Albright Represented on MASCAC Fall Academic Honor Roll

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 

ANNVILLE, PA - The Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Fall Academic Honor Roll, which notes academic excellence by student-athletes, contains 561 honorees which was announced by Executive Director Ken Andrews Tuesday morning.

The Honor Roll comprises those student-athletes of sophomore class standing or higher who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 (4.00 scale) or higher and completed the playing season in good standing.

Albright College had a solid representation on this year’s Academic Honor Roll as 36 student-athletes were recognized by the conference.  Included on this year’s team was Men’s Soccer First Team All-Conference selection Maarten Kootstra (Mt. Penn, PA/Antietam), and Football First Team All-Conference honorees Tanner Kelly (Clearfield, PA/Clearfield) and Matt Christ (Birdsboro, PA/Reading Central Catholic).

2008 MASCAC Fall Academic Honor Roll 

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 Men’s Cross-Country Closes out Season at NCAA Mideast Regional Meet

Saturday, November 15, 2008 

WAYNESBURG, PA - The Albright Men’s Cross-Country team closed out their 2008 season traveling to Waynesburg University to compete in the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional meet Saturday morning.  As a whole the Lions earned 34th place out of a field of 43 teams, with Carnegie Mellon taking the top team spot with a combined time of 25:37. 

Carnegie also had the top runner in the meet as Brian Harvey crossed the finish line with a time of 25:10 on the 8K course.  For Albright freshman runner George Cook (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial Township) earned the team’s top finish with a time of 27:50 and crossed the finish line in 105th place. 

Behind Cook was Spencer Shaak (Reading, PA/Exeter Township Senior) who managed a time of 29:26 (193rd place).  Robert Kellert (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) trailed Shaak by only five spots and crossed the finish line for the final time this season with a time of 29:32.

Eli Frey (Fleetwood, PA/Oley Valley Senior) and Dan Dalton (Philadelphia, PA/Father Judge) closed out the top five runners for the Red and White with times of 30:02 and 30:06 respectively. 

Sophomore runner Jacob Goldberg (Haddonfield NJ/Haddonfield Memorial) and senior runner Jay Feitshans (Haddonfield, NJ/Haddonfield Memorial) finished the afternoon in 226th and 240th place.  Goldberg recorded a time of 30:23, while Feitshans who ran his final meet as a member of the Albright Lions closed out the day with a time of 31:03.

Complete Results

 Men’s Cross-Country Posts Eighth Place Finish at MAC Championships

Saturday, November 1, 2008 

LANCASTER, PA - In their biggest meet of the season, the Albright College Men’s Cross-Country team endured through harsh terrain to record an overall finish of eighth at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship Meet in Lancaster, PA.

A total of 14 teams competed in this year’s conference meet.  Taking the top spot at the meet were the Falcons of Messiah College with a total of 27 points.  The Falcons had six of their seven runners place in the top 10, with the seventh and final runner earned a 30th place finish.  Messiah’s Francis Eanes took the individual top finish with a time of 26:52.36. 

Freshman George Cook (Brick, NJ/Brick Township Memorial) who has been a top finisher for the Lions came across the finish line in 51st place with a time of 30:17.68.  Behind him was Spencer Shaak (Reading, PA/Exeter Township Senior) in 54th place.  Shaak has also proven to be one of the team’s most consistent runners this season earning a time of 30:41.37.

Robert Kellert (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) recorded the third best finish for Albright with a time of 31:03.46 (59th place).  Dan Dalton (Philadelphia, PA/Father Judge) who has not competed in over a month due to injury returned to help his Lions finishing in 64th place (31:16.46).  Eli Frey (Fleetwood, PA/Oley Valley Senior) closed out the top five trailing Dalton by only four seconds (31:20.24). 

Sophomore runner Jacob Goldberg (Haddonfield, NJ/Haddonfield Memorial) battled his way through the tough terrain to close out the day in 76th place with a time of 32:36.93.  Jay Feitshans (Haddonfield, NJ/Haddonfield Memorial) was next in line to finish for the Red and White with a time of 33:11.34 (84th place).  Donald Wonnie (Reading, PA/Wilson) put forth another great effort recording a time of 33:52.78.  Anthony Carrozza (Reading, PA/Reading Senior) trailed Wonnie by only six seconds posting a 101st place finish.

Chris Bollinger (Little Silver, NJ/Rumson Fair Haven) ended the day for the Men’s Cross-Country team.  With a time of 38:47.52, Bollinger worked his way through the tough course.

Men’s Cross-Country will return to action in two weeks when they take part in the NCAA Division III Men’s Cross-Country Regional meet.