SU Men's and Women's Cross Country honored with 11 All-CAC selections, Jones named Coach of the Year
YORK, Pa. - The Capital Athletic Conference officially announced its 2008 all-conference men's and women's cross country teams and conference champion Salisbury University placed 11 runners on the teams. This season's additions give the SU cross country program over 125 combined (men's and women's) All-CAC honorees since the 1995 season. SU joined the conference in 1993 for cross country.
The men's team claimed its fourth consecutive CAC championship
this season and landed seven members on the postseason honor roll.
Sophomore Chris Barnard (Olney, Md./Sherwood),
junior Travis Boccher (Columbia, Md./Wilde Lake),
sophomore Sam Boimov (Montgomery Village,
Md./Gaithersburg), senior Zack Dickerson
(Elkridge, Md./Howard) and junior Bill Nastasiak
(Pt. Pleasant, N.J./Ocean C.C.) earned first-team All-CAC
honors.
Dickerson and Barnard made repeat appearances this season as both
were members of the 2007 All-CAC first team. Two Sea Gull runners
made their second All-CAC appearances as Nastasiak was a member of
the 2006 All-CAC second team and Boimov earned a spot on last
season's second-team.
Salisbury claimed all but two spots on the first team as University
of Mary Washington's Frank DeVar (Men's Athlete of the Year) and
Brian Fulton completed the squad. Dickerson also was named CAC
Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week twice during the season
(October 14 and September 30).
Junior Dustin Yourstone (Ellicott City,
Md./Centennial) and freshman John Fitzgerald
(Baltimore Md./Calvert Hall) earned second team honors this year.
Yourstone's appearance marked his second All-CAC honor for his
career as he earned a spot on the first team in '06.
Head coach Jim Jones was also named the CAC Men's
Coach of the Year for the fourth consecutive season and
his seventh overall in his 10 seasons at SU. Jones has twice
been named the CAC Women's Coach of the Year. Mary Washington's
Justin Mullen was named the CAC Men's Rookie of the Year. Jones has
coached 61 All-CAC men's honorees since he took over at the helm in
1999.
On the women's side, the 2008 CAC cross country champions Salisbury University had four runners finish in the top seven at the conference championship on November 1 to earn first team honors. The Sea Gull honorees include seniors Jenn Bulger (Verona, N.J./Verona) and Amy DeMichele (Marmora, N.J./Ocean City) along with sophomores Masha Berge (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) and Kristin Stromberg (Hampstead, Md./Delone Catholic).
This is the third All-CAC honor for Bulger (first team in '06,
second team in '07), who was also CAC Women's Runner of the Week
for October 14. Berge, DeMichele and Stromberg made an improvement
from their All-CAC second team honors last season.
Stromberg's first All-CAC honor came as no surprise as she led the
way for SU in the championship race against Mary Washington at the
Indian Acres Club hosted by University of Mary Washington and was
an integral part of the maroon and gold's success.
Coach Jones has had 38 Sea Gulls earn All-CAC women's honors under his tutelage.
Mary Washington's Hayley Sullivan was named the 2008 CAC Women's Athlete of the Year while Eagle coach Stan Soper received his 10th CAC Women's Coach of the Year. York (Pa.) College freshman Corie Thompson was named CAC Women's Rookie of the Year.
Also see:
2008 Salisbury University Cross Country All-CAC Honorees
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Chris Barnard | Travis Boccher All-CAC First Team | Sam Boimov All-CAC First Team | Zack Dickerson All-CAC First Team | |||
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| Bill Nastasiak All-CAC First Team | John Fitzgerald All-CAC Second Team | Dustin Yourstone All-CAC Second Team | Jim Jones CAC Men's Coach of the Year | |||
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Masha Berge |
Jenn Bulger |
Amy DeMichele |
Kristin Stromberg |
