1999
University of Delaware Men's Cross Country
Roster
Blue
Hen Runners to Watch
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Name
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Year
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Hometown
(High School)
|
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Nick
Barresi
*
|
So.
|
Laurel,
MD/Atholton
|
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Troy
Bockius
**
|
Sr.
|
Dover,
DE/Dover
|
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Pat
Boettcher
|
Fr.
|
Newark,
DE/William Penn
|
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James
Catella
|
Fr.
|
Oneonta,
NY/Oneonta
|
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Matt
Clement
|
So.
|
Delmar,
NY/Bethlehem Catholic
|
|
Mark
Dawson
*
|
Sr.
|
West
Chester, PA/Bishop
Shanahan
|
|
Mike
DiGennaro
**
|
Jr.
|
Essex,MA/Hamilton-Wenham
|
|
Ed
Douglas
|
Jr.
|
Williamstown,
NJ/Williamstown
|
|
David
Finneran
|
Fr.r
|
Rutherford,NJ/Rutherford
|
|
Mike
Innis
|
Fr.
|
Poughquay,
NY/Arlington
|
|
Peter
Kelly
*
|
So.
|
Pine
City, NY/Elmira
Southside
|
|
Steve
Majkrzak
|
So.
|
Olney,
MD/Sherwood
|
|
Matt
McNally
***
|
Sr.
|
Collingswood,
NJ/Paul VI
|
|
Robb
Munro
*
|
Jr.
|
Sidney,
NY/Sidney Central
|
|
Anthony
Palmer
|
So.
|
Merchantville,
NJ/Camden Catholic
|
|
Mike
Puglisi
***
|
Sr.
|
Newark,
DE/St. Mark's
|
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Joe
Quigley
*
|
Jr.
|
Wilmington,
DE/Salesianum
|
|
Matt
Swierzbinski
|
Fr.r
|
Wyoming,
DE/Caesar Rodney
|
|
Paul
Visentin *
|
Jr.
|
Manhasset,NY/Manhasset
|
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Adam
Young
|
Jr.
|
Lititz,
PA/Manheim Township
|
|
*=Letterwinners
Head Coach:
Jim
Fischer
Assistant Coach: Dave
Geesaman
Captains: Mike DiGennaro,
Mike Puglisi, Matt McNally, Troy
Bockius
|
Blue
Hen Runners to Watch in
1999
Nick
Barresi - So. - Laurel, MD (Atholton
HS)
One of
team's top newcomers as a freshman in
1998...team's top finisher at Rider
Invitational (15th) and also placed 16th
at Towson Invitational, and 45th at
Delaware Invitational #1...also competed
at Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh
(211th)...mechanical engineering
major.
Troy
Bockius - Sr. - Dover, DE (Dover
HS)
Co-captain...placed
fourth among UD runners in placing 15th
overall at the 1998 America East cross
country championships....team's top
finisher at NCAA District II meet
(91st)....could miss most or all of season
with hamstring injury...placed 21st at
1997 America East cross country
meet...member of UD record 4 x 800m relay
outdoors (7:33.28)....placed fifth at 1999
America East indoor championships in mile
(4:16.31) and was second in 4 x 800m relay
to lead Hens to team title...sixth in
1,500m (3:55.41) at 1999 America East
outdoor meet...transfer from Florida State
where he was seventh at the 1996 Atlantic
Coast Conference cross country
meet...placed third in ACC 800m and fourth
in ACC 1,500m...football and track
standout at Dover HS...geography
major.
Pat
Boettcher - Fr. - Newark, DE (William Penn
HS)
Expected
to be Blue Hens top incoming freshman...a
two-time All-State cross country pick at
William Penn HS...county 800m champion in
1997..environmental science
major.
Mark
Dawson - Sr., - West Chester, PA (Bishop
Shanahan HS)
Earned
first varsity letter as a junior in
1998...placed eighth among Delaware
runners and 35th overall at 1998 America
East cross country championships...also
placed 18th at Delaware Invitational
#2...finance and marketing
major.
Mike
DiGennaro - Jr. - Essex, MA
(Hamilton-Wenham HS)
Co-captain...should
be Hens' top runner...placed third overall
at America East championships in 1998, the
highest finish for a UD runner since
1962...co-champion of Towson Invitational
with teammate Mike Puglisi...third at
Delaware Invitational #2 and team's No. 2
finish at Griak Invitational at University
of Minnesota...team's top finisher at IC4A
meet (55th)...47th at America East cross
country meet in 1997....fifth in 3,000m
(8:48.05) and sixth in 5,000m (15:20.80)
at 1999 America East indoor championships,
leading UD to team title...second in
3,000m steeplechase in school record time
(9:13.19) and fifth in 5,000m at 1999
America East outdoor meet...English major
with political science minor at
Delaware.
Peter
Kelly - So. - Pine City, NY (Elmira
Southside HS)
Returning
letterwinner...placed 17th at Rider
Invitational and 19th at Towson
Invitational to highlight freshman season
in 1998... elementary education
major.
Matt
McNally - Sr. - Collingswood, NJ (Paul VI
HS)
Second
year co-captain...three-year
letterwinner...expected to miss all or
most of season with knee injury...placed
21st overall at 1998 America East
championships to place sixth among UD
runners...placed seventh at Towson
Invitational and was 14th at Delaware
Invitational #2....team's No. 3 finisher
at Griak Invitational at U. of Minnesota
(119th)...all-conference at Paul VI High
School...placed 27th at 1997 America East
cross country meet...computer science
major.
Robb
Munro - Jr. - Sidney, NY (Sidney Central
HS)
Team's No.
9 finisher at 1998 America East
championships in 45th place...placed sixth
at Towson Invitational, was 28th at
Delaware Invitational #1, and team's top
finisher at Paul Short Invitational at
Lehigh (134th)...second at America East
outdoor championships in steeplechase in
1998 and fourth in 3,000m at 1998 AE
indoor meet...transferred to Delaware from
Virginia Tech...history education major at
Delaware.
Anthony
Palmer - So. - Merchantville, NJ (Camden
Catholic HS)
Expected
to be one of Hens' top newcomers in
1999...transfer from Stockton State
University in New Jersey...team Most
Valuable Player and all-conference pick at
Camden (NJ) Catholic...criminal justice
major at Delaware...would like to become
an FBI agent.
Mike
Puglisi - Sr. - Newark, DE (St. Mark's
HS)
Two-year
team co-captain...expected to miss most or
all of season with chronic fatigue
illness...placed 16th at America East
championships in 1998 to place fifth for
Delaware...co-champion of Towson
Invitational with teammate Mike
DiGennaro...second place finish at
Delaware Invitational #2....team's No. 2
finisher at NCAA District II meet...placed
37th at America East cross country meet in
1997...5th in 10,000m at 1998 America East
outdoor meet...state champion in 3,200m at
St. Mark's HS...nutrition major at
Delaware.
Joe
Quigley - Jr. - Wilmington, DE
(Salesianum)
Third-year
team member...placed 17th at Towson
Invitational, 22nd at Delaware
Invitational #2, and 25th at Rider
Invitational in 1998...won America East
indoor 1,000m run in 1999 with UD record
time (2:28.95) and was part of second
place 4 x 800m relay team to lead Delaware
to team title...fifth in 800m at America
East outdoor meet in 1999...member of UD
record setting 4 x800m relay (7:33.28)
outdoors in 1998...placed fourth in
America East indoor 1,000m in 1998 to set
UD freshman record...All-State at
Salesianum School...biology
major.
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