Men’s Cross-Country Competes in Paul Short Run

Friday, October 3, 2008 

BETHLEHEM, PA - In the 35th running of the Lehigh University Paul Short Run, the Albright College Men’s Cross-Country team placed 34th out of 41 teams that competed in the Men’s White Division Friday morning.

In total there were 269 runners that competed in the White Division, while another 45 teams and 295 runners competed in the Brown Division.  Finishing first in the meet were the Bombers of Ithaca College.  In total the Bombers had one runner place in the top 10, another in the top 20, and three in the top 30.  The meets individual top finisher was Wake Forest’s Greg Billington who closed out the 8K race in a time of 25:21.

For the Lions, freshman runner George Cook (Brick, NJ/Brick Township Memorial) closed out the race as the team’s top performer recording a time of  28:21 giving him a 129th place finish.  Next in line for the Red and White was Robert Kellert (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) whose time of 23:41 earned him 157th place.

With a pace of six minutes even, freshman runner Eli Frey (Fleetwood, PA/Oley Valley Senior) ended the afternoon with a time of 29:47 earning him 197th place.  Spencer Shaak (Reading, PA/Exeter Township Senior) and Jacob Goldberg (Haddonfield, NJ/Haddonfield Memorial) closed out the top five for Albright College finishing in 211th and 234th place respectively.

Freshman Donald Wonnie (Reading, PA/Wilson) and junior Anthony Carrozza (Reading, PA/Reading Senior) were the final two Albright runners to cross the finish line.  Both worked exceptionally hard, and battled through the large field extremely well.  Wonnie's time of 32:04 earned him a 238th place finish, while Carrozza managed a 264th place finish with a time of 35:26.

Men’s Cross-Country will take the trails next Saturday when they compete at DeSales University.  Start time for that meet is scheduled for 10:30 a.m.

Meet Results

 Men’s Cross-Country Places 10th at Belmont Classic

Saturday, September 27, 2008 

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Spencer Shaak (Reading, PA/Exeter Township Senior) finished in 29th place out of 167 runners to help guide the Men’s Cross-Country team to a 10th place finish out of a field of 19 teams Saturday afternoon at the Belmont Classic hosted by Cabrini College.

Overall Shaak recorded a time 29:16.92, while freshman runner George Cook (Brick, NJ/Brick Township Memorial) finished two seconds behind him with a time of 29:21.86 and a 31st place finish.  Daniel Dalton (Philadelphia, PA/Father Judge) was next to cross the finish line with 43rd place finish. 

Eli Frey (Fleetwood, PA/Oley Valley Senior) trailed Dalton by only four seconds earning a time of 29:57.78.  Jacob Goldberg (Haddonfield, NJ/Haddonfield Memorial) closed out the top five Albright finishers with a 65th place finish.  Robert Kellert (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) came in at 78th place with a time of 31:57.63. 

In 92nd place was Anthony Carrozza (Reading, PA/Reading Senior) who ended the afternoon with a time of 32:48.16.  Freshman Donald Wonnie (Reading, PA/Wilson) posted a time of 33:41.33 and a 105th place finish, while Chris Bollinger (Little Silver, NJ/Rumson Fair Haven) came in at a time of 38:06.84 ending the afternoon for the Red and White.

Men’s Cross-Country returns to action on Friday, October 3rd when they take part in the Lehigh University Paul Short Run scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.

Meet Results