Posted: November 2, 2004

Athletics: USATF News & Notes - Collegiate conference cross country champions

The following is a list of individual and team champions from collegiate conference cross country championships held over the weekend.

(Men listed first, team/individual champ listed)

America East -- Maine/Anthony Truax (New Hampshire); Boston U./Victoria Botticelli (Boston)

Atlantic 10 -- La Salle/John Ciccarelli (Richmond); La Salle/Rachel Papin (La Salle)

Atlantic Sun -- Belmont/Ryan Snellen (Belmont); Belmont/Jenn Feenstra (Georgia St.)

ACC -- North Carolina St./Andrew Lemoncello (Florida St.); Duke/Sally Meyerhoff (Duke)

Big East -- Notre Dame/Bobby Curtis (Georgetown); Providence/Kim Smith (Providence)

Big Sky -- Northern Arizona/Nate Long (Weber St.); Northern Arizona/Ida Nilsson (Northern Arizona)

Big South -- High Point/Josh McDougal (Liberty); Coastal Carolina/Jemissa Hess (High Point)

Big Ten -- Wisconsin/Simon Bairu (Wisconsin) Badgers went 1-2-3; Michigan/Danette Doetzel (Michigan St.)

Big 12 -- Colorado/Benson Chesang (Kansas); Colorado/Renee Metivier (Colorado)

Big West -- Cal Poly/Trevor Ball (Utah St.);UC-Santa Barbara/Lauren Christman (UCSB)

Colonial -- William & Mary/Matt Keally (William & Mary); William & Mary/Shannon Saunders (James Madison)

Carolinas-Virginia -- Lees-McRae/David Green (Coker); Lees-McRae/Jennifer Hitt (Anderson)

Conference USA -- Houston/Mate Nemeth (Memphis); Marquette/Mary Kinyanjui (TCU)

Heartland -- Anderson (perfect score)/Stephen Cohen (Anderson); Anderson/Gwen Kemple (Anderson)

Heps -- Columbia/Gerry Groothuis (Columbia); Columbia/Caroline Bierbaum (Columbia)

Horizon -- Butler/Andrew Sherman (Butler); Butler/Victoria Mitchell (Butler)

Iowa Conf. -- Wartburg/Josh Moen (Wartburg); Luther/Missy Buttry (Wartburg)

KCAC -- Southwestern, KS/Jazz Carreon (SWn); Kansas Wesleyan/Nicole Heptig (Kansas Wesleyan)

MAAC -- Iona/Richard Kiplagat (Iona); Marist/Emmily Chelanga (Iona)

MAC -- Central Michigan/Tristen Perlberg (Central Michigan); Kent St./Jenny Koeppel (Buffalo)

Middle Atlantic -- Elizabethtown/Macharia Yuot (Widener); Elizabethtown/Gina Lucrezi (DeSales)

Mid-Continent -- Southern Utah/Jesson Baumgartner (Southern Utah); Southern Utah/Faithy Kamangila (Oral Roberts)

MEAC -- Norfolk St./Barnabas Togom (Md.-Eastern Shore); Hampton/Eva Slavikova (Md.-Eastern Shore)

Missouri Valley -- tie Indiana St. & Southern Illinois/Bobby Anderson (Drake);

Southwest Missouri/Casey Owens (SW Missouri)

Mountain West -- BYU/Shadrack Biwott (New Mexico); BYU/Laura Turner (BYU)

NCAC -- Allegheny/Kevin Pool (Allegheny); Denison/Christine Collins (Denison)

NESCAC -- Tufts/Neal Holtschulte (Williams); tie Middlebury & Williams/Caroline Cretti (Williams)

Northeast -- Quinnipiac/Thomas Martin(Quinnipiac); St. Francis/Kaitlyn Gwyther (Quinnipiac)

Ohio ACC -- Otterbein/Mike Sawicki (Otterbein); Mount Union/Shannon McConville (John Carroll)

Ohio Valley -- Eastern Kentucky/Jacob Korir (En. Kentucky); Samford/Lauren Blankenship (Samford)

Pac-10 -- Stanford/Robert Cheseret (Arizona); Stanford/Amy Hastings (Arizona St.)

Patriot League -- American/Pat MacAdie (American); Army/Keira Carlstrom (American)

PSAC -- Lock Haven/Ryan Blood (Lock Haven); Edinboro/Julie Nemergut (Edinboro)

SEC -- Arkansas (31st straight conference title, 17 SWC + 14 SEC)/Josphat Boit (Arkansas); Tennessee/Angela Homan (Auburn)

Southern -- Chattanooga/Stephen Kocsis (Chattanooga); Chattanooga/Shannon Wommack (Chattanooga)

Sun Belt -- Louisiana-Lafayette/Tony Okello (South Alabama); Western Kentucky/Cara Nichols (Western Kentucky)

UAA -- Chicago/Aaron Johnston-Peck (Case Western); Washington U./Maggie Grabow (Washington U.)

WAC -- Rice/Marcel Hewamudalige (Rice); SMU/Kate Gorry (Rice)

West Coast -- Portland/Nick Schuetze (Portland); Portland/Amie Dahnke (Portland)

WIAC -- Wisconsin-La Crosse/Gary Garcia (Wisc.-Whitewater); Wisconsin-Stevens Point/Liz Woodworth (Wisc.-Oshkosh)