
SYRACUSE, NY - SUNY ESF placed 13 runners in the top 26 at the 2013 USCAA Men's Cross Country National Championship en route to capturing the championship title for the third consecutive year.
The Mighty Oaks' Timmy Callahan captured the individual men's race, a year after placing second at the USCAA National Championships. Callahan paced his team and the rest of the pack with a time of 27:30.7, good for a 5:33 mile pace.
Callahan was followed by NHTI's Ignacio Hernando and Penn State Wilkes-Barre's Jason Carey. SUNY ESF's Jon Cleveland finished fourth, while Ronald Hicks of Dine College and Matthew Cregan of Daemen College placed fifth and sixth, respectively. Southern Virginia's Patrick Gonzalez rounded out the First Team All-Americans in seventh.
The 2012 individual champion, Dustin Abeita of Dine College finished 11th.
SUNY ESF, who entered 25 runners into the meet, had 19 finish in the top 75, and their top five runners for points all finished in the top 14. Daemen College finished second with 74 points, while Dine College was a close third with 80 points. A large gap existed from there, as the fourth place team, Alfred State College, finished with 164 points.
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Place | Team | Points |
1st | SUNY ESF | 42 |
2nd | Daemen College | 74 |
3rd | Dine College | 80 |
USCAA All-Americans
First Team
Place | Name | Year | Team | Time |
1st | Timmy Callahan | JR | SUNY ESF | 27:30.7 |
2nd | Ignacio Hernando | SO | NHTI | 27:42.9 |
3rd | Jason Carey | FR | Penn State Wilkes-Barre | 27:45.8 |
4th | Jon Cleveland | SR | SUNY ESF | 27:50.3 |
5th | Ronald Hicks | SO | Dine College | 27:51.1 |
6th | Matthew Cregan | FR | Daemen College | 27:55.6 |
7th | Patrick Gonzalez | JR | Southern Virginia University | 28:13.1 |
Second Team
Place | Name | Year | Team | Time |
8th | Jeremy Rushok | SO | Daemen College | 28:19.7 |
9th | Zachery Eustance | JR | Daemen College | 28:20.6 |
10th | Stephen Slonosky | SO | SUNY ESF | 28:29.0 |
11th | Dustin Abeita | SO | Dine College | 28:41.3 |
12th | Josh Keenan | FR | Florida College | 28:41.6 |
13th | Peter Leduc | SO | SUNY ESF | 28:42.6 |
14th | Malcolm Moncheur | JR | SUNY ESF | 28:46.5 |