November 15, 1998

Annapolis, Md. ----- On Saturday, Nov. 14 at the U.S. Naval Academy Golf Course in Annapolis, Md., the Villanova womens cross country team won the NCAA Regional Cross Country Championship led by Carrie Tollefson (Sr., Dawson, Minn.) who won the individual title. With the victory, the Wildcats qualified for the NCAA Championships to be held on Nov. 23, in Lawrence, Kan. The Villanova men finished the the afternoon in fourth place, behind Coulby Dunn (Sr., Greentown, Pa.) who placed in fourth position.

The Villanova women won the title, finishing the day with 19 points. The Wildcats were followed by Big East rival Georgetown who placed second with 46 points, while Penn State was third with 118 points.

The Wildcat women dominated the meet, placing six runners in the top eight. Sarah Vance Goodman (Fr., Asheville, N.C.) finished second behind Tollefson, crossing the finish line in 17:19.42. In the fourth and fifth positions were Kristen Nicolini (Sr., Annapolis, Md.) and Carmen Douma (Jr., Cambridge, Ontario), who had times of 17:33.99 and 17:34.26 respectively.

Rounding out the top eight for Villanova was Ann McGranahan (So., Pensacola, Fla.) who finished seventh in a time of 17:39.34 and Kristine Jost (Sr., Baltimore, Md.) who finished eighth in 17:47.07. Also scoring for the Wildcats was Meghan Courtney (So., Waterloo, N.Y.), who finished in the 126th position with a time of 20:44.08.

Leading the Villanova men to a fourth place finish behind Dunn, was Scott Tantino (Jr., North Wales, Pa.) who ran the course in 31:51.26 to place 14th. Following Tantino for the Wildcats was Dean Smith (Sr., Baltimore, Md.) who registered a 21st place finish in 32:04.89 and Brock Butler (Sr., West Chester, Pa.) who placed 24th with a time of 32:11.65.

Also scoring for the Wildcats were Eric Reese (Fr.,Dushore, Pa.) who finished 45th with a time of 32:34.79, Ben Showers (Fr., West Chester, Pa.) who crossed the line in 32:56.44 and Joseph McNamara (Jr., West Rutland, Vt.), who ran 33:47.37 to finish 90th.