Cross Country

Cross Country Competes at NJAC Championships

POMONA, N.J. (10/27/07) - The Kean University men's and women's cross country teams competed at the New Jersey Athletic Conference championships on Saturday morning at Richard Stockton College.

The men's team placed sixth overall, while the women had four runners in the 46-runner field.

Senior Anna Khorosheva (Ocean, N.J.) was the school's top finisher, as she finished 22^nd in 26:25.01 over the 6,000-meter course.  Rookie Sarah Kovolisky (Cranford, N.J.) crossed the finish line in 28:23.48 to finish 30^th, while freshmen Asha Winters (Ewing, N.J.) and Alejandrina Canelo (Newark, N.J.) were 36^th (31:24.05) and 40^th (32:58.18), respectively. 

In the men's 8,000-meter race, sophomore Ashwin Anatharaman (Highstown, N.J.) led the team with a 29^th place finish (29:18.33).  Freshman Rolland Ying (East Brunswick, N.J.) and junior Ezra Schwartz (Bloomfield, N.J.) were 34^th (30:30.51) and 35^th (30:39.31), while sophomore Justin Schulte (Pennsville, N.J.) was 39^th in 31:31.24. 

Junior Jason Guznay (Orange, N.J.) placed 41^st in 32:31.98, freshman Matt Young (Momtville, N.J.) was 42^nd in 32:34.46 and freshman Stephen Novak (Roselle, N.J.) finished 44^th in 33:34.73 to round out the Cougar finishers.