DONOHOE AND KENNY BOOST SAINTS TO SECOND PLACE AT SARATOGA INVITATIONAL

Oct. 20: The St. Lawrence University men’s cross country team finished in second place on Saturday at the 2007 Saratoga Invitational hosted by Rensselaer. The Saints were paced by Erik Donohoe, who raced in a time of 25:20.73 to finish in second place overall in the 8k event which included 261 competitors.

 

Donohoe’s time was the second-fastest in St. Lawrence University history at Saratoga, and he was defeated only by Hamilton’s Peter Kosgei (25:08.79). Sophomore Eli Howard ran another outstanding race, earning 4th place overall behind a time of 25:38.19, just over two seconds behind Nazareth’s Brendan Epstein for third place.

 

Senior co-captain John Ostler was next for the Saints in 10th position (25:59.71), while Canton, NY native Brandon Kenny posted the best race in his young collegiate career with a 16th place showing with a time of 26:18.22. Following Kenny were Mark Burnham (28th, 26:39.00), David Lloyd (32nd, 26:46.96), Terrence Fox (33rd, 26:48.77) and Jeremy Beaudette (35th, 26:50.42).

 

Also competing for the Saints at Saratoga on Saturday were Jacob Malcomb (39th, 26:53.59), Daniel Ramsey (45th, 27:04.71), Tyler Ludington (55th, 27:11.26), Ben Greenberg (64th, 27:19.70), Geoff Millard (68th, 27:26.22), Chris Funch (69th, 27:26.52), Will Manning (111th, 28:09.42), Alex Fisher (115th, 28:12.47), Todd Lavigne (117th, 28:14.30), Ian Schofield (118th, 28:14.85), Josh LeBlanc (123rd, 28:20.55), Matt Millard (160th, 29:07.16), James Mayers (168th, 29:11.93), William Trumper (191st, 29:51.75), Jordan Garfinkle (203rd, 30:22.87).

 

“This was a good full-squad test for us after several weeks of resting guys, as times were pretty fast for our front-runners,” said Saints head coach John Newman. “ Keene State got a jump on our pack early in the race, but I thought John (Ostler) and Brandon (Kenny) did a great job of countering.”

 

St. Lawrence finished in second place with 60 points, eight more than Keene State College. Meanwhile, RIT finished third overall with 83 points and Trinity and Ithaca finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

 

The Saints have next week off from competition before returning to action in the NYSCTC Championships right back at Saratoga on November 3rd.

 

 

 

OSTLER NAMED NYSCTC CROSS COUNTRY MEN'S RUNNER OF THE WEEK

Oct. 11: St. Lawrence University senior John Ostler has been named the NYSCTC Cross Country Men's Runner of the Week after his performance at the 2007 Ronald C. Hoffmann Invitational.

 

The Morrisville, VT native raced the 8km course in 26:09, winning his first collegiate race in impressive fashion. His victory also lifted the Saints to their third straight team title at their annual home event.

 

St. Lawrence remained at No. 12 in the national rankings this week, though the squad did pick up one first place vote in the State rankings and landed at No. 2 behind Cortland State.

 

The Saints have this weekend off for mid-semester break, but will be in action again next Saturday, October 20th at Saratoga. The race is set to begin at 2:00pm.

 

OSTLER LEADS SAINTS TO HOFFMANN TITLE

Oct. 6: Senior John Ostler captured his first career collegiate individual title and led St. Lawrence University’s cross country team to the team championship in the seven-team Ronald C. Hoffmann Invitational at St. Lawrence on Saturday.

 

Ostler, whose previous best collegiate finish was third in the season opening Cardinal Invitational ran the 8000 meter course in 26:09 and led virtually from start to finish in a battle with Mike Heymann of Plattsburgh and Mike Lalonde of the University of Ottawa. Ostler finished in 26:09 with Heymann 11 seconds back and Lalonde 22 seconds behind as the three ran at the front of the field for the entire race.

 

Ostler became the third straight Saint runner to win the Hoffmann individual title and the nationally 12th-ranked Saints showed their depth en route their third straight team title and sixth in the last seven invitationals.

 

Erik Donohoe, Eli Howard, and Daniel Ramsey, who all finished in the top five in last week’s Liberty League Championships, sat out Saturday’s event along with Jacob Malcomb as a rest break, but their teammates placed all five of their scorers in the top eight to easily win the meet. SLU had 24 points while Brockport was second with 69 followed by Plattsburgh with 90, DeSales with 94, Ottawa with 98, Clarkson with 173 and SUNY Canton with 189.

 

Mark Burnham was the second Saint finisher, fourth overall in 26:34, leading a pack of three Saint runners to help lock up the team win. Terrance Fox was fifth in 26:36 and David Lloyd was sixth in 26:38 while Jeremy Beaudette completed the Saint scoring with an eighth palce finish in a time of 26:52.

 

Brandon Kenny and Geoff Millard both finished in 27:28 to complete the Saint top seven in 13 th and 14 th place while Ben Greenberg was 16 th in 27:36, Will Manning was 27 th in 27:55 and Chris Funch was 28 th in 27:56. Ian Schofield finished 33 rd, Josh LeBlanc was 43 rd, Matt Millard was 45 th, Alex Fisher was 53 rd, William Trumper 59 th, and Jordan Garfinkle 65 th in a 113 runner field.

 

 

SAINTS EARN NO. 12 RANKING

IN NATIONAL POLL

Oct. 3: The St. Lawrence University men's cross country team jumped up three spots to No. 12 in Tuesday's U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Poll after capturing their 13th straight Liberty League title on Saturday.

 

The Saints, led by senior tri-captain Erik Donohoe and newcomer Eli Howard, have worked the Scarlet and Brown up the regional scale and now into the national spotlight. The 12th overall ranking is the highest under current head coach John Newman, as 2002 men's team reached No. 14.

 

"It is exciting for our team to see that our hard work is paying off, both with a Liberty League championship and now the No. 12 ranking in the national polls," said Coach Newman. "However, we have a long way to go to reach our goals, so we can not get complacent."

The Saints will be in action again on Saturday, October 6th when they host the 2007 Ronald C. Hoffmann Invitational in Canton, NY. The men's race begins at 12:00pm following the women's cross country event at 11:00am.