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STONEHILL RECORDS SWEEP AT NORTHEAST-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS Bryant’s Paula Klepadlo, UMass Lowell’s Chris Kapfer win individual titles FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                      FOR MORE INFORMATION October 24, 2004                                                                       Contact: Seth Cole                                                                                                 Phone: (802) 654-2537 COLCHESTER, Vt. – Stonehill College held off the University of Massachusetts Lowell to claim team titles at the 2004 Northeast-10 Conference Cross Country Championships on Sunday on the Saint Michael’s College campus. In the women’s five-kilometer race, Stonehill placed five of the top eight runners and cruised to its fifth straight conference title. Individually, Bryant University’s Paula Klepadlo (Smithfield, R.I.) earned her second consecutive league championship, finishing in 17:51.3 to hold off University of Massachusetts Lowell’s Nicole Plante (North Adams, Mass.) by 3.5 seconds. Stonehill, led by Diana Chivakos (South Hamilton, Mass.), claimed the next four spots to hold off UMass Lowell and Bentley College for the crown. In the men’s eight-kilometer race, the Chieftains claimed their first conference championship by edging two-time defending champion UMass Lowell by three points. Despite finishing in second, the River Hawks earned the top-two individual results, as Chris Kapfer (Tualatin, Ore.) edged reigning league champion Patrick Morasse (Lowell, Mass.) by just three-tenths of a second, clocking in at 24:40.6. Bentley’s Ryan Agnew (Spencer, Mass.) finished third, while Stonehill’s Sean McKeon (Millbury, Mass.) earned fourth to lead the league titlists. Earning Coach of the Year honors for both the men and women was Stonehill head coach Karen Boen, as she claimed her fifth straight Women’s Coach of the Year award. Klepadlo and Kapfer won Runner of the Year plaques for the women and men, respectively, while Le Moyne College’s Alison Lesher (Sherrill, N.Y.) and Stonehill’s Khalid Abdi (Brockton, Mass.) earned Freshman of the Year honors.     For the host Purple Knights, junior Kim Fahner (Westminster, Vt./Vermont Academy) led the women’s squad with a 41st-place finish, while on the men’s side, sophomore Tom Lichtenberger (Bloomfield, Conn./Northwest Catholic) earned Third Team All-Conference honors by placing 20th. Men's Individual Results Women's Individual Results Men’s Team Results 1. Stonehill, 35 2. UMass Lowell, 38 3. Southern Connecticut, 80 4. Bentley, 96 5. Bryant, 166 6. Saint Michael’s, 222 7. Merrimack, 231 8. Saint Rose, 244 9. Assumption, 246 T10. Le Moyne, 277 T10. Saint Anselm, 277 12. Southern New Hampshire, 319 13. Franklin Pierce, 402 14. Pace, Inc. Women’s Team Results 1. Stonehill, 26 2. UMass Lowell, 70 3. Bentley, 87 4. Le Moyne, 121 5. Assumption, 131 6. Bryant, 145 7. Saint Anselm, 194 8. Merrimack, 220 9. Southern Connecticut, 267 10. Saint Rose, 289 11. Saint Michael’s, 293 12. Southern New Hampshire, 346 13. Franklin Pierce, 375 14. Pace, Inc.   Men’s All-Conference Teams First Team Chris Kapfer, Gr., UMass Lowell Patrick Morasse, Jr., UMass Lowell Ryan Agnew, Jr., Bentley Sean McKeon, Sr., Stonehill Khalid Abdi, Fr., Stonehill T.J. Smith, Jr., Stonehill Ian Hunt, Jr., UMass Lowell  Second Team David Metzger, Fr., Stonehill Travis Gale, Sr., Southern Connecticut Scott Richnavsky, Jr., Southern Connecticut Jason Beausoleil, So., UMass Lowell Fran Guardabascio, Sr., Stonehill Anthony Vitale, Jr., Bentley Richard Gerry, Fr., Stonehill  Third Team Caleb Paul, Jr., Bryant Billy Preston, Jr., Southern Connecticut Brandon McKinnon, Fr., UMass Lowell Nicholas Parker, Fr., UMass Lowell| Chris Eynatian, Sr., Stonehill Tom Lichtenberger, So., Saint Michael’s Chris McCormack, Sr., Southern Connecticut Freshman of the Year: Khalid Abdi, Stonehill Runner of the Year: Chris Kapfer, UMass Lowell Coach of the Year: Karen Boen, Stonehill Women’s All-Conference Teams First Team Paula Klepadlo, Gr., Bryant Nicole Plante, So., UMass Lowell Diana Chivakos, Sr., Stonehill Erin Smith, Jr., Stonehill Kelly Chaisson, So., Stonehill Meghann Shanahan, Sr., Stonehill Alison Lesher, Fr., Le Moyne  Second Team Dana DeIngenis, So., Stonehill Kelley Brocato, Sr., Bentley Holly Johnson, Fr., UMass Lowell Jacquelyn Rappa, So., Le Moyne Holly Resendes, Sr., Bryant Erin O’Connell, So., Assumption Danielle Joyce, Sr., UMass Lowell  Third Team Meg Bouchard, So., Bentley Meghan Barrett, Fr., Stonehill Jenny Farrell, Jr., Bentley Melissa Mormann, Sr., Bentley Robin Osborne, Jr., UMass Lowell Rachel Mitton, Jr., Assumption Lauren Eynatian, So., Stonehill   Freshman of the Year: Alison Lesher, Le Moyne Runner of the Year: Paula Klepadlo, Bryant Coach of the Year: Karen Boen, Stonehill ###PURPLEKNIGHTS###

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