Cross-Country Travels to Vermont to Compete in The Northeast-10 Championship

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The Panthers are ranked second (women) and third (men) in the region.

	Printer-Friendly Format Angel Ortega was a first-team All-ECC selection last fall.

Oct. 20, 2009

Garden City, N.Y. - The Northeast-10 Conference will host its annual cross country championship this Sunday, October 25 on the campus of Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vt. Adelphi was selected to finish third on the women's side and seventh in men's action in a vote by the conference's head coaches prior to the start of the season. Umass-Lowell was picked to claim the men's overall title, while Stonehill's women were also selected to finish first.

The championship is set to begin at 10 a.m. with the men's eight-kilometer race, followed by the women's five-kilometer race at 11 a.m. Sixteen schools will be competing for this year's championship.

On the men's side, UMass Lowell received a majority of the first-place votes with 10 for 218 points and were followed closely by Stonehill with 214 points. The Skyhawks picked up four first-place votes. Southern Connecticut State University received the final first-place vote and earned 189 points in the poll. Bentley University and the College of Saint Rose round out the top five tied for fourth, as both teams received 151 points and Adelphi was picked seventh with 144 points.

On the women's side, Stonehill is favored as the Skyhawks picked up ten first -place votes and 249 points. UMass Lowell received five first-place votes and were selected to finish second (232 points), followed by Adelphi University with 212 points. The Panthers received the remaining first-place vote. The College of Saint Rose is picked to finish fourth with 193 points, while Bentley University rounds out the top five after edging out Southern Connecticut by one vote. The Falcons received 184 points while the Owls picked up 183.

Last year, UMass Lowell claimed both the men's and women's team championship titles. It marked the third straight title for the River Hawk's men's team and the first title for the women's team since 2005.

With 16 member institutions the Northeast-10 shares the distinction of being the largest Division II conference in the country along with the PSAC and WVIAC. Its 23 championship sports provide athletic opportunities for over 5,500 student-athletes, the largest such program of any Division II conference.