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OCTOBER 27, 2007

KING'S KOPEC 6TH, WEIDWALD 17TH AT MAC COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

DOYLESTOWN -- Senor Ed Kopec placed sixth and junior Kelley Weidwald was 17th to pace the King's College men's and women's cross country teams at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships Saturday in Doylestown.

The Monarch men finished sixth in the team standings while the Lady Monarchs were also sixth in the event, notching their best showing in MAC history.

Kopec, who earned first-team All-MAC honors with his finish, posted  time a time of 28:14.00 in the field of 95 runners in the 8K race. Francis Eanes of Messiah was the MAC champion with a winning time of 27:04.36 while John Nastus of DeSales was third at 27:20. 

On the women's side, Weidwald earned second-team All-MAC honors by running a time of 26:05.07 among a field of 88 runners in the 6K race.

Other King's men's runners included Justin Winters who narrowly missed second-team All-MAC honors by placing 23rd with a time of 29:10.08. Derek Call was 32nd with a 29:49.19; Mike Gavlick finished 62nd by posting a 31:50. 

Also for King's, Brandon Sweeney finished 68th (32:54.10), Pat Sammon was 71st (33:14.94), Dan Byrne came in 73rd (34:12.39), Jay Falcone was 77th (35:03.42), Ryan Glenn stood 82nd (36:23.44; while Vine Pecora was 86th (37:00.57).

For the women, Tori Potasko was 29th with a time of 26:33.69; Heather Elphick finished 41st at 27:44.65; while Julie Dural was 44th with a 28:02.78. Rachael Barto finished 55th with a 29:22.69 and Hannah Eckles finished 73rd at 32:37.84

Information and results will be available at the following web site:

http://www.delval.edu/athletics/xcountry_m/conference%20championships.htm

 




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