ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Saturday, October 29, 2005

Etown Edges Widener by One Point for College-Record Seventh Consecutive Conference Title at MAC Championships

HUNTINGDON, Pa. --- By a margin of a single point, Elizabethtown College’s men’s cross country team won its seventh consecutive Middle Atlantic Conference title Saturday at the 2005 MAC Championships, hosted by Juniata College. Etown won with a score of 40, edging out nationally 22nd-ranked Widener University, which placed second with 41 points.

By winning their seventh MAC title in a row, the Blue Jays broke a College record that had stood since 1967. The most consecutive titles in Etown history used to be six, set between 1962 and 1967 by the men’s soccer team.

Seven Etown runners earned All-MAC honors by finishing in the top 20 in the 134-finisher field, and four of them made the All-MAC First Team by placing in the top 10. Etown’s top finisher on the day was Tyson Evensen (West Sand Lake, NY/Averill Park), who placed second overall on the 8k course in 26:02 and was named the Blue Jays’ team MVP. Jason Theobald (Honesdale, PA/Honesdale) placed sixth as Etown’s number two runner in 26:51, and David Cohen (Allentown, PA/William Allen) finished eighth in 26:56. Also earning All-MAC First Team honors was senior Greg Wetzel (Warrington, PA/Central Bucks East), who placed ninth in 26:57.

Earning All-MAC Second Team honors for Etown were Patrick Donovan (South Pasadena, CA/St. Francis) in 15th place in 27:12, first-year student Brandon Bear (York, PA/Eastern York) in 17th place in 27:14, who as the race’s highest finishing first-year student also earned MAC Rookie of the Year status, and Ryan Mulcahy (Towanda, PA/Towanda) who placed 20th in 27:21.

Etown will return to action Saturday, November 12 in the Mideast Regional Championships, which will be hosted by Dickinson College and held at Carlisle ( Pa.) High School.

At Huntingdon, Pa.
2005 Middle Atlantic Conference Championships (8k course)
Team Scores: 1. Elizabethtown 40; 2. Widener 41; 3. Juniata 117; 4. Susquehanna 119; 5. Scranton 155; 6. DeSales 157; 7. Messiah 198; 8. King’s 232; 9. Moravian 233; 10. Lebanon Valley 250; 11. Albright 281; 12. Lycoming 381.
Etown individual finishers (134 finishers): 2. Tyson Evensen* 26:02; 6. Jason Theobald* 26:51; 8. David Cohen* 26:56; 9. Greg Wetzel* 26:57; 15. Patrick Donovan^ 27:12; 17. Brandon Bear^ 27:14; 20. Ryan Mulcahy^ 27:21; 27. Ryan St. Clair 27:53; 36. Jon Slusser 28:15; 41. Scott Derkacz 28:28; 47. Nick Patterson 28:38; 62. Dylan Rulander 29:17.81.

* All-MAC First Team; ^ All-MAC Second Team