SUNY-ESF Women Capture 3rd Consecutive National Championship
UNIONTOWN, Pa. – Held on the campus of Penn State Fayette, in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, the Mighty Oaks Women's Cross Country team captured their 3rd consecutive National Championship.
SUNY ESF took nine of the top fourteen as they ran away with the 2023 USCAA Women's Cross Country National Championship this morning, amassing 23 points. Johnson & Wales Charlotte was second with 88 points and Christendom College took third with 92 points.
Savannah Kuhr, the 2022 runner-up, was the overall champion on the 6k course with a time of 23:44, more than a 1-minute improvement on last year. Yenilitza Roman of JWU Charlotte took second with a time of 24:55. Another Mighty Oak from SUNY-ESF, Bryce Hopper, took third in 25:01, Angelina Pusateri from Word of Life was fourth in 25:19, while a pair of runners from SUNY-ESF in Tee Atwater (25:35) and Aubrianna Brown (25:39) took fifth and sixth. Rounding out the top 7 was Chloe Kalp of Penn State Fayette with a time of 25:47.
Those seven all earned first team USCAA All-American honors.
Finishing in eighth through 14th to earn second team USCAA All-American honors included:
8. Lilly Rother (Paul Smith's College) 26:22
9. Leah Stucke (SUNY-ESF) 26:31
10. Heather Cecco (SUNY-ESF) 26:34
11. Mary Roach (SUNY-ESF) 26:41
12. Kacie Teruya (Lyon College) 26:48
13. Maura O'Brien (SUNY-ESF) 27:00
14. Marissa Civatte (SUNY-ESF) 27:05
National All-Academic Team
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Morgan Scarzafava |
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
Sr. |
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Kayleigh Simpson |
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
So. |
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Sopheary Te |
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
So. |
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Dhatri Sangasani |
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
Jr. |
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Laci Schwirian |
Carlow University |
So. |
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Ella Cloak |
Carlow University |
So. |
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Claire Stevens |
Carlow University |
So. |
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Eve Schlutz |
Central Maine |
So. |
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Mary Noble |
Christendom College |
Jr. |
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Elizabeth Kuss |
Christendom College |
Sr. |
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Christina Adams |
Florida National University |
Jr. |
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Heather Castro |
Florida National University |
Sr. |
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Hassell Zeledon |
Florida National University |
Sr. |
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Prisilla Gonzalez |
Florida National University |
Jr. |
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Claire Guillemin |
Hampshire College |
Sr. |
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Kacie Delaughter |
Johnson & Wales Charlotte |
Sr. |
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Quinn Stutsman |
Johnson & Wales Charlotte |
So. |
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Erin Wiedner |
Johnson & Wales Charlotte |
Sr. |
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Melody Ascioti |
Paul Smith?s College |
Jr. |
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Jessie Church |
Paul Smith?s College |
Jr. |
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Ellen Haas |
Paul Smith?s College |
Jr. |
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Ellie Judice |
Paul Smith?s College |
Sr. |
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Jenaya Smith |
Penn State Brandywine |
Sr. |
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Meghan Ferry |
Penn State Brandywine |
Sr. |
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Brianna Muffley |
PSU Schuylkill |
So. |
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Malak Mowafi |
PSU Schuylkill |
Jr. |
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Cealinn McGroarty |
PSU Schuylkill |
Jr. |
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Evelyn Louca |
PSU Schuylkill |
So. |
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Mackenzie Carl |
PSU Schuylkill |
So. |
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Monet Edwards |
PSU Schuylkill |
Jr. |
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Aloura Gavalis |
PSU Schuylkill |
Jr. |
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JaiYi Gong |
PSU Schuylkill |
So. |
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Lauren Bowers |
Word of Life Bible Institute |
So. |
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Amy Stults-Stanek |
York County Community College |
So. |
Coach of the Year - Kyle Hayden (Word of Life)
Student-Athlete of the Year - Kacie Teruya (Lyon College)