Nineteen Named to the MASCAC Winter Academic Honor Roll

 Friday, April 3, 2009

ANNVILLE, Pa. – The Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation (MASCAC) winter Academic Honor Roll, which notes academic excellence by student-athletes, contains 315 honorees as announced by Executive Director Ken Andrews.

 The Honor Roll comprises those student-athletes of sophomore class standing or higher who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 (4.00 scale) or higher and completed the playing season in good standing.

 Messiah led in selections with 52 student-athletes, while Lebanon Valley was second with 35, followed by Elizabethtown at 33.  Widener was fourth with 31 student-athletes on the list. DeSales was fifth with 26 and Lycoming had 25 student-athletes. Misericordia and Albright tied for seventh with 19. Arcadia was ninth with 17, King’s was tenth with 14, and Delaware Valley had 11 followed by Alvernia and Manhattanville (7), Wilkes (6), FDU-Florham (5), and Eastern (4).

Featured on the Winter Honor Roll are MAC Swimmer of the Year honoree Chris Sheerer (Leola, PA/Conestoga Valley) and Women's Basketball First Team All-Conference selection Annie McMahon (Havertown, PA/Haverford). 

Student-athletes are selected from men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s track & field, women’s track & field, men’s swimming and women’s swimming.

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 Men’s Indoor Track Earns Sixth Place Finish at MAC Championships

Saturday, February 28, 2009 

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - In their final meet of the season, the Lions earned a sixth place finish at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships at the Rausch Field House.  Of the 10 teams that competed in this year’s championship meet, the red and white earned a total 24.50 points.

Taking first place in the meet was Messiah College who totaled 120 points.  In second place was Elizabethtown College (109), followed by DeSales in third place (108).  In fourth was Widener University with 95 points and in fifth was Lebanon Valley College with 52 points.  

In the day’s first event Clif LeGrand (Prince Frederick, MD/Huntingtown) was one of six runners to qualify for the finals of the 55 meter dash.  LeGrand earned the final spot in this year’s championship with a preliminary time of 6.77 seconds.  He then went on to close out the final heat of the 55 with a fourth place finish and a time of 6.67 seconds.

Ryan Mays (Reisterstown, MD/Franklin) earned his first career top five finish in the MAC championships with a final time of 23.62 seconds in the 200 meter dash.  Moving onto the 1 mile run, freshman George Cook (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) closed out the event with a time of 4:37.41 to earn a 7th place finish. 

At Right:  Ryan Bausch placed third in the triple jump
at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship Meet

First year runner Chris Debski (Farmingdale, NJ/Christian Brother Acad.) closed out the 55 meter hurdles with a sixth place finish with a time of 8.50 seconds.  Debski initially qualified for the finals of the 55 hurdles by posting a preliminary time of 8.47 seconds.

The Distance Medley group of Spencer Shaak (Reading, PA/Exeter Township Senior), Donald Wonnie (Reading, PA/Wilson), Jacob Goldberg (Haddonfield, PA/Haddonfield), and Robert Kellert (Brick, NJ/Brick Township) pulled out a very close sixth place finish over Lebanon Valley College.  The four runners recorded a final time of 11:24.05, which was .14 seconds ahead of the Dutchmen. 

LeGrand returned to the championship meet to take part in the high jump.  With a height of six feet, the freshman team member earned fifth place out of 10 competitors.  In the long and triple jump events, Albright totaled three top five finishes. 

Ryan Bausch (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) recorded fifth in the high jump (20-07.25), and third in the triple jump (43-02.25). LeGrand earned a fourth place mark in the triple jump with a distance of 42 feet 11 inches.

In the day’s final three field events, the Lions continued to record top 10 finishes, starting with the shot put.  Senior Aaron Rogers (Reading, PA/Exeter Township Senior) led Albright with a team best distance of 43-04.25 which earned him sixth place.  Andrew Hettinger (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson) also earned a sixth place finish in the weight throw with a distance of 44-02.50. 

To close out the day, Kyle Keller (Schoneck, PA/Cocalico) recorded 1,873 points in the Indoor Pentathlon to earn an eighth place finish.

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 Bausch Leads Men's Indoor Track and Field to Victory in Home Meet

February 14, 2009

READING, Pa. – Scheduled to compete in five events during Albright College’s Indoor Track and Field Meet at the John School Life Sports Center, Ryan Bausch (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) knew he had a busy afternoon to look forward to.  Bausch made the best of all his events and led the Lions to a victory in their home indoor meet.

Bausch took three 1st place finishes during the day’s festivities.  He started it off by easily taking the triple jump with a distance of 12.68 meters.  He continued his jumping right into the long jump which he also won with a distance of 6.2 meters.  Bausch then headed into the 400-meter dash, where he took home his third victory by clocking in at a time of 55 seconds, only nine-tenths of a second ahead of teammate Jermaine Johnson (Forestville, MD/Suitland).

Bausch received one 2nd place in the pole vault and a 3rd place in the 55-meter dash in which he was narrowly edged out for 2nd by fellow Lion Ryan Mays (Reiserstown, MD/Franklin) by only one tenth of a second.

George Cook (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) was excellent in winning the two events he participated in.  He won the 800-meter run by a seven second difference by checking in with a time of 2:12.2.  Cook also won the one mile run by an even larger nine second margin, crossing the finish line with a time of 4:40.7.

Even with the amazing individual performances by Bausch and Cook, the most dominant performance of the afternoon went to the Red and White throwers in the shot put and the weight throw. 

The Lions were responsible for the top five finishes in both events.  Leading the way in the shot put was freshman, Jordan Gilbert (Pittsgrove, NJ/Arthur P. Schalick) who hurled it to a distance of 41-11.50.  Ryan Thomas took first in the weight throw with a winning toss of 44-07.00.

Mays, Spencer Shaak (Reading, PA/Exeter Township Senior), and the Lions’ 4x400 team would all record victories in other events on Saturday, helping to seal the deal for the Red and White.  Shaak took home the 3000-meter run with a time of 10:42.4, while Mays was the fastest in the 200-meter dash, sprinting to a 24.7 second finish.  The relay team easily was victorious in the 4x400 meter relay by crossing the finish line with a time of 3:50.9.

The Red and White will take their indoor show on the road next Friday when they travel to Haverford College for a 4 PM meet next week.

Complete Meet Results