OCTOBER 29, 2005
BOB ZIADIE
KING'S KOPEC FOURTH AT MAC CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
HUNTINGDON -- King's College sophomore Ed Kopec, a Wyoming Valley West
product, turned in a brilliant performance as the Monarchs sophomore
placed fourth at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships Saturday
at Juniata College, Huntingdon.
Kopec completed the 8k run in 26:08.93 to earn first-team MAC All-Star
honors. Kopec trailed only MAC champion Macaria Yuot of Widener
(25:36.85), Tyson Evensen of Elizabethtown (26:01.65) and Widener's Joe
Francisco (26:07.36).
As a team, King's finished eighth in the 12-team field, which included
134 runners.
Other top King's men's runners included Derek Call who was 53rd with a
28:49.39. Justin Winters was 61st at 29:17.11 while Matt Hall finished
68th with a time of 29:34.55. Matt Washo was 92nd at 30:40.95 while
Robert Hare was 113th with a 32:53.10. Vincent Pecora was 118th at
33:38.64; David Davis finished 126th at 35:42.33; while Ed Kilanowski
was 36:06.08.
On the women's side, freshman Kelley Wiedwald was 19th in the field of
138 female runners with a time of 24:57.80. With her finish, Wiedwald
received second-team All-MAC honors.
Maria DeMuro was 67th at
27:24.93 while Allison Taroli finished 91st at 28:53.26. Shauna Crabb
was 107th at 29:47.05 while Christina Curcio finished 127th with a
32:24.10. The Lady Monarchs finished 12th in the 14-team event.
Click below for complete results:
2005 MAC Men's
Results
2005 MAC Women's Results
MAC Cross Country Championships Official Web Page:
http://athletics.juniata.edu/crosscountry/2005MACChampionships.html
