Oct. 6, 2009

Garden City, N.Y. - Adelphi University senior Danielle Matteo (Valley Stream, N.Y.) has been named Northeast-10 (NE-10) women's Runner of The Week, while freshman Andrew Coelho (Wantagh, N.Y.) earned Freshman of the Week honors as announced by the conference office on October 6. This is the second honor for both Matteo and Coelho this season and the fourth and fifth honors for the program.

Matt eo was the just the third NCAA Division II finisher across the line in the women's gold race, which featured several Nationally ranked Division I teams, at the 6k Paul Short Run. Her time of 21:59 was a new personal best by over a minute and led the Panthers, as she placed 104th among the Division I field.

Coelho placed 42nd overall in the men's brown race at the Paul Short Run out of 332 finisher. His time of 25:58 helped the Panthers post a spread of nine seconds and capture second overall out of 38 competing teams.

Adelphi returns to action on Sunday, October 25 when they travel to Colchester, Vermont to compete in the Northeast-10 Championship.