Nov. 22, 2003

BRONX, NY (November 22, 2003) - The Sacred Heart men and women's cross-country teams closed out the 2003 season at the ECAC / IC4A Championship at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, NY, Saturday afternoon. Three Pioneers seniors, running their final races for the SHU cross-country team, finished their careers on a high note, earning All-East honors. Seniors Katie Wrinkle (Medford, NY), Suzanne Neglia (Andover, NJ) and Matt Uzenski (Oceanside, NY) all finished in the top-25 to take home the honor.

For the women, Wrinkle wrapped up her stellar cross-country career with a third-place finish and also breaking the Van Cortlandt track record by a Pioneer runner. Wrinkle clocked in at 18:40, topping her previous personal best on the course. For the year, she recorded five top-five finishes and finished in the top-12 in all but one race. Neglia finished 17th on the day with a time of 19:22, a season-best time for her on this course.

Rounding on the Pioneer's top-seven runners were senior Christina Mendoza (Union City, NJ) in 54th (20:26), freshman Anne Duffy (Monroe, CT) in 65th (20:42), sophomore Erin Kulasewski (West Warwick, RI) in 70th (20:56), freshman Kathleen Duffy (Monroe, CT) in 71st (20:57) and senior Erin Roche (Stony Point, NY) in 84th (21:20). The Pioneers finished sixth overall as a team out of 15 teams.

For the men, Uzenski ran the course in a personal-best time of 26:36 to finish 18th. His time set's a new SHU record for fastest time on the Van Cortlandt Park course. Sophomore Tyler Arnett (Clinton Corners, NY) followed Uzenski's performance with the second-fastest time by a Pioneer on this course, clocking in at 27:10. He just missed All-East honors with a 30th place finish.

Sophomore Robert Howard (Levittown, NY) finished 41st (27:32), sophomore Robert Gill (Braintree, MA) was 47th (27:44), freshman Timothy Larson (Smithfield, RI) finished 70th (28:33), senior Andrew Renna (Danbury, CT) 74th (28:43) and senior Joseph Zalak (Middle Village, NY) was 77th (28:50) to round out the Pioneer top-seven. Sacred Heart finished sixth overall among 12 teams to close the season.

Men's Results: 1. New Hampshire 28, 2. Syracuse 73, 3. Colgate 81, 4. Albany 94, 5. East Carolina 117, 6. Sacred Heart 176, 7. Seton Hall 214, 8. Towson 216, 9. Binghamton 239, 10. Siena 314, 10. Wagner 314, 12. Stony Brook 315

Women's Results: 1. New Hampshire 54, 2. Albany 80, 3. Binghamton 98, 4. East Carolina 124, 5. Syracuse 126, 6. Sacred Heart 178, 7. Siena 196, 8. Wagner 216, 9. Fordham 222, 10. Towson 237, 11. Delaware 268, 12. St. Francis 303, 13. Holy Cross 339, 14. Seton Hall 343, 15. St. Francis-NY 458

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