Elizabethtown College MensCrossCountry News 
Back to top 10/25/2008 Men's cross country wins "Buggy" ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY Elizabethtown Wins "Battle For the Buggy" JV results: 4,000 - 5,990 LANCASTER, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's cross country team won the Battle for the Buggy at Lancaster County Central Park on Saturday, placing seven runners among the top 14 finishers to capture the team title. Elizabethtown's team score of 35 points easily outranked runner-up Bloomsburg University (74 points) and third-place Shippensburg University (90 points) in the field of 17 teams and 113 runners.  Senior Jeremy Matula (Bath, PA/Northampton) took fourth overall with a time of 20:34.62 over the slightly less than 6,000-meter course, which will host the Middle Atlantic Conference championships next weekend.First-year student Evan DeArmitt (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin) followed in seventh place (20:54.35) with sophomore Chris Heisey (Middletown, PA/Middletown) in eighth (20:54.83) and first-year student Russell Speiden (Brookeville, MD/Sherwood) coming home in tenth place (20:58.10). Other top performers for the Blue Jays were senior Scott Derkacz (Huguenot, NY/Port Jervis) in 11th place (20:58.59), senior Dylan Rulander (Russell, PA/Eisenhower) taking 12th place (21:01.68) and first-year student Colby Miller (Oak Hill, VA/Flint Hill School) in 14th with a time of 21:07.27. The overall race winner was 2006 Elizabethtown graduate Greg Wetzel, who crossed the line in a time of 20:00.70. Fellow Blue Jay alum Nate Moore (20:39.71, fifth) also turned in top-10 performances. Battle for the Buggy at Lancaster County Central Park Team standings: 1. Elizabethtown 35; 2. Bloomsburg 74; 3. Shippensburg 90; 4. Misericordia 149; 5. Christopher Newport 162; 6. Lebanon Valley 165; 7. Messiah 190; 8. Elizabethtown Alumni 193; 9. Gettysburg 259; 10. King's 295; 11. Marywood 317; 12. Philadelphia Biblical 319; 13. Susquehanna 323; 14. Eastern Mennonite 356; 15. Wilkes 3417; 16. Penn State Harrisburg 465; 17. Penn State Berks 474. Top 10 finishers: 1. Greg Wetzel (Etown Alumni) 20:00.70; 2. Greg Ahlswede (Ship) 20:20.73; 3. Ryan Mulcahy (unattached) 20:29.13; 4. Jeremy Matula (Etown) 20:34.62; 5. Nate Moore (Etown Alumni) 20:39.71; 6. Eric Evans (Ship) 20:42.61; 7. Evan DeArmitt (Etown) 20:54.35; 8. Chris Heisey (Etown) 20:54.83; 9. Misha Litvinov (Bloom) 20:56.13; 10. Russell Speiden (Etown) 20:58.10. Back to top 10/11/2008 Etown men win Juniata Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY Elizabethtown 1st of 11 at Juniata Eagle Invitational ALTOONA, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's cross country won the 11-school Juniata College Eagle Invitational at Fort Roberdeau on Saturday morning, scoring 29 points to easily defeat runner-up Juniata (62 points) and Susquehanna University (69 points).  Senior Scott Derkacz (Huguenot, NY/Port Jervis) led the Blue Jay contingent with a third-place finish in a time of 25:29.6. Finishing fifth through eighth, respectively, were first-year student Eric Reichert (Hershey, PA/Hershey) in 25:51.5, junior Myles Lund (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga) in 25:52.0, first-year student Charlie Larsen (Phoenix, MD/Dulaney) in 25:55.3 and first-year student Evan DeArmitt (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin) in 25:56.3.Senior Jeremy Matula (Bath, PA/Northampton) was 11th in 26:00.4, first-year student Colby Miller (Oak Hill, VA/Flint Hill School) took 12th in 26:04.3, and sophomore Chris Heisey (Middletown, PA/Middletown) crossed the line 15th in a time of 26:08.0 Juniata College Eagle Invitational at Altoona, Pa. Team standings: 1. Elizabethtown 29; 2. Juniata 62; 3. Susquehanna 69; 4. Moravian 100; 5. Saint Francis 172; 6. Penn State Altoona 185; 7. Catholic 194; 8. Goucher 203; 9. Pitt-Greensburg 253; 10. Drew 320; 11. Pitt-Bradford 328. Elizabethtown finishers: 3. Scott Derkacz, 25:29; 5. Eric Reichert, 25:51; 6. Myles Lund, 25:52; 7. Charlie Larsen, 25:55; 8. Evan DeArmitt, 25:56; 11. Jeremy Matula, 26:00; 12. Colby Miller, 26:04; 15. Chris Heisey, 26:08; 17. Russell Speiden, 26:10; 18. Dylan Rulander, 26:24; 32. James Munnelly, 27:11; 34. Adam Derkacz, 27:22; 35. Rich Greco, 27:24; 40. Matt Myers, 27:40; 51. Casey McGarvey, 28:15 |
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