Men Place 8th, Women Place 13th At Walt Disney World Cross Country Classic
Complete Men's Results
Complete Women's Results
ORLANDO, FLA. (Oct. 6, 2012) – Both the men's and women's cross country teams participated in the Walt Disney World Cross Country Classic. The men pulled out an eighth place team finish with senior
Christian Altamura (Seaford, N.Y.) finishing the 8k 13th overall. The women grabbed a 13th place team finish with freshman
Elizabeth Stirling (Wantagh, N.Y.) leading the way by crossing the 5k line 16th overall.
Altamura led the Pioneer men with an overall 8k time of 26:45.11. Fellow senior
Thomas Speicher (Levittown, N.Y.) finished close behind with a time of 27:13.40, good for 18th place.
Ray Coyle (Woodhaven, N.Y.) finished off the trio of seniors that finished in the top 50 for the men. He ran his 8k in a time of 28:17.31, crossing the line in 42nd place.
Sophomore
Joseph Lasher (Seaford, N.Y.) and freshman
Steven Arnone (Staten Island, N.Y.) rounded out the top five runners for the men. Lasher crossed the line in 57
th place with a time of 28:45.92, and Arnone followed not far behind with a time of 29:53.43, good for 89th place.
Stirling led the women to their 13th place finish with a time of 19:49.20. Junior
Jenn McLaughlin (Seaford, N.Y.) crossed the finish line in 54th place with a time of 20:50.40. Senior
Caitlin Smith (Levittown, N.Y.) and junior
Angelica Price (Tampa, Fla.) finished within seconds of each other to grab 89th and 91st place, respectively. Smith ran the course in 21:48.00, while Price finished with a time of 21:52.30.
Rounding out the top seven finishers for the women were junior
Sara McLaughlin (Seaford, N.Y.), sophomore
Shaylyn Stehl (Wantagh, N.Y.), and senior
Katherine Wilkens (Woodbury, N.Y.).
Sara McLaughlin finished close behind Price, grabbing 106th place with a time of 22:15.30. Stehl ran the 5k in a time of 22:24.20, good for 116th. Wilkens was right behind with a time of 22:36.00, granting her 121st place.
The Pioneers will host the East Coast Conference Championships Sunday, Oct. 21 at their Brookville Campus.