Womens Preview for Regionals with Disclamers

The regional rankings for the Mideast Women going into the Regional Final on November 10 follow. All of these teams have competed in their conference championships, and we report below the results of the top runners for each team (coming shortly). The danger in doing so, of course, is that cross country courses are so different, you cannot compare the results of one team accurately with the results of another team in another race. However, several of these teams ran in the same conference race. A full proper analysis would need to look at when these teams ran against each other in other races, such as when most of the teams competed the same day at the Brooks Paul Short Run at Lehigh. Complicating this is the process of peaking where the earlier results of some teams may not be indicative of where they are at presently, if the timing of the peaking has been done well by the coach. The final disclaimer is that there are teams that do better in conference races than they do in larger races, which are more star-driven. Having a good first runner is important, but having a poor fifth runner at this level becomes devastating. Spread is also an important concept (time differential from first to fifth runner).
Analysis: Dickinson is a clear and heavy favorite. Another great year for Coach Don Nichter's squad. There are two automatic qualifiers for the region, and it would appear as if four teams have a legitimate shot at second on a good day (Haverford, Johns Hopkins, Grove City and Allegheny).

Mideast Women
1. Dickinson: Click for Results Coach Don Nichter
2. Haverford Results (incomplete) Coach Fran Rizzo
3. Johns Hopkins Results Coach Bobby Van Allen
4. Grove City Results Coach Sean Severson
5. Allegheny Results Coach Bill Ross
6. Swarthmore Results Coach Peter Carroll
7. Gettysburg Results Coach Steve Shutt
8. Elizabethtown Results (click on Schedule & Results) Coach Christopher Straub
9. Messiah Results Coach Dale Fogelsanger
10. Muhlenberg Results (scroll up for all results) Coach Will Elson

With all of the above disclaimers duly noted, here are the conference results for the top ten teams (all races were run of October 23, 2007): (To be posted shortly)

Centennial Conference
Five of the ten ranked teams in this Region are members of the Centennial Conference. The team results from the Centennial Conference Championships on October 23, 207 were as follows (Total team score; places of top seven runners; average time for top 5):
1 Dickinson 33:1-5-8-9-10-15-16 Average: 23:16.00
2 Haverford 52:2-4-6-18-22-26-28 Average: 23:33.20
3 Johns Hopkins 81:3-14-17-20-27-39-40 Average: 23:58.60
4 Swarthmore 122:13-23-24-30-32-34-35 Average: 24:29.20
5 Gettysburg 131:7-12-33-38-41-43-47 Average: 24:31.80

From the Middle Atlantic Conference
1 Elizabethtown College 32: 1-3-4-5-19 Average 24:50.53
2 Messiah College 48: 2-8-10-12-16 Average
3 DeSales University 113:9-21-25-27-31

From the North Coast Athletic Conference
1. Allegheny College (1st of nine teams) 58:5-6-7-15-25-26-27 Average: 23:42

From the Presidents Athletic Conference
1. Grove City College 19:1-2-4-5-7 Average 23:48.4

The following are the top runners and their finishes at their recent conference meets. Only seven per team will be permitted to run in the Regionals. There are also individuals names from three of the conference meets who may be in the running for all-Regional honors, although their teams are not expected to place in the top five of the meet.

1. Dickinson (Centennial) 1 Bradley, Caitlin SR 22:11 5 Naficy, Layla SR 23:19 8 Straw, Laura SR 23:35 9 Strahota, Caitlin SR 23:37 10 Lovett, Anna SO 23:38 15 Pfeiffer, Kristina SO 23:54 16 Trosch, Becca JR 23:58 17 Hamilton, Mary SO 24:02 21 Lawrence, Emily SO 24:10 24 Powell, Kim FR 24:12	2. Haverford (Centennial) 2 Lamar, Annick SR 22:47 4 Weber, Jane JR 23:17 6 Lunne, Darian JR 23:24 19 Edelstein, Lena JR 24:05 25 Letts, Emily FR 24:13 29 Tully, Caitlin FR 24:29 31 Zoidis, Elizabeth FR 24:39 33 Din, Deirdre SR 24:50 38 Adams, Claire JR 25:02 47 Lo, Emma SR 25:12	3. Johns Hopkins (Centennial) 3 Paulsen, Laura SO 23:08 14 Hogen, Rachel JR 23:53 18 O'Grady, Mary SO 24:05 22 Patel, Mira SO 24:11 30 Hiza, Emma JR 24:36 44 Valerio, Christina FR 25:06 46 Brower, Megan FR 25:10 51 Laseter, Elizabeth FR 25:19	4. Grove City (Presidents AC) 01Kristen Carter, Jr 22:52 02 Julia Seward, Jr 23:05 04 Emily Pierce, Fr 24:10 05 Brigitte Fryan, Fr 24:16 07 Jesica Vernon, Fr 24:39 08 Rachel Nelson, So 24:47 09 Sarah Sharp, Sr 24:49 12 Amanda Hewitt, Sr 25:06 14 Rachael Smith, Sr 25:19
5. Allegheny (North Coast Athletic) 5 Rachel Hutchinson, Fr* 23:17 6 Mia Symoniak, So* 23:25 7 Katie Stancik, Fr* 23:26 15 Eva Weyers, Sr* 23:48 25 Ali Luvison, Jr* 24:31 26 Melissa Shaw, Fr* 24:36 27 Lindsay Pugh, Fr* 24:39	6. Swarthmore (Centennial) 13 Davies, Ashley SO 23:48 26 Stanley, Emma JR 24:19 27 Corbett, Nyika SO 24:20 34 Deluca, Lauren SO 24:58 36 Feeney, Kathy JR 25:01 39 Ritter, Bess JR 25:02 40 Russell, Caitlin FR 25:03 45 Pampel, Faith JR 25:07	7. Gettysburg (Centennial) 7 Guthridge, Rachel JR 23:31 12 Epstein, Kerrin SO 23:47 37 Fritz, Sarah SO 25:02 43 Zabel, Becca JR 25:06 48 Furnari, Ellen SR 25:13 50 French, Jennie JR 25:16 xx xx	8. Elizabethtown (Middle Athletic Conf) 1 Erin Fisher 22:33.66 3 Tiffany Kulp 24:46.31 4 Megan Vandenhengel 24:52.63 5 Kristen O'Brien 24:53.94 19 Amanda Daws 26:06.12 25 Sarah Merusi 26:20.95 26 Sarah Grove 26:22.65 31 Meghan Ryder 26:42.20
9. Messiah (Middle Athletic Conf) 2 Jennifer Kooser 23:46.88 8 Inna Potekhina 25:18.28 10 Erin Rhodes 25:21.63 12 Sarah Clemmer 25:37.33 16 Laura Weaner 26:01.17 18. Mollie Knauss 26:05.35 22 Liz Monachello 26:14.74 23 Juliette Brinks 26:15.12 20 Emily Forschler 26:11.55 28 Anna Rivera 26:29.13	10. Muhlenberg (Centennial) 11. Sara Gearin, 23:40 42. Abby Simons, 25:05 49. Laura Lipari, 25:15 65. Christy Goff, 25:45 66. Janette Adams, 25:47 67. Laura Clinton, 25:48 69. Kate Mahoney, 25:56	Individuals who may be in contention From Centennial Conference 20 McNally, Sara SR Ursinus 24:08 23 DiBenedetto, Nicole FR Frank. & M 24:12 28. Weng, Katie JR Bryn Mawr 24:20 32 Johnson, Christa JR Ursinus 24:49 35 Brennan, Liz JR Ursinus 25:00	Possible Individual Scorers (Middle Athletic Conference) 6 Brittany Schwartz Del.Valley 25:03.72 7 Amber Bennick Widener25:07.68 9 Alessandra Lamastro DeSales 25:19.43 11 Julie Hinchey Manhattanville 25:30.69 13 Caitlin Dorgan Del. Valley 25:43.71 14 Josephine Ward Albright 25:50.02 15 Becca White Albright 25:52.33
Potential individual scorers (Presidents AC) 3 Erin Long, Jr 23:47 W & J 6 Michelle Propst, Sr 24:23 Waynesburg 10 Megan Duffett, Jr 25:01 W & J 11 Katie Weko, Sr 25:04 Waynesburg 13 Janet Carson, So 25:13 Waynesburg 15 Elizabeth Beardsley, 25:20 Westminster 19 Haley Hinds, Sr 25:53 Waynesburg