OCTOBER 30, 2004
BOB ZIADIE
DINOFRIO PLACES NINTH AT MAC CROSS COUNTRY
CHAMPIONSHIPS
WILKES-BARRE -- King's College senior Chuck Dinofrio
posted a ninth-place finish at the 2004 Middle Atlantic Conference
Championships Saturday at Belmont Plateau, Philadelphia.
With the finish, it marked the second straight year Dinofrio placed in the
top-ten, earning first-team All-MAC honors for the second straight
year. Dinofrio had an eighth-place finish in 2003.
His time of 26:52 was 1:41 behind first-place Macharia Yout, the 2003 NCAA
national runner-up from Widener University.
As a team, King's placed eighth in the 13-team field which consisted of
127 runners running 8,000 meters.
Other King's runners include Ed Kopec who was 46th with a 28:44.
Matt Washo (29:31) and Patrick Lyons (29:33 were 62nd and 63rd
respectively for the Monarchs. Matt Hall (29:47 was 67th while
Justin Winters (29:53) finish 70th.
Derek Call (30:27) was 81st; James Saur (33:12) finished 106th; David
Davis (33:44) was 108th; while David Krupski (36:46) checked in at 120th.
The King's women finished 12th in the 15-team field which consisted of 124
runners competing at 6,000 meters
Maria DeMuro topped the Lady Monarchs with a time of 25:44 to place
35th.
Other Lady Monarchs included Allison Taroli (29:03) who was 91st; Marybeth
Clark (29:27) who finished 95th; Beth Curran (31:01) stood at 105th; and
Jessica Schillawski (32:09) who finished 109th.
King's will next compete at the NCAA Regional November 13th at Allegheny
University.
