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Norwich Sweeps GNAC Cross Country Championships for Second Straight Season

Oct 28, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Courtesy of Norwich Athletics Communications

Norwich sweeps GNAC Championships
for second straight year 

BRISTOL, R.I. – For the second consecutive season, the Norwich University men's and women's cross country teams swept the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championships meet, which was held on Saturday afternoon at Colt State Park in Bristol, R.I. This fall's annual event was hosted by Johnson & Wales University. 

The Norwich men took first place with a score of just 18 points (15 is the possible minimum), besting second-place Emmanuel College by 50 points en route to their third consecutive GNAC crown and fourth in program history. The Cadet women posted a score of 57 to edge Simmons College by five points and claim their second consecutive GNAC title and third in the last four seasons.

Norwich junior Brody Hale (Naugatuck, Conn.) won the men's 8k race in 27:09 and was named GNAC Runner of the Year, while Norwich senior Haddie Lary (Randolph, Vt.) claimed first in the women's 5k race (19:18) en route to also earning GNAC Runner of the Year honors.

For the Cadets men, sophomore Adam Saucier (Massena, N.Y.) followed Hale in second place in 27:18. Fellow sophomores Jack McNally (Nokesville, Va.) (Fourth place, 27:51) and Ryan English (Frederick, Md.) (Fifth, 27:52) placed just behind Saucier. Freshman Trenton Shimata (Colorado Springs, Colo.) placed sixth overall in 27:54 en route to being named GNAC Rookie of the Year, becoming the third consecutive NU runner to claim the award (McNally in 2016 and Korey Leonard in 2015). Senior Connor Lafontaine(Tolland, Conn.) (Seventh, 28:20) and junior Korey Leonard (Pembroke, Mass.)(Eighth, 28:44) rounded out Cadets in the top 10. 

Head Coach Nick Cooper was also named the GNAC Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year for the third time in his career (2013, 2015), while Simmons head coach Eric Ashe was voted the GNAC Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year after the Sharks had a runner-up finish.

On the women's side, Emmanuel's  Stephanie Forester was named the GNAC Rookie of the Year for her seventh-place finish. She was the top female rookie overall and garnered the final First Team All-Conference spot. 

Next up for GNAC teams is the NCAA Division III New England Regionals, hosted by the University of Southern Maine,  Saturday, November 11. The men's race is set for 11:00 a.m. with the women's contest slated for 12:00 p.m.

2017 MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY ALL-CONFERENCE
 First-Team All-GNAC
Brody Hale, Norwich
Adam Saucier, Norwich          
Patrick Carty, Emmanuel (Mass.)                   
Jack McNally, Norwich                              
Ryan English, Norwich                              
Trenton Shimata, Norwich                            
Connor Lafontaine, Norwich                          

Second-Team All-GNAC
 Korey Leonard, Norwich           
Erik Brobst, Emmanuel (Mass.)            
Mike Flowers, Mount Ida                   
William Rapsas, Norwich                             
Jovan Sematimba, Regis (Mass.)
Christian De Boer, Norwich              
Colter Sheveland, Norwich       

Runner of the Year: Brody Hale, Norwich
Rookie of the Year: Trenton Shimata, Norwich            
Coach of the Year: Nick Cooper, Norwich
Institutional Sportsmanship Award: Regis (Mass.)

All-Sportsmanship Team
Tim Austin, Anna Maria
Patrick Carty, Emmanuel
David Sherman, Johnson & Wales
Troy Gonsalves, Lasell
Derek Folish, Mount Ida
Connor Lafontaine, Norwich
Sean Toomey, Regis (Mass.)
Yash Jagtap, Rivier
Lucas Fisher, Saint Joseph's
Paulo Guedes, Suffolk 

2017 WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY ALL-CONFERENCE
 First-Team All-GNAC
Haddie Lary,  Norwich                              
Emma Weisse, Suffolk                       
Molly Curtin, Regis (Mass.)                       
Magdalene Mann, Regis (Mass.)                        
Sarah Bohan, Simmons                            
Robyn Hageman, Norwich                            
Stephanie Forester, Emmanuel (Mass.)                   

Second-Team All-GNAC
Pearl Vercruysse, Emmanuel (Mass.)                   
Samantha Jaffe, Simmons                            
Mia Tompkins, Saint Joseph (Conn.)                  
Allegra Egizi, Simmons                             
Maddie Boucias, Regis (Mass.)                       
Victoria Barlow, Johnson & Wales                        
Marisa Quirion, Saint Joseph's (Me.) 

Runner of the Year: Haddie Lary, Norwich
Rookie of the Year: Stephanie Forester, Emmanuel
Coach of the Year: Eric Ashe, Simmons
Institutional Sportsmanship Award: Norwich 

All-Sportsmanship Team
Mackenzie Shurtleff, Anna Maria
Reilly Boyle, Emmanuel
Alison King, Johnson & Wales
Troy Gonsalves, Lasell
Shannon Hart, Lasell
Elizabeth Backer, Mount Ida
Melissa Hango, Norwich
Madison Boucias, Regis (Mass.)
Anna Pearsons, Rivier
Mia Tompkins, Saint Joseph (Conn.)
Marisa Quirion, Saint Joseph's (Me.)
Mary Coletti, Simmons
Michelle Kearney, Suffolk

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Standings
Field Hockey
School GNAC All
Johnson & Wales 11-1 17-3
Lasell 11-1 15-2
Colby-Sawyer 9-3 14-5
Simmons 9-3 13-4
New England College 9-3 13-8
Rivier 8-4 8-9
Saint Joseph's (Maine) 6-6 6-12
Regis 5-7 5-13
University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) 4-8 4-12
Anna Maria 3-9 3-13
Albertus Magnus 2-10 2-12
Dean 1-11 2-16
Elms 0-12 0-17
School GNAC All
Saint Joseph's (Maine) 11-2-1 12-4-3
Johnson & Wales 10-1-3 14-2-5
University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) 10-1-3 13-2-3
Albertus Magnus 8-2-4 10-3-5
Norwich 7-1-6 9-3-7
Dean 7-4-3 9-5-3
New England College 6-5-3 9-7-4
Regis 6-8 7-11
Emmanuel 5-8-1 6-11-1
Lasell 4-7-3 4-10-3
Anna Maria 4-9-1 4-10-1
Rivier 2-8-4 3-10-5
Mitchell 2-10-2 2-11-3
Elms 2-10-2 2-12-3
Colby-Sawyer 1-9-4 3-11-4
School GNAC All
Johnson & Wales 15-0 18-3-3
Emmanuel 14-1 18-3
Lasell 10-3-2 12-6-2
Colby-Sawyer 10-4-1 12-7-3
Regis 8-3-4 9-5-4
University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) 8-4-3 8-7-3
Rivier 8-5-2 10-7-3
Saint Joseph's (Maine) 6-4-5 6-6-6
Elms 6-8-1 7-10-2
Albertus Magnus 5-6-4 6-7-5
New England College 5-10 5-12-1
Dean 3-9-3 4-10-3
Norwich 3-9-2 4-10-2
Mitchell 2-12-1 4-12-1
Simmons 1-12-2 1-14-2
Anna Maria 0-14 0-15-2
School GNAC All
Colby-Sawyer 4-0 7-4
Simmons 2-2 6-11
Regis 2-2 6-5
University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) 2-2 3-9
Albertus Magnus 0-4 2-11
School GNAC All
Simmons 15-0 22-8
Regis 14-1 26-8
Johnson & Wales 12-3 15-13
Lasell 12-3 27-5
Rivier 11-4 17-10
Saint Joseph's (Maine) 10-5 15-16
Emmanuel 9-6 17-11
New England College 7-8 12-17
University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) 6-9 8-21
Colby-Sawyer 5-10 7-24
Mitchell 5-10 7-18
Dean 4-11 9-22
Norwich 4-11 5-18
Elms 4-11 5-23
Albertus Magnus 2-13 9-21
Anna Maria 0-15 4-26
School GNAC All
Mitchell 14-2 28-10
Johnson & Wales 13-3 23-11
Lasell 10-6 21-19
Colby-Sawyer 10-6 23-15
Anna Maria 9-7 16-23
University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) 8-8 17-20-1
Norwich 8-8 13-22
Saint Joseph's (Maine) 8-8 13-24
Elms 6-10 16-21
Albertus Magnus 5-11 11-22
Rivier 6-10 10-22
New England College 4-12 6-28
Dean 3-13 12-23
School GNAC All
Rivier 8-2 11-7
University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) 9-1 15-3
Dean 7-3 13-4
Lasell 8-2 11-7
Johnson & Wales 7-3 9-7
Norwich 8-2 11-7
Saint Joseph's (Maine) 7-3 10-8
Emmanuel 5-5 5-12
Elms 3-7 5-9
New England College 3-7 4-11
Regis 3-7 7-7
Albertus Magnus 1-9 3-12
Anna Maria 1-9 2-14
Mitchell 0-10 0-11
School GNAC All
Emmanuel 11-0 15-4
Johnson & Wales 10-1 14-4
University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) 10-1 12-5
Saint Joseph's (Maine) 9-2 14-5
Colby-Sawyer 8-3 13-5
Regis 5-6 9-8
Simmons 6-5 8-10
Elms 5-6 5-8
Norwich 7-4 10-6
Lasell 3-8 8-10
Rivier 5-6 8-7
Dean 2-9 3-12
New England College 4-7 7-10
Albertus Magnus 1-10 1-15
Anna Maria 2-9 3-11
Mitchell 0-11 0-12
School GNAC All
Saint Joseph's (Maine) 12-4 18-16
Lasell 14-4 24-16
Mitchell 12-7 16-19
Johnson & Wales 15-4 21-18
Emmanuel 13-3 20-15
Albertus Magnus 13-5 22-19
Simmons 9-7 14-22
Rivier 8-8 15-18
New England College 6-10 15-23
University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) 7-9 16-23
Regis 6-12 12-22
Anna Maria 6-10 16-22
Dean 1-15 3-29
Elms 1-17 4-32
Norwich 4-12 6-22
School GNAC All
Eastern Nazarene 4-0 15-8
Colby-Sawyer 3-1 5-5
University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) 2-2 8-9
Norwich 1-3 5-6
Albertus Magnus 0-4 1-9
School GNAC All
University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) 14-0 25-5
Albertus Magnus 13-1 22-5
Saint Joseph's (Maine) 12-2 18-10
Lasell 10-4 16-10
Norwich 9-5 18-9
Emmanuel 8-6 12-14
Regis 8-6 14-13
Rivier 6-8 15-12
Colby-Sawyer 5-9 9-17
Dean 5-9 9-17
Johnson & Wales 4-10 7-17
Mitchell 4-10 7-18
Elms 3-11 5-20
Anna Maria 3-11 8-17
New England College 1-13 4-21
School GNAC All
Saint Joseph's (Maine) 14-0 21-8
University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) 13-1 24-4
Albertus Magnus 11-3 20-7
Emmanuel 11-3 15-12
Lasell 10-4 16-9
New England College 8-6 13-13
Regis 8-6 11-16
Rivier 7-7 10-17
Johnson & Wales 5-9 10-16
Colby-Sawyer 5-9 8-18
Elms 4-10 10-15
Mitchell 4-10 6-16
Anna Maria 3-11 9-16
Norwich 2-12 8-16
Dean 0-14 2-22
School GNAC All
Wentworth 13-1 31-2
Lasell 12-2 17-12
Rivier 11-4 19-14
Emmanuel 9-5 17-10
Regis 5-9 10-19
Emerson 4-11 6-15
Elms 3-11 8-21
Dean 0-14 4-18
Schedule
May04
Baseball 8:30 AM
#8 Saint Joseph's (Maine)
vs. #5 Anna Maria
@ Mitchell College
Game 3A - GNAC Pod A
Video | Live stats
May04
Softball 11:00 AM
#2S Mitchell
vs. #5N New England College
@ Standish, Maine
Game 5A - GNAC Pod A
Video | Live stats
May04
Softball 11:00 AM
#2N Emmanuel
vs. #4S Albertus Magnus
@ Lasell University (Newton, Mass.)
Game 5B - GNAC Pod B
Video | Live stats
May04
Baseball 11:00 AM
#2 Johnson & Wales
at #3 Lasell
Game 3B - GNAC Pod B
May04
Baseball 12:00 PM
Albertus Magnus
at WestConn
May04
Baseball 12:00 PM
#4 Colby-Sawyer
at #1 Mitchell
Game 3A - GNAC Pod A
Video | Live stats
May04
Men's Lacrosse 1:00 PM
#2S Dean
at #1S University of Saint Joseph (Conn.)
Game 7 - GNAC Championship
Video | Live stats
May04
Softball 1:30 PM
#1N Saint Joseph's (Maine)
vs. #3S Johnson & Wales
@ Standish, Maine
Game 6A - GNAC Pod A
Video | Live stats
May04
Softball 1:30 PM
#1S Lasell
vs. #3N Simmons
@ Newton, Mass. | Lasell University
Game 6B - GNAC Pod B
Video | Live stats
May04
Baseball 2:00 PM
#7 Norwich
vs. #6 University of Saint Joseph (Conn.)
@ Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletic Complex - Providence, R.I.
Game 4B - GNAC Pod B
Live stats
May04
Baseball 3:00 PM
Albertus Magnus
at WestConn
May05
Women's Lacrosse 11:00 AM
#1S Johnson & Wales
at #1N Emmanuel
Game 9 - GNAC Championship
Video | Live stats

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