ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Led by overall individual champion Jackie DeGrandpre, The Culinary Institute of America had three of the top five finishers to capture a 25 point victory in the 2012 Hudson Valley Women's Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships held at Bard College on Sunday afternoon.
It is the third straight individual title for DeGrandpre, who is a junior and earned top billing every championship she has competed in, also leading the Steels to their third staight team title. DeGrandpre covered the 5k course in 20:44 finishing 19 seconds faster than Mary Kauffman of Sarah Lawrence College, who was the top overall rookie. Rounding out the top three was DeGrandpre's teammate Brittany Ronan.
Steels head coach Lowell Fisher was selected by his peers as Coach of the Year for the fourth-straight year.
Pratt Institute took runner-up honors in the team competition producing five medalists, led by senior Allison Gadaleta who finished in 10th.
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2012 HVWAC Cross Country Championships
October 21, 2012
at Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY)
Team Results
Champions - The Culinary Institute of America (45
points)
2nd Place - Pratt Institute (70 points)
3rd Place - Sarah Lawrence College (86 points)
4th Place - Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (90
points)
5th Place - Yeshiva University (109 points)
6th Place - St. Joseph's College (126 points)
7th Place - The College of New Rochelle (166 points)
8th Place - Berkeley College (176 points)
Individual Results
Overall Place |
Team Score |
Name | School | Year | Time | Pace |
1 | 1 | Jackie DeGrandpre | Culinary | Jr. | 20:44 | 6:40 |
2 | 2 | Mary Kauffman | Sarah Lawrence | Fr. | 21:03 | 6:47 |
3 | 3 | Brittany Ronan | Culinary | Sr. | 21:26 | 6:54 |
4 | 4 | Teresa Mangan | St. Joseph's | Sr. | 21:52 | 7:02 |
5 | 5 | Shannon Haggerty | Culinary | So. | 22:35 | 7:16 |
6 | 6 | Pauline Stanfiel | Sarah Lawrence | Fr. | 22:53 | 7:22 |
7 | 7 | Alexandra Oaks | Albany Pharmacy | Sr. | 22:55 | 7:23 |
8 | 8 | Sarah Celin | Berkeley | So. | 23:22 | 7:31 |
9 | 9 | Rivka Jakobov | Yeshiva | Sr. | 23:33 | 7:35 |
10 | 10 | Allison Gadaleta | Pratt | Sr. | 23:40 | 7:37 |
11 | 11 | Cassandra Izzo | Albany Pharmacy | Jr. | 23:41 | 7:37 |
12 | 12 | Gia Quercia | Pratt | Jr. | 23:44 | 7:38 |
13 | 13 | Sarah Balke | Culinary | Jr. | 23:57 | 7:43 |
14 | 14 | Claire Jardin | Pratt | Fr. | 23:59 | 7:43 |
15 | 15 | Tayler Fisher | New Rochelle | Fr. | 24:03 | 7:44 |
16 | 16 | Kathreen Sterling | Pratt | So. | 24:27 | 7:52 |
17 | 17 | Elizabeth Emory | Sarah Lawrence | So. | 24:35 | 7:55 |
18 | 18 | Marido Pierterse | Pratt | So. | 24:41 | 7:57 |
19 | 19 | Stephanie Greenberg | Yeshiva | So. | 24:47 | 7:59 |
20 | 20 | Krista Rainville | Albany Pharmacy | Jr. | 24:51 | 8:00 |
21 | 21 | Kelly McNamee | St. Joseph's | Jr. | 24:55 | 8:01 |
22 | 22 | Melissa Morrice | St. Joseph's | So | 24:56 | 8:02 |
23 | 23 | Annelise McAuliffe | Culinary | Jr. | 24:57 | 8:02 |
24 | 24 | Rena Thomas | Yeshiva | So. | 25:01 | 8:03 |
25 | 25 | Agnieszka Bak | Albany Pharmacy | Sr. | 25:03 | 8:04 |
26 | 26 | Meagan Yoeono | New Rochelle | Fr. | 25:13 | 8:07 |
27 | 27 | Marlee Mangino | Albany Pharmacy | So. | 25:27 | 8:11 |
28 | 28 | Ruthie Heller | Yeshiva | So. | 25:29 | 8:12 |
29 | 29 | Meliss Dwack | Yeshiva | Fr. | 25:36 | 8:14 |
30 | 30 | Taylor Zansberg | Sarah Lawrence | Sr. | 25:40 | 8:16 |
31 | 31 | Alyssa Sprague | Sarah Lawrence | So. | 25:51 | 8:19 |
32 | 32 | Amanada Bostrom | Berkeley | Fr. | 25:55 | 8:21 |
33 | 33 | Elizabeth Ford | Pratt | Fr. | 25:55 | 8:21 |
34 | 34 | Katie Zimmerman | Sarah Lawrence | Fr. | 26:08 | 8:25 |
35 | 35 | Sarah Higgins | Pratt | Fr. | 26:47 | 8:37 |
36 | Hannah West | Pratt | Sr. | 26:48 | 8:38 | |
37 | 36 | Amelia Sutphin | Albany Pharmacy | Jr. | 27:03 | 8:42 |
38 | 37 | Anissa Figueroa | New Rochelle | Fr. | 27:22 | 8:49 |
39 | 38 | Joanna Ross-Tash | Yeshiva | Sr. | 27:47 | 8:57 |
40 | Mellisa Jastillana | Vaughn | So. | 27:53 | 8:58 | |
41 | 39 | Hannah Durnell | St. Joseph's | Sr. | 30:00 | 9:39 |
42 | 40 | Lauren Conter | St. Joseph's | So. | 30:03 | 9:40 |
43 | 41 | Eliza Myers | Sarah Lawrence | Jr. | 30:12 | 9:43 |
44 | 42 | Mickelle Miller | New Rochelle | Fr. | 30:29 | 9:49 |
45 | 43 | Noemi Torres | Berkeley | So. | 30:41 | 9:53 |
46 | 44 | Lacey Garnett | Berkeley | Sr. | 30:51 | 9:56 |
47 | 45 | Jessica Manning | Albany Pharmacy | Jr. | 31:03 | 10:00 |
48 | 46 | Suting Liu | New Rochelle | Jr. | 32:04 | 10:19 |
49 | 47 | Renema Reid | New Rochelle | Sr. | 32:27 | 10:27 |
50 | 48 | Karolyn Guzman | New Rochelle | Sr. | 32:47 | 10:33 |
51 | Estefania Collazos | Vaughn | So. | 33:33 | 10:48 | |
52 | Maria Smellings | Sarah Lawrence | Fr. | 36:10 | 11:38 | |
53 | Francheska Rodriguez | Vaughn | So. | 36:17 | 11:41 | |
54 | Amber Moss | New Rochelle | Fr. | 37:00 | 11:55 | |
55 | Ashley Cherian | New Rochelle | So. | 38:37 | 12:26 | |
56 | 49 | Llianne Reyes | Berkeley | Fr. | 40:17 | 12:58 |