa Barraquierro, Felician 21:48.59

12. Jill Maxwell, Wilmington 21:52.98

13. Meghan Nicotra, Georgian Court 22:01.88

14. Kate Lewis, Goldey-Beacom 22:04.35

15. Michelle Spadaro, Wilmington 22:07.32

RUNNER OF THE YEAR

Wendy Muckell, Nyack

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Joy Aifuwa, USP

COACH OF THE YEAR

Kerwin Lanz, Georgian Court

TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD

Caldwell