Biondo Wins CSAC Championship; Mann Named CSAC All Sportsmanship

2017 Oct 30

The Cedar Crest College cross country team finished fourth at the Colonial States Athletic Conference Championship meet hosted by Cabrini University held at Cheslen Preserve on Saturday morning.

"Overall, the team ran really well," commented Head Coach Alec Duncan. "Everyone stuck to the plan and I feel like the improvements we've made as a team really showed today. It was great for Angelina to get the individual win. Amy had a great individual performance. Tiff and Britt came up big in the team scoring and helped solidify our 4th place team finish. I'm really proud of all of the ladies on the team and excited to see what they can do at Regionals in two weeks."

Junior Angelina Biondo (Pen Argyl, Pa./Pen Argyl) was named CSAC All-Conference 1st after finishing first in the race with a time of 24:51.5. Freshman Amy Nguyen (Sinking Springs, Pa./Berks Catholic) finished next for the Falcons, taking 15th place with a time of 28:43.2. Finishing third for the team with a time of 30:13.4 was freshman Rebecca Waguespack (Hackettstown, N.J./Notre Dame East Stroudsburg).

Senior Amanda Mann (Palmerton) finished next at 31:30.9 and was also named CSAC All Sportsmanship as senior Tiffany Cuth (Walnutport, Pa./Northampton) and junior Brittney Bonser (Kunkletown, Pa./Pleasent Valley) finished back-to-back at 33:13.8 and 33:14.3, respectively. Sophomore Kirsten Replogle (Manns Choice, Pa./Bedford) came in at 38:29.6 while Sophomore Amanda Connell (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower Catholic) rounded out the group finishing at 50:21.8.