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Nationally Top-Ranked Red Dragons Make Strong Showing at Penn State Race
Shamus Nally chases down a Penn State runner at the Penn State National. Nally finished 16th out of 306 runners in the primarily Division I field
10/17/2008
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. – The SUNY Cortland men’s cross country team, ranked first nationally in Division III, finished in fourth place against mainly a Division I field at the Penn State National. Georgetown, ranked eighth in Division I, won the meet with 43 points, followed by Penn State with 93 points.
Villanova, the 28th-ranked team in Division I, barely edged Cortland with 126 points to the Red Dragons’ 127. Cortland defeated 18 Division I teams in the 28-team field along with four Division II schools.
Cortland’s top nine runners in the race finished in the top 100 of the 306-runner field. Senior Shamus Nally (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) placed 16th overall with a time of 25:37 on a 5.2-mile course. Senior Josh Henry (Truxton/Homer) finished 23rd in 25:50, with senior Seth DuBois (Altamont/Guilderland) right behind him in 24th place in 25:51.
Junior Justin Wager (Guilderland) crossed the finish line 34th in 26:02 and junior Jerry Greenlaw (Warwick/Warwick Valley) was 36th in 26:03. Junior Kyle O’Brien (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) finished 58th (26:21), sophomore Stephen Scrafford (Cooperstown) placed 75th (26:33), junior Eric Stermer (Chenango Forks) was 76th (26:34) and junior Travis DeRusso (East Berne/Berne-Knox-Westerlo) finished 91st (26:40).
Other Red Dragon competitors included senior Niko Viglione (Purdys/Somers) (178th, 27:39), freshman Kyle Fitzpatrick (Washingtonville) (202nd, 27:52) and freshman Brendan Ward (Smithtown/Smithtown East) (284th, 29:50).
Complete Results
2.5 | Men's Basketball
Cortland, N.Y.
2.5 | Women's Basketball
Cortland, N.Y.
2.5 | Women's Ice Hockey
Plattsburgh, N.Y.
2.5 | Men's Ice Hockey
Oswego, N.Y.
2.6 | Women's Ice Hockey
Plattsburgh, N.Y.
2.6 | Wrestling
Hoboken, N.J.
Cortland
19
Stevens Inst.
16
2.6 | Men's Track and Field
Syracuse, N.Y.
Cortland
No team scoring
Syracuse Invitational
2.6 | Women's Track and Field
Syracuse, N.Y.
Cortland
No team scoring
Syracuse Invitational
2.7 | Women's Gymnastics
Springfield, Mass.
Cortland
183.30
Springfield
185.30
2.10 | Wrestling
Ithaca, N.Y.
2.10 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Buffalo, N.Y. (Erie CC)
Cortland
10 a.m.
SUNYAC Championships
2.10 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Buffalo, N.Y. (Erie CC)
Cortland
10 a.m.
SUNYAC Championships
2.12 | Men's Ice Hockey
Morrisville, N.Y.
Cortland
7 p.m.
Morrisville
2.12 | Women's Ice Hockey
Rochester, N.Y.
2.12 | Women's Basketball
Cortland, N.Y.
2.12 | Men's Basketball
Cortland, N.Y.
2.12 | Women's Track and Field
Boston, Mass.
Cortland
9 a.m.
Boston Univ. Valentine Invitational
2.12 | Women's Track and Field
Ithaca, N.Y.
Cortland
4:30 p.m./9:45 a.m.
Cornell Kane Invitational
2.12 | Men's Track and Field
Boston, Mass.
Cortland
9 a.m.
Boston Univ. Valentine Invitational
2.12 | Men's Track and Field
Ithaca, N.Y.
Cortland
4:30 p.m./9:45 a.m.
Cornell Kane Invitational
2.13 | Women's Gymnastics
New Brunswick, N.J.
Cortland
1 p.m.
Rutgers (with Brockport and Ursinus)
2.13 | Men's Basketball
Cortland, N.Y.
Cortland
4 p.m.
Plattsburgh
2.13 | Women's Basketball
Cortland, N.Y.
Cortland
2 p.m.
Plattsburgh
2.13 | Women's Ice Hockey
Rochester, N.Y.
2.16 | Women's Basketball
Oneonta, N.Y.
2.16 | Men's Basketball
Oneonta, N.Y.
2.19 | Men's Basketball
Buffalo, N.Y.
Cortland
8 p.m.
Buffalo St.
2.19 | Women's Basketball
Buffalo, N.Y.
Cortland
6 p.m.
Buffalo St.
2.19 | Women's Ice Hockey
Cortland, N.Y.
2.19 | Men's Ice Hockey
Geneseo, N.Y.
2.19 | Baseball
Rocky Mount, N.C.
Cortland
3 p.m.
N.C. Wesleyan
2.20 | Baseball
Rocky Mount, N.C.
2.20 | Women's Gymnastics
Ithaca, N.Y.
Cortland
1 p.m.
Ithaca (with Brockport and Wilson)
2.20 | Wrestling
Rochester, N.Y. (RIT)
Cortland
10 a.m.
Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference Championshpis
2.20 | Men's Track and Field
Ithaca, N.Y.
Cortland
9:45 a.m.
Cornell Deneault Invitational
2.20 | Women's Track and Field
Ithaca, N.Y.
Cortland
9:45 a.m.
Cornell Deneault Invitational
2.20 | Men's Ice Hockey
Brockport, N.Y.
Cortland
7 p.m.
Brockport
2.20 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Cortland, N.Y.
Cortland
9 a.m. (site change)
Last Chance Meet
2.20 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Cortland, N.Y.
Cortland
9 a.m. (site change)
Last Chance Meet
2.20 | Women's Ice Hockey
Cortland, N.Y.
2.20 | Women's Basketball
Fredonia, N.Y.
2.20 | Men's Basketball
Fredonia, N.Y.
2.21 | Baseball
Rocky Mount, N.C.
Cortland
11 a.m.
N.C. Wesleyan
2.23 | Men's Ice Hockey
Cortland
TBA
SUNYAC Quarterfinals
2.23 | Men's Basketball
(campus sites)
Cortland
TBA
SUNYAC Quarterfinals
2.23 | Women's Basketball
(campus sites)
Cortland
TBA
SUNYAC Quarterfinals
2.26 | Women's Basketball
(highest seed after quarterfinals)
Cortland
TBA
SUNYAC Semifinals
2.26 | Men's Basketball
(highest seed after quarterfinals)
Cortland
TBA
SUNYAC Semifinals
2.27 | Men's Basketball
(same site as semifinals)
Cortland
TBA
SUNYAC Finals
2.27 | Women's Basketball
(same site as semifinals)
Cortland
TBA
SUNYAC Finals
2.27 | Women's Ice Hockey
Cortland
TBA
ECAC West First Round
2.27 | Men's Ice Hockey
Cortland
TBA
SUNYAC Semifinals
2.27 | Men's Lacrosse
Cortland, N.Y.
Cortland
1 p.m.
Western New England
2.27 | Women's Track and Field
Geneva, N.Y. (Hobart)
Cortland
TBA
SUNYAC Indoor Championships
2.27 | Men's Track and Field
Geneva, N.Y. (Hobart)
Cortland
TBA
SUNYAC Indoor Championships
2.27 | Women's Gymnastics
Cortland, N.Y.
Cortland
1 p.m.
Brockport
3.5 | Wrestling
Cedar Rapids, Iowa (U.S. Cellular Center)
Cortland
11 a.m./10 a.m.
NCAA Div. III Championships
3.5 | Men's Track and Field
Northampton, Mass. (Smith)
Cortland
TBA
ECAC Div. III Indoor Championships
3.5 | Women's Track and Field
Northampton, Mass. (Smith)
Cortland
TBA
ECAC Div. III Indoor Championships
3.5 | Baseball
Old Westbury, N.Y.
Cortland
3 p.m.
Old Westbury
3.5 | Women's Ice Hockey
Cortland
TBA
ECAC West Semifinals
3.6 | Women's Ice Hockey
Cortland
TBA
ECAC West Finals
3.6 | Baseball
Yaphank, N.Y. (Baseball Heaven)
Cortland
12 p.m.
Mount St. Vincent
3.6 | Men's Lacrosse
Massapequa, N.Y.
Cortland
1 p.m.
Gettysburg
3.6 | Men's Ice Hockey
Cortland
TBA
SUNYAC Finals
3.6 | Women's Gymnastics
Ithaca, N.Y.
Cortland
4:30 p.m.
Ithaca
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