Lancaster, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the 2022 Cross Country major award winners and All-Conference teams on Friday. The top 14 finishers at the conference championship made up the all-conference squads.
Michael McCann headlined as Runner and Rookie of the Year with a first-place finish in the 8k race on Saturday, October 29th with a time of 27:10.2. Marywood, the 2022 champions landed eight All-Conference team members.
On the Women’s side Marywood’s Hayley Gaines took the Runner of the Year honors with a first-place finish in the 6k event with a time of 24:50.0. Rookie of the year honors went to Marywood’s Kaitlyn Newberry who finished the 6k course second overall in 25:02.2. Marywood was named the 2022 Women’s Cross Country Champions as well, finishing with eight runners in the All-Conference spots.
Coaching Staff of the Year for both the men’s and women’s teams went to the coaching staff at Marywood with their incredible finishes.
The Atlantic East Elite 20 Award is given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA competing at the final site of the championship. This year's award winner for women's cross country was also the Runner of the Year, Hayley Gaines of Marywood. On the men’s side, Ian Kovatch of Marywood was named the Elite 20 Award winner.
The full all-conference teams are listed below. Finishers 1-7 earned first-team while 8-14 earned second-team.
MEN’S MAJOR AWARDS
Champion: Marywood University
Runner-Up: Immaculata Univeristy
Runner and Rookie of the Year: Michael McCann, Marywood
Elite 20 Award: Ian Kovatch, Marywood University
Coaching Staff of the Year: Marywood University
WOMEN’S MAJOR AWARDS
Champion: Marywood University
Runner-Up: Marymount University
Runner of the Year: Hayley Gaines, Marywood
Rookie of the Year: Kaitlyn Newberry, Marywood
Elite 20 Award: Hayley Gaines, Marywood University
Coaching Staff of the Year: Marywood University
FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
| Place/Name (Men) |
Time |
| 1. Michael McCann, Marywood |
27:10.2 |
| 2. Jack Baronski, Marywood |
27:11.4 |
| 3. Bryce Ryder, Marywood |
27:32.4 |
| 4. Joseph Cardillo, Marywood |
27:39.7 |
| 5. Thomas Lee, Marywood |
27.51.1 |
| 6. Ian Kovatch, Marywood |
27:55.1 |
| 7. Drew Konieczny, Neumann |
28:02.3 |
| Place/Name (Women) |
Time |
| 1. Hayley Gaines, Marywood |
24:50.0 |
| 2. Kaitlyn Newberry, Marywood |
25:02.2 |
| 3. Alyssa Williams, Marywood |
25:11.3 |
| 4. Avery Finnegan, Marymount |
25:31.1 |
| 5. Courtney Humphreys, Neumann |
25:38.6 |
| 6. Ziyaan Qutub, Marymount |
24:43.8 |
| 7. Taylor Seprosky, Marywood |
25:55.9 |
SECOND-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
| Place/Name (Men) |
Time |
| 8. Caleb Bakalyar, Marywood |
28:25.1 |
| 9. Ivan Zavala-Zavala, Immaculata |
28:47.5 |
| 10. Josh Godlewski, Marywood |
29:19.9 |
| 11. Thomas Balla, Gwynedd Mercy |
29:56.0 |
| 12. Anthony Pietrewicz, Cabrini |
30:26.2 |
| 13. Dave Kenney, Cabrini |
30:30.1 |
| 14. Connor Kakowski, Immaculata |
30:35.8 |
| Place/Name (Women) |
Time |
| 8. Caitlyn Powell, Marywood |
26:06.4 |
| 9. Paige Redman, Marywood |
26:22.0 |
| 10. Gabrielle Snee, Marywood |
27:00.3 |
| 11. Alicia Bennett, Gwynedd Mercy |
27:06.3 |
| 12. Maddie Gentile, Marywood |
27:24.7 |
| 13. Kristen Dougher, Gwynedd Mercy |
27:28.9 |
| 14. Keely Greene, Gwynedd Mercy |
27:47.2 |
FINAL MEN’S TEAM RESULTS
1. Marywood, 15 points
2. Immaculata, 72 points
3. Cabrini, 77 points
4. Gwynedd Mercy, 89 points
5. Marymount, 118 points
6. Centenary, 164 points
FINAL WOMEN’S TEAM RESULTS
1. Marywood, 21 points
2. Marymount, 58 points
3. Gwynedd Mercy, 81 points
4. Immaculata, 109 points
5. Neumann, 122 points
6. Centenary, 158 points
Full results can be found on our
Men’s Championship and
Women’s Championship pages.