PHILADELPHIA, PA - Felician College won its fourth consecutive Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) men's cross country championship today at Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia. The Golden Falcons placed all seven of their runners in the top 12 to score a low 22 points. Philadelphia was second with 53 points, while USP was third with 101 points. The top-15 individual finishers were named to the All-CACC team.
The individual champion was senior Paul Chegwidden of Felician, who finished the 8,000-meter course in a conference-record time of 26:34.88, almost 55 seconds faster than his nearest competitor. Sophomore Shawn D'Andrea of Philadelphia was second with a 27:29.04 clocking. Felician's Jeremy Rodgers garnered CACC Rookie of the Year honors by finishing third with a time of 27:38.21.
The Golden Falcons had three others finish in the top-10 in freshman Brad Schepise (3rd, 27:38 and seniors Mike Burghoffer (7th, 27547.11. and Brian McDonnell (8th, 28:00.68). Furthermore, senior Alex Wright was 11th in 28:10.35, while freshman Brendan Krewer was 12th in 28:13.92.
Three Philadelphia runner claimed All-CACC accolades, including D'Andrea, sophomore Andrew Piotrowski (10th, 28:09.09) and freshman Jeff Kopczynski (13th, 28:25.72).
CACC newcomer Chestnut Hill College was not included in the team scoring due to conference rules, but junior Will Shoemaker (5th, 27:4.67) and sophomore Mike Cavanaugh (15th, 28:32.54) earned All-Conference honors. They are the first two Griffins to make an All-CACC team in any sport.
At the conclusion of the meet, John Brennan of Felician was named CACC Coach of the Year for the third consecutive season, and USP was given the annual Team Sportsmanship Award for the second year in a row. The head coaches voted for both awards.
Complete results of today's action can be viewed here.
http://www.geocities.com/xcresults/CACC.html
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Felician 1 3 5 6 7 -- 22
2. Philadelphia 2 9 12 14 16 -- 53
3. USP 4 18 20 24 35 -- 101
4. Wilmington 8 17 26 29 43 -- 123
5. Goldey-Beacom 13 21 27 37 39 -- 137
6. Nyack 19 28 31 38 42 -- 158
7. Holy Family 30 32 33 36 57 -- 188
8. Bloomfield 23 34 48 49 50 -- 204
9. Post 15 51 53 55 56 -- 230
* - Chestnut Hill College runners not included in team standings
2007 ALL-CACC TEAM
1. Paul Chegwidden, Felician 26:34.88
2. Shawn D'Andrea, Phila. 27:29.04
3. Jeremy Rodgers, Felician 27:38.21
4. Matt Willard, USP 27:39.64
5. Will Shoemaker, CHC 27:41.67
6. Brad Schepise, Felician 27:52.00
7. Mike Burghoffer, Felician 27:57.11
8. Brian McDonnell, Felician 28:00.68
9. Joe Debus, Wilmington 28:05.46
10. Andrew Piotrowski, Phila. 28:09.08
11. Alex Wright, Felician 28:10.35
12. Brendan Krewer, Felician 28:13.92
13. Jeff Kopczynski, Phila. 28:25.72
14. Soufiane Sadikina, GBC 28:26.44
15. Mike Cavanaugh, CHC 28:32.54
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION
Paul Chegwidden, Felician
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Jeremy Rodgers, Felician
COACH OF THE YEAR
John Brennan, Felician
TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
USP