NEW Atlantic Region XC *2009* thread

If O'Connor can come back healthy (hurt last season?) he can make for a strong 7 for Geneseo. One of their top runners this track season.

i believe hodge was actually a senior last year and will not be using his remaining season of eligibility

I also heard that a bunch of rit grads are coming back after their co-ops to use one last season of eligibility. Look out for this team of super seniors.

Also look out for Yernye of Plattsburgh. Injured part way through cross. Won ECAC outdoor 5k.

D3er wrote:

I also heard that a bunch of rit grads are coming back after their co-ops to use one last season of eligibility. Look out for this team of super seniors.

fo real. Brindak and miller 1/2 in the ECAC 10k. Then you have hardbarger and burdick coming back i think. Very strong top 4 right there.

Kosgei is a beast

To keep with the OP, here are the top 36 returners for the women with their breakdown by team:

Cortland - 5 (4-11-15-17-21)

SLU - 4 (1-2-6-35)

Brockport - 4 (9-27-30-36)

Geneseo - 3 (5-7-8)

Plattsburgh - 3 (3-24-25)

TCNJ - 3 (12-32-33)

NYU - 2 (13-23)

UR - 2 (14-16)

There have been several rumors of some top women transferring too. That will certainly make a difference as will any talented incoming freshmen.

1 1 Wendy Pavlus SO ST. LAWRENCE 22:31.3

2 2 Johannah Ludington JR ST. LAWRENCE 22:47.1

3 4 Jennifer Schaffhouser JR PLATTSBURGH ST. 22:58.2

4 5 Andi Palen SO CORTLAND ST. 23:17.0

5 6 Alyssa Smith FR GENESEO ST. 23:23.9

6 7 Jenna Hulton FR ST. LAWRENCE 23:24.8

7 10 Erin Marks JR GENESEO ST. 23:33.7

8 11 Danielle Hunt JR GENESEO ST. 23:36.4

9 13 Kelsey Conn SO BROCKPORT ST. 23:40.1

10 14 Johanna Spangler FR VASSAR 23:40.5

11 15 Lisa Holt JR CORTLAND ST. 23:57.8

12 16 Megan Donovan JR TCNJ 24:01.8

13 17 Joan Kanarkiewicz FR NYU 24:02.5

14 18 Sarah Gollub JR ROCHESTER 24:03.3

15 19 Alyson Dalton FR CORTLAND ST. 24:04.7

16 20 Lauren Norton FR ROCHESTER 24:06.4

17 21 Kate Ramsbotham JR CORTLAND ST. 24:09.2

18 22 Erin Kyle JR RPI 24:10.0

19 24 Melanie McCormick JR ITHACA 24:10.6

20 25 Jena Peacock FR ROWAN 24:11.8

21 26 Katie Dylag JR CORTLAND ST. 24:15.9

22 27 Melissa Franzese JR STEVENS INSTITUTE 24:18.7

23 29 Paige Zelinsky FR NYU 24:23.4

24 30 Martha Brown FR PLATTSBURGH ST. 24:25.5

25 31 Stefanie Braun FR PLATTSBURGH ST. 24:30.7

26 34 Meredith Fitzpatrick SO HAMILTON 24:34.2

27 35 Caitlin McAneney SO BROCKPORT ST. 24:35.8

28 36 Kathryn Markowitz JR RPI 24:37.3

29 37 Heidi Baumbach FR ITHACA 24:38.2

30 39 Jen Fasciano FR BROCKPORT ST. 24:42.8

31 40 Meredith Malloy JR STOCKTON 24:43.6

32 41 Michelle Wallace JR TCNJ 24:46.1

33 42 Nicole Ullmeyer JR TCNJ 24:46.9

34 44 Linda Puntasecca JR RAMAPO 24:48.1

35 45 Jenny Kaagan FR ST. LAWRENCE 24:49.6

36 46 Melissa Wassink FR BROCKPORT ST. 24:50.3

Rumors of Kelsey Conn of brockport to Syracuse in the fall.

I think Nate Slowe is going to be back too, guess he got injured one of his first years out. Now he's in grad school and out for blood.

Vin wrote:

There have been several rumors of some top women transferring too. That will certainly make a difference as will any talented incoming freshmen.

Vin, thanks for your work! We all know that, in general, frosh can affect the women's races much more than the men's; does anyone have a line on incoming classes? (For instance, I know that over the years Nick McDonough has gotten some great guys, mostly from NJ, for my "hometown" NYU Violets; don't know whether he had similar success recruiting women this year. I guess this would be his first recruiting class?)

With Mark Krueger gone from Brockport, I have no idea whether this link will still work for Atlantic Region previews/info:

Most likely not, I guess. Anyone know whether someone else has taken over the Atlantic XC site?

I hear Oneonta is getting quite the lucrative frosh class for women.

kibitzer wrote:

With Mark Krueger gone from Brockport, I have no idea whether this link will still work for Atlantic Region previews/info:

http://www.acs.brockport.edu/~mkrueger/Atlantic_CC/home.htm

Most likely not, I guess. Anyone know whether someone else has taken over the Atlantic XC site?

possibly phil jennings from TCNJ will take over the poll, as he was running the men's side last season. hopefully the site stays up because it was a very helpful reference for those following the region and for the athletes as well.

This just in... wrote:

I hear Oneonta is getting quite the lucrative frosh class for women.

Interesting. They have a lot of ground to make up, no?

Anyone else have info on women's (or men's) incoming runners, esp. top runners? Hardly any Atlantic teams post their recruits on Dyestat, I've noticed...

Also, where (if anywhere) did Mark Krueger end up? He seemed to have some success while at Brockport (and no, I'm not interested in his personal life, just wondering whether he's coaching anywhere).

kibitzer wrote:

Also, where (if anywhere) did Mark Krueger end up? He seemed to have some success while at Brockport (and no, I'm not interested in his personal life, just wondering whether he's coaching anywhere).

as far as I know MK isn't going to be coaching collegiately in the fall. I am pretty positive he is still coaching his club team the brockport distance project however.

Stout wrote:

Rumors of Kelsey Conn of brockport to Syracuse in the fall.

Yea, that's one I know is true. Another one I heard a lot of was Andi Palen. I know she was looking at Oregon and Florida State (and others?), but don't know where she ended up.

Geneseo's guys team looks real good. Could they win? Haskle should be back this year.

The St. Lawrence girls team could win with the addition of one or two solid incoming girls.

I don't remember, why was the regionals course so slow last year?

mikejones999 wrote:

I don't remember, why was the regionals course so slow last year?

Hard, steady rain and muddy footing, IIRC...

Billy Mays here wrote:

I think Nate Slowe is going to be back too, guess he got injured one of his first years out. Now he's in grad school and out for blood.

Yep, been banging out 110 mile weeks for the better part of the last two years. Kosgei is going to look ridiculous trying to hang on.

You also have to look and see that Cortland didnt run 2 of their returners at regionals who ran at nationals. They should be a powerhouse again.