September 6, 2008
MCANDREW FIRST, MICARONI FOURTH AT GOLDEN KNIGHTS JOUST
Loudonville, N.Y. - Junior Jake McAndrew (Oswego, N.Y./Oswego) finished in first place to lead the Le Moyne College men's cross country team to a seventh-place finish at the Saint Rose Golden Knights Joust on Saturday, Sept. 6 at The Crossings at Colonie. Freshman Gina Micaroni (Blossvale, N.Y./Canastota) crossed the finish line fourth to lead the women's squad to a sixth-place finish. RPI won both the men's and women's team titles.
McAndrew, who finished second at last week's Buffalo State Invitational, crossed the finish line in 26:28 to take the individual title by 12 seconds. Senior co-captain Peter Gratien (East Syracuse, N.Y./East Syracuse-Minoa) was the second Dolphin to finish, crossing the line in 27:49 for 14th place. Raph Kopecky (Jamesville, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt), Michael Notar (Schenectady, N.Y./Schalmont) and Charlie Deragon (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) rounded out the top-5 finishers for the Dolphins.
On the women's side, Micaroni finished fourth in 19:21. Senior Kelsey Ryan (Warsaw, N.Y./Livonia) completed the three-mile course in 11th place in 20:04, while junior Chelsea Gibson (Weedsport, N.Y./Weedsport) finished 30th in 20:59. Alycia Hall (Medway, Mass./Medway) and Kate Brondum (Cazenovia, N.Y./Cazenovia) rounded out the top-5 finishers for Le Moyne. Mary Lynn Denholm of St. Michael's won the women's race in 18:12.
Le Moyne returns to action on Saturday, Sept. 13 at Oswego State's Pat Peterson Invitational.
Men's Team
Results
1. RPI, 2. Bentley, 3. Siena, 4. Williams, 5. Saint Rose,
6. SUNY Cobleskill, 7. Le Moyne, 8. St. Thomas Aquinas, 9. SUNY
Broome, 10. Molloy, 11. St. Michael's, 12. Nyack.
Le Moyne Results
1. Jake McAndrew 26:28, 14. Peter Gratien 27:49, 56. Raph Kopecky
29:44, 73. Michael Notar 30:45, 99. Charlie Deragon 32:13, 127.
Josh Graves 36:40, 129. Dylan Carroll 38:43, 133. Justin Trombetta
40:52.
Women's
Team Results
1. RPI, 2. Williams, 3. Bentley, 4. Saint Rose, 5. Siena,
6. Le Moyne, 7. St. Michael's, 8. Nyack, 9. SUNY Cobleskill, 10.
Molloy, 11. Pace, 12. SUNY Broome, 13. St. Thomas
Aquinas.
Le Moyne Results
4. Gina Micaroni 19:21, 11. Kelsey Ryan 20:04, 30. Chelsea Gibson 20:59, 42. Alycia Hall 21:25, 63. Kate Brondum 22:35, 69. Stephanie Singe 22:55, 70. Anna Rich 22:57, 79. Lauren Walters 23:28, 85. Ashley Myers 23:39, 96. Ashley Messur 24:11, 101. Kalei Logue 24:20, 110. Angelina Baggetta 24:53.



















