Katrina Coogan wins the individual race, becoming the first GU champion since 2007 when Melissa Grelli (Presentation HS, San Jose, CA) won the event
Photos: http://www.guhoyas.com/view.gal?id=168800
Oct. 31, 2014
WASHINGTON - All-American Katrina Coogan (Exeter, N.H./Phillips Exeter Academy) won the individual race and led five Hoyas among the top six en route to the 2014 BIG EAST Cross Country Championship, held at Northview Church in Carmel, Ind. The Georgetown women won with a commanding score of 19 points, eclipsing the 10-team field. The men's squad finished second with 51 points behind BIG EAST rival Villanova in the field of nine.
Coogan led a quintet of Hoyas among the top six with a time of 20:31.0 over the 6,000-meter course. Haley Pierce (Wilmington, Del./Tatnall School) finished third, timing in at 20:52.7, followed by Samantha Nadel (Glen Head, N.Y./North Shore) in fourth (20:56.5). This was Nadel's first race of the 2014 season.
Track All-American Andrea Keklak (Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury/Princeton) was the fourth point-scorer for the Blue & Gray with a time of 20:58.4 (fifth place) followed by All-American Hannah Neczypor (North Royalton, Ohio/North Royalton) in sixth place (20:59.0).
"When you get to see these women behind the scenes and see how much work they put in - it's really gratifying to see an end result like this," Women's Head Cross Country Coach Michael Smith said. "I'm thrilled for Katrina for the individual win as well. She and I know that it has been years in the making to reach a place of confidence and fitness so she can perform to her capabilities."
Coogan becomes the first individual champion in Georgetown history since 2007 when All-American Melissa Grelli claimed the title.
"I just stayed as relaxed as I could," Coogan said of the race. "The biggest difference from last year to this year is that with each race, I'm taking a step forward and I'm learning more each time we go out.
"I'm really happy for the team - the BIG EAST is a really tough conference and to bring home the team title is a great accomplishment. We are running for each other and we want to make huge statements as a team."
The Hoyas won the conference championship with a dominating 19 points followed by Providence (65), Butler (82), No. 24 Villanova (95), Marquette (131), Xavier (198), Creighton (203), DePaul (253), St. John's (271).
This is the second championship in three years for the Hoya women, tabbed No. 2 in the country by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), and the fifth title overall in program history. Georgetown's 19 points is the lowest team score since 1990 (Villanova, 15 points) and ties for the second-lowest team score in meet history. With a 49-point margin of victory, Georgetown eclipses the previous record of 44 points set in 2009 by Villanova (VU-30, WVU-74).
The men's team, ranked No. 16 in the last regular season poll released by USTFCCCA, took second place with 51 points behind No. 7 Villanova (23). The 17th-ranked Providence Friars finished third with 64 points followed by Butler (108), Creighton (176), Marquette (185), Xavier (198), DePaul (210) and Seton Hall (286).
Georgetown executed another solid meet with pack running as the strategy with Jonathan Green (Berlin, Mass./Saint John's High School) finishing fifth, with a time of 23:52.7 over the 8,000-meter course. Darren Fahy (Carlsbad, Calif./La Costa Canyon) timed in at 23:55.8 (7th), followed by Scott Carpenter (Lenox, Mass./Lenox Memorial) in 10th (24:03.3), All-American Ahmed Bile (Annandale, Va./Annandale) in 14th (24:22.3) and Ryan Gil (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) in 15th (24:24.3) as the final point scorer.
The Hoyas continue the postseason on Friday, November 14 at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, held in State College, Pa.
Courtesy Georgetown
Women's 2014-15 Roster
Name Event(s) Class Hometown/High School/Last College
Cristeen Anyanwu Sprints FR Alexandria, Va./Episcopal
Bobbie Burgess Distance SO West Lafayette, Ind./West Lafayette
Madeline Chambers Distance GS Rocky River, Ohio/Magnificat
Katrina Coogan Middle Distance / Distance SR Exeter, N.H./Phillips Exeter Academy
Sarah Cotton Distance JR Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand
Jenna Davidner Distance GS South Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames
Becca DeLoache Middle Distance GS Charlotte, N.C./Myers Park
Piper Donaghu Middle Distance / Distance FR Portland, Ore./Grant
Autumn Eastman Middle Distance / Distance FR Hinesburg, Vt./Champlain Valley Union
Natalie Englese Sprints SR Cranford, N.J./Cranford
Jocelyn Hubbard Middle Distance JR Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield/Northeastern
Emma Keenan Middle Distance SO Gwynedd Valley, Pa./Gwynedd-Mercy Academy
Andrea Keklak Middle Distance SR Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury/Princeton
Deseree King Sprints / Hurdles GS Oxon Hill, Md./Oxon Hill
Jody-Ann Knight Sprints FR Bentonville, Ark./Bentonville
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Stefanie Kurgatt Middle Distance SO Tallahassee, Fla./Maclay School
Aleta Looker Middle Distance / Distance FR Ellsworth, Maine/Ellsworth
Annamarie Maag Distance SR Lake Oswego, Ore./Jesuit
Heather Martin Middle Distance JR Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius
Ebony McKeever Sprints SO San Francisco, Calif./Sacred Heart Cathedral
Samantha Nadel Middle Distance / Distance JR Glen Head, N.Y./North Shore
Hannah Neczypor Middle Distance / Distance SR North Royalton, Ohio/North Royalton
Kundalini Nicholson-Walker Jumps / Sprints FR Hilo, Hawaii/Hilo
Mirabel Nkenke Sprints JR Orange, N.J./Immaculate Conception
Rachel Paul Middle Distance / Distance JR Farmingville, N.Y./Sachem East
Madeline Perez Distance FR Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West
Haley Pierce Distance JR Wilmington, Del./Tatnall School
Jasmine Robinson Sprints FR Tampa, Fla./Wharton
Kelsey Smith Middle Distance / Distance SR Exeter, N.H./Exeter
Sabrina Southerland Middle Distance SO New York, N.Y./Benjamin N. Cardozo
Joanna Stevens Distance GS Blacksburg, Va./Blacksburg
Kristen Walsh Middle Distance SR Stony Point, N.Y./North Rockland
Kennedy Weisner Middle Distance / Distance FR St. Mary's, Pa./Elk County Catholic
Men's 2014-15 Roster
Name Event(s) Class Hometown/High School/Last College
Christian Alvarado Middle Distance / Distance FR Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield College Prep
Daniel Anderson Sprints SO Ozark, Mo./Ozark
Mike Andre Sprints JR Ocean, N.J./Ocean Township
Tyler Anyan Distance GS Snellville, Ga./Brookwood
Derek Armstrong Middle Distance / Distance SR Charlottesville, Va./Western Albemarle
Kenneth Armstrong Sprints / Jumps SO San Dimas, Calif./Damien
Amos Bartelsmeyer Middle Distance SO St. Louis, Mo./Saint Louis Country Day School
Ahmed Bile Middle Distance JR Annandale, Va./Annandale
Scott Carpenter Middle Distance SO Lenox, Mass./Lenox Memorial
Charles Cooper Middle Distance / Distance FR Montreal, Canada/Lower Canada College
Michael Crozier Distance JR Arlington, Va./Gonzaga
Richard D'Ambrosio Jumps / Hurdles / Multi SR Collegeville, Pa./Malvern Prep
Max Darrah Middle Distance SR South Yarmouth, Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth Regional
Darren Fahy Distance JR Carlsbad, Calif./La Costa Canyon
Silas Frantz Distance SR Henrico, Va./Douglas Freeman
Ryan Gil Distance SR Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny
Nick Golebiowski Middle Distance / Distance FR St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral
Nathaniel Gordon Middle Distance SO Spartanburg, S.C./Spartanburg
Jonathan Green Middle Distance SO Berlin, Mass./Saint John's High School
Austin Gregor Middle Distance / Distance SR Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks South
Matt Howard Distance GS Blacksburg, Va./Blacksburg
Stephen Kersh Middle Distance GS Albuquerque, N.M./Sandia Prep/University of Portland
Brian King Distance GS Sonoma, Calif./Cardinal Newman
Charlie King Distance FR Sonoma, Calif./Cardinal Newman
Billy Ledder Middle Distance GS Washington, D.C./Gonzaga
Michael Lederhouse Middle Distance/Distance JR Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West
Collin Leibold Distance SR Falls Church, Va./Gonzaga
Geremia Lizier-Zmudzinski Middle Distance / Distance FR Forest Grove, Ore./Forest Grove
Ryan Manahan Middle Distance SO Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus
John Murray Distance SR Shrewsbury, Mass./Shrewsbury
Andrew Ogle Middle Distance JR Powell, Tenn./Powell
Connor Sheryak Middle Distance / Distance SO Louisville, Ky./St. Xavier
Tyler Smith Sprints SR Jeffersonville, Pa./Norristown
Nick Sullivan Sprints FR Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto
Carter Taylor Hurdles FR Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area
Devante Washington Sprints JR Lafayette, La./Lafayette
Joe White Middle Distance FR Clifton, N.J./DePaul Catholic
Cole Williams Middle Distance SR San Francisco, Calif./Occidental College
Zach Zingsheim Middle Distance JR Lansing, Mich./Lansing Catholic
Coaches
Patrick Henner - Director, Men's & Women's Track & Field
Michael Smith - Head Women's Cross Country Coach/Assistant T&F Coach
Brandon Bonsey - Assistant Coach
Julie Culley - Assistant Coach
Courtesy Hoyas Cross Country, Track & Field Home
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