 Delaware
Men's Cross Country Announces 2004
Post-Season Awards; Meany Named Most
Valuable Athlete
Date:
January 3, 2005
NEWARK, DE
--- University of Delaware men's cross
country head coach Jim Fischer has
announced his team's season-ending award
winners as well as team captains for the
2005 season.
Sophomore
P.J. Meany (Salesianum/Hockessin, DE - at
right) ) was named Most Valuable Athlete,
sophomores Tyler Mayforth (Mt.
Pleasant/Wilmington, DE) and Jeremy
Lambert (Middletown/Dover, DE) were named
Most Improved Athletes, and freshman Kyle
Schmid (Towson/Lutherville, MD) was named
Most Outstanding Rookie.
In
addition, Kevin DuPrey
(Lampeter-Strasburg/Strasburg, PA), Peter
Kane (Rhinebeck/Rhinebeck, NY), Lambert,
and Meany have been named co-captains for
the 2005 season.
Meany was
a dominant runner throughout the 2004
season, placing as the top Delaware
finisher in six of the team's seven meets,
including first place overall finishes at
the Towson Invitational and Delaware
Invitational #1 the first two weeks of the
season. He also placed second at the
Delaware Invitational #2, eighth at the
Great American Festival meet, and 23rd at
the Colonial Athletic Association
championships. He also led the Hens at the
NCAA District II meet (60th) and at the
IC4A championships (49th).
Mayforth
competed in all seven meets and recorded
the team's top finish at the CAA
championship when he placed 22nd overall
with a time of 27:02. He also placed sixth
at the Delaware Invitational #2, 16th at
the Delaware Invitational #1, and 20th at
both the Towson Invitational and in the
open race at the Great American Festival.
Lambert
competed in the first four meets of the
season, placing 12th at the Delaware
Invitational #2, 20th at the Delaware
Invitational #1, 44th at Towson, and 33rd
at the Great American Festival.
Schmid
posted two top 10 finishes during his
freshman campaign, placing seventh at the
Delaware Invitational #1 and ninth at the
Towson Invitational in his collegiate
debut. He also was Delaware's seventh
place finisher at the CAA championships
with a 36th place overall finish.
DuPrey, a
three-year letterwinner, placed 35th at
the CAA championships this past season
while Kane, a two-year letterwinner,
placed 28th at the CAA meet.
Delaware
competed in seven meets during the 2004
seasons, placing fourth at the Colonial
Athletic Association championships, 15th
at the NCAA District II championships, and
capturing the team title at the Delaware
Invitational #2.
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