Lancaster, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the 2023 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.

Jack Baronski was named Runner of the Year after an Atlantic East Meet record time of 26:43.5. The junior led the Marywood team to a first place team finish. Teammate Ben Devine earned Rookie of the Year accolade with a third place overall finish and a time of 26:56.5. Baronski and Devine were joined by 11 other Marywood teammates on the Atlantic East All Conference teams. The final All Conference member was from the runner up Immaculata.

On the Women’s side Immaculata first year, Aubrey Donahue was named Runner and Rookie of the Year. She crossed at 24:45.3 to lead the Mighty Macs. The women’s all conference teams featured members of five different teams. Marywood had the most with five with Gwynedd Mercy and Marymount naming four to the All-Conference Teams.

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 and finishing in the top two teams. This year's award winner for men’s cross country is Marywood’s Joseph Cardillo who has a 4.0 in Mathematics. On the women’s side there was a tie between Marywood’s Zoe Badner and Marymount’s Ariana Grant who both maintain a 4.0. 

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 University
Runner of the Year - Jack Baronski, Marywood
Rookie of the Year - Ben Devine, Marywood
Elite 20 Award Winner - Joseph Cardillo, Marywood
Coaching Staff of the Year - Marywood

WOMEN’S MAJOR AWARDS
Champion: Marywood University
Runner-Up: Marymount University
Runner/Rookie of the Year: Aubrey Donahue, Immaculata
Elite 20 Award Winner – Zoe Badner, Marywood & Ariana Grant, Marymount
Coaching Staff of the Year: Marywood University


FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE

Place/Name (Men)	Time
1. Jack Baronski, Marywood	26:43
2. Bryce Ryder, Marywood	26:48
3. Ben Devine, Marywood	26:56
4. Michael McCann, Marywood	26:59
5. Joseph Cardillo, Marywood	27:06
6. Brandon Fleschut, Marywood	27:13
7. Thomas Lee, Marywood	27:35

 

Place/Name (Women)	Time
1. Aubrey Donahue, Immaculata	24:45
2. Mikayla Stephens, Marymount	25:13
3. Courtney Humphreys, Neumann	25:19
4. Paige Redman, Marywood	25:54
5.Alyssa Williams, Marywood	26:20
6. Avery Finnegan, Marymount	26:36
7. Gabrielle Snee, Marywood	27:27

SECOND-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE

Place/Name (Men)	Time
8. Raidan Francis, Marywood	27:43
9. Ivan Zavala-Zavala, Immaculata	27:46
10. Wil Canney, Marywood	28:44
11. John Russo, Marywood	29:36
12. James Modrovsky, Marywood	29:50
13. Owen Charles, Marywood	30:10
14. Ricky Stains III, Marywood	30:16

 

Place/Name (Women)	Time
8. Abby Hughes, Marymount	27:50
9. Keely Greene, Gwynedd Mercy	28:34
10. Zoe Badner, Marywood	28:41
11. Caroline Cleary, Gwynedd Mercy	29:24
12. Gabrielle Weirsky, Marymount	29:31
13. Maddie Gentile, Marywood	29:33
14. Hailey Bloom, Gwynedd Mercy	29:52

 
FINAL MEN’S TEAM RESULTS
1. Marywood - 15 pts
2. Immaculata - 68 pts
3. Cabrini - 87 pts
4. Marymount - 103 pts.
5. Gwynedd Mercy - 126 pts*
6. Centenary - 126 pts*
* Tiebreaker won by Gwynedd 3-2
 
FINAL WOMEN’S TEAM RESULTS
1. Marywood - 34 pts
2. Marymount - 40 pts
3. Gwynedd Mercy - 63 pts
4. Immaculata - 89 pts
5. Centenary - 122 pts

Full results can be found on our Men’s Championship and Women’s Championship pages.

ABOUT ATLANTIC EAST
The Atlantic East Conference is a member of NCAA Division III comprising seven institutions in a three-state area - Cabrini, Gwynedd Mercy, Immaculata, Marywood and Neumann Universities in Pennsylvania; Centenary University in New Jersey, and Marymount University in Virginia. 
 
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