Cross Country All-Conference Teams Released
Hamilton’s Kosgei
Makes History, Williams' Gossels Takes Women's MOP
HADLEY, Mass. – Senior Peter
Kosgei (Kapsabet, Kenya) of Hamilton and Williams sophomore
Jennifer Gossels (Sudbury, Mass.) claimed NESCAC Most Outstanding
Performer honors following the 2010 NESCAC Cross Country
Championships hosted by Hamilton College on Saturday, Oct. 30. The
two harriers posted first place performances to earn medalist
honors at the championship.
Covering his home course in
26:06.8, Kosgei made history on Saturday as he became the first
individual to ever win the NESCAC individual title four times over
the 28 years the event has been held. It was also the 26th varsity
race that Peter the Great has earned medalist honors at over his
career, as the 2008 NCAA champion won the 8-kilometer race by a
margin of 16 seconds. In addtion, Kosgei received All-Conference
First Team honors for the fourth year in a row.
While Kosgei ran away with the
individual title, the four harriers behind him were separated by a
mere 1.2 seconds, three of whom were First Team All-NESCAC members
in 2009. Middlebury junior Michael Schmidt (Wilmette, Ill.) edged
Williams junior Josephat Koima (Eldoret Rift Valley, Kenya) for
second at the conference meet by eight-tenths of a second. Amherst
junior Will Yochum (Goleta, Calif.) was right on Koima’s
heels, coming in two-tenths of a second behind him. For Schmidt, it
was the third consecutive year that he received All-NESCAC, while
Yochum, the 2007 NESCAC Rookie of the Year, grabbed First Team
accolades for the third time in his career (2007).
Connecticut College freshman
Michael LeDuc (Canton, Conn.) completed the foursome, as he posted
a time of 26:23.2, two-tenths of a second behind Yochum. LeDuc was
also honored as the NESCAC Rookie of the Year with the top first
year performance at the meet.
Rounding out the NESCAC Men’s
Cross Country All-Conference First Team were Bates senior Devin
Dilts (Roscoe, Ill.) and Middlebury freshman Greg Krathwohl
(Ipswich, Mass.). Dilts moved up from last year’s Second Team
with his best-ever showing at the NESCAC meet, placing sixth.
Krathwohl was not far behind in seventh, as he was one of three
Panthers to finish among the top 10.
After finishing sixth at her first
NESCAC meet last fall, Gossels won the race this year with a time
of 22:13.8 over the 6-kilometer course. Her performance not only
earned her Most Outstanding Performer honors but also made her a
member of the All-NESCAC First Team for the second year in a row.
Joining Gossels from the Ephs was classmate Annie Dear (Olympia,
Wash.). Dear shaved eight seconds off her 2009 time and went from
12th to 4th this past weekend. She also earned All-NESCAC
recognition for the second-straight year after being named to the
Second Team last season.
Middlebury first year Colette
Whitney (High Bridge, N.J.) led the brigade of Panthers on the
All-Conference First Team, as four of the seven selections hailed
from the championship-winning team. Whitney paced the Panthers for
the fifth time this fall with a second-place showing (22:23.2), and
the performance was tops among rookies, making her NESCAC Rookie of
the Year. Classmates Maddie Hubbell (Des Moines, Iowa) and Katie
Rominger (Brooklyn, N.Y.) also earned All-NESCAC First Team,
finishing third and seventh, respectively.
After earning Second Team honors in
2007, Middlebury junior Claire McIlvennie (Ithaca, N.Y.) joined
Williams’ Gossels as the only repeat members of the First
Team. McIlvennie was the fourth member from the Panthers to be
recognized on the First Team, coming in sixth with a time of
22:47.7.
Amherst sophomore Ali Simeone
(Stoneham, Mass.) was the final member of the 2010 NESCAC
Women’s Cross Country All-Conference First Team. Simeone
received All-NESCAC recognition for the first time with a fifth
place finish at the conference championship.
Middlebury head coach Terry Aldrich
swept the coaching honors, as his peers unanimously chose him as
the Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year. In his 36th
and final year with the Panthers, Aldrich guided the Middlebury
women’s team to its 11th NESCAC title - tying it with
Williams for the most championships all-time. The Panthers posted a
championship-record score of 26, the lowest total in the 28-year
history of the event. In addition, Aldrich’s men’s team
won the NESCAC crown for the first time ever, edging four-time
defending NESCAC champ Williams by 16 points this past weekend.
Aldrich previously received
recognition as the conference’s women’s coach of the
year in 2000, 2001, 2008, and 2009. He has also been honored at the
national level as coach of the year on five occasions, most
recently in 2008 after the Panthers captured the NCAA crown. It is
the first time that he has ever been named men’s coach of the
year for the league.
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2010 NESCAC Men's Cross
Country All-Conference Teams
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| First Team |
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Devin Dilts
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Bates |
Sr. |
Roscoe, Ill.
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Greg Krathwohl
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Middlebury |
Fr. |
Ipswich, Mass.
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Josephat Koima
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Williams |
Jr. |
Eldoret Rift Valley, Kenya
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Peter Kosgei
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Hamilton |
Sr. |
Kapsabet, Kenya
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Michael LeDuc
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Connecticut College
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Fr. |
Canton, Mass.
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Mike Schmidt
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Middlebury |
Jr. |
Wilmette, Ill.
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Will Yochum
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Amherst |
Sr. |
Goleta, Calif.
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| Second Team |
Steve Corsello
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Amherst |
Sr. |
Skaneateles, N.Y.
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Jack Davies
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Middlebury |
So. |
Grosse Pointe, Mich.
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Tully Hannan
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Bates |
Fr. |
West Hartford, Conn.
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Coby Horowitz
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Bowdoin
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Fr. |
Stow, Mass.
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Colin Ogilvie
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Bowdoin |
Jr. |
Hopedale, Mass.
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Matt Rand
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Tufts |
So. |
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
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Doug Wright
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Connecticut College
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Jr. |
Darien, Conn.
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| NESCAC Most Outstanding Performer
(Medalist) |
| Peter Kosgei |
Hamilton |
Sr. |
Kapsabet, Kenya |
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| NESCAC Rookie of the Year |
Michael LeDuc
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Connecticut College
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Fr. |
Canton, Conn.
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| NESCAC Coach of the Year |
Terry Aldrich
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Middlebury |
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2010 NESCAC Women's Cross
Country All-Conference Teams
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| First Team |
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Annie Dear
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Williams |
So. |
Olympia, Wash.
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Jennifer Gossels
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Williams |
So.
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Sudbury, Mass.
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Maddie Hubbell
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Middlebury |
Fy. |
Des Moines, Iowa
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Claire McIlvennie
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Middlebury |
Jr. |
Ithaca, N.Y.
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Katie Rominger
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Middlebury |
Fy. |
Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Ali Simeone
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Amherst |
So. |
Stoneham, Mass.
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Colette Whitney
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Middlebury |
Fy. |
High Bridge, N.J.
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| Second Team |
Carolyn Baskir
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Bowdoin |
Fy. |
Chapel Hill, N.C.
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Lauren Goldstein-Kral
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Williams |
Jr. |
Shaker Heights, Ohio
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Hannah Meier
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Middlebury |
Jr. |
Charlotte, Vt.
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Melissa Sullivan
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Amherst |
Jr. |
Dallas, Texas
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Amy Tortorello
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Colby |
So. |
Medway, Mass.
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Chelsea Ward-Waller
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Middlebury |
Jr. |
Washington, D.C.
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Amy Wilfert
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Tufts |
Sr. |
Westborough, Mass.
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| NESCAC Most Outstanding Performer
(Medalist) |
Jennifer Gossels
|
Williams |
So. |
Sudbury, Mass.
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| NESCAC Rookie of the Year |
Colette Whitney
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Middlebury |
Fy. |
High Bridge, N.J.
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| NESCAC Coach of the Year |
Terry Aldrich
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Middlebury |
