CACC Athletics :FELICIAN'S BURGHOFFER AND SCIBETTA CLAIM CROSS COUNTRY ACCOLADES

FELICIAN'S BURGHOFFER AND SCIBETTA CLAIM CROSS COUNTRY ACCOLADES

October 8, 2007

NEW HAVEN, CT - Mike Burghoffer and Amanda Scibetta of Felician College have earned Men's and Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week accolades in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) for the week ending Sunday, Oct. 7. Will Shoemaker of Chestnut Hill College and Toni Fowler of Felician have been tabbed Rookies of the Week.

Burghoffer, a senior from Stockholm, NJ, ran an 8k time of 28:55 at the Monmouth Invitational to place 17th against mainly Division I competition. He led Felician to a fourth-place finish.

Scibetta, a junior from Middletown, NJ, placed eighth out of 62 runners at the Monmouth Invitational with a career-best time of 20:20. She led Felician to a third-place finish.

Shoemaker, a freshman from Philadelphia, PA, set a school record for the second time this year with a 28:09.97 clocking at the Dickinson Invitational.

Fowler, a freshman from Mount Holly, NJ, ran a time of 20:20 at the Monmouth Invitational to place ninth, and was second among Golden Falcon runners. She finished less than a second behind Scibetta.

Honorable Mention

Soufine Sadikina, Goldey-Beacom (Sr., Casablanca, Morocco) - Won the Goldey-Beacom Invitational with an 8k time of 29:17.

Shaun D'Andrea, Philadelphia (So., Blackwood, NJ) - Finished second at the Goldey-Beacom Invitational with a time of 29:37.

Melissa Rennekamp, Philadelphia (Sr., E. Stroudsburg, PA) - Won the Goldey-Beacom Invitational with a time of 21:04.

CACC Notes

Felician - Despite the hilly terrain of Holmdel Park, junior Amanda Scibetta and freshman Toni Fowler both ran career best times of 20:20 at the Monmouth Invitational. It was the second time this season that Fowler finished behind Scibetta by less than a second. Scibetta ran 53 seconds faster than her time last year in the same event, while senior Megan Williams took 58 seconds off her 2006 Monmouth Invite time.

Philadelphia - Head Coach Dave Thomas' teams had a fine day at the Goldey-Beacom Fall Classic in Wilmington, Del., with the men finishing first among seven teams and the women second among nine teams. Highlights include four men finishing in the top 10: Shawn D'Andrea (2nd), Andrew Piotrowski (3rd), Jeff Kopczynski (6th) and David Snyder (9th). In addition, the women took the top three positions after three opposing runners were disqualified for taking a wrong turn and shortening their course. Melissa Rennekamp was declared the winner, while Faith Anderson came home second and Cassie Cohick third. Next up for both squads is another meeting in Delaware next Saturday, October 13th at 10:30 a.m. for the Delaware Invitational at White Clay Creek State Park in Newark.