WILMINGTON, DE (October 23, 2004) - The Goldey-Beacom College men’s cross country team captured third place while the women took seventh place at the 2004 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Championships at Belmont Plateau

WILMINGTON, DE (October 23, 2004) - The Goldey-Beacom College men’s cross country team captured third place while the women took seventh place at the 2004 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Championships at Belmont Plateau.

The men finished with 83 points to place them behind Felician (32) and Nyack (57) and ahead of NJIT (116), Holy Family (154), USP (164), Wilmington (198), Bloomfield (220), Teikyo Post (255) and Dominican (269). The women, meanwhile, finished with 183 points to place them behind Georgian Court (43), Nyack (79), USP (82), NJIT (88), Felician (120), and Wilmington (147) and ahead of Caldwell (204), Holy Family (226) and Dominican (237).

Junior Brad Paski (Wilmington, DE) was the top runner for the men, finishing in ninth place with a time of 28:35.42. Sophomore Matt Lang (Chestertown, MD) was right behind Paski in 10^th place at 28:42.06, followed by sophomore Adin ‘Chip’ Lewis (Newark, DE) in 19^th place at 30:12.25, sophomore Mickey Jones (Newark, DE) in 22^nd place at 30:25.62, and freshman Rashad Matthews (Milford, DE) in 23^rd place at 30:37.19. Rounding out the Lightning men was sophomore Brian Kirk (Wilmington, DE) in 24^th place at 30:44.05 and freshman Alan Passwaters (Houston, DE) in 39^th place at 32:22.24.

On the women’s side, freshman Katie Lewis (Newark, DE) finished in 14^th place to lead the Lightning women with a time of 22:04.35. Freshman Jessica Kaszeta (Wilmington, DE) was next in 29^th place at 23:32.51, followed by junior Brandy Ash (Dagsboro, DE) in 41^st place at 26:43.87, senior Nonhlanhla Maseko (Swaziland) in 49^th place at 28:04.99 and junior Lu Lu Maseko (Swaziland) in 50^th place at 28:26.96.

AGATE:

Men (8K): 1) Felician College (32), 2) Nyack College (57), 3) Goldey-Beacom College (83), 4) New Jersey Institute of Technology (116), 5) Holy Family University (154), 6) University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (164), 7) Wilmington College (198), 8) Bloomfield College (220), 9) Teikyo Post University (255), 10) Dominican College (269).

Goldey-Beacom (Men): 9) Paski (28:35.42), 10) Lang (28:42.06), 19) A. Lewis (30:12.25), 22) M. Jones (30:25.65), 23) Matthews (30:37.19), 24) Kirk (30:44.05), 39) Passwaters (32:22.24).

Women (5K): 1) Georgian Court College (43), 2) Nyack College (79), 3) University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (82), 4) New Jersey Institute of Technology (88), 5) Felician College (120), 6) Wilmington College (147), 7) Goldey-Beacom College (183), 8) Caldwell College (204), 9) Holy Family University (226), 10) Dominican College (237).

Goldey-Beacom (Women): 14) K. Lewis (22:04.35), 29) Kaszeta (23:32.51), 41) Ash (26:43.87), 49). N. Maseko (28:04.99), 50) L. Maseko (28:26.96).