EDINBORO, Pa. -
C.J. Kennett’s (Fairview, Pa./Fairview) 58th-place finish led the Gannon men’s cross country team to a 15th-place finish out of 16 teams at the 2009 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Cross Country Championships hosted by Edinboro University Saturday afternoon. The event was run in rainy and windy conditions that left the course filled with mud and standing water.
Lock Haven won the team title with 39 points. Edinboro (53), Shippensburg (73), East Stroudsburg (121) and Bloomsburg (164) completed the top five.
Indiana (Pa.) (175), Slippery Rock (211), California (Pa.) (240), Kutztown (249) and Mansfield (250) rounded out the top 10. Gannon placed 15th with 419 points.
Kennett led the Golden Knights with a 58th-place finish, completing the 8K course in 29 minutes and 3.1 seconds. Gannon’s six scoring runners averaged 31 minutes and 19.8 seconds.
Joe Karmazin (87th, 31:05.6),
Mike Holovka (89th, 31:31.5),
Phil Ruolo (91st, 31:51.4),
Joey Timon (94th, 33:07.6) and
Christopher Cuviello (95th, 35:18.8) completed Gannon’s six-member scoring team.
Gannon returns to action Saturday, November 7 at the NCAA Division II East Regionals hosted by Mansfield University.