Hawks Make Strong Showing

CANTON — Phil Goodwin ran the fastest men’s time in the SUNYAC this year, to lead SUNY New Paltz to a third place cross-country finish behind the host Saints and St. Thomas (Minn.) – both ranked in the top 15 nationally – on Saturday at St. Lawrence University.

Rebecca Demeri (21:05) finished 23rd to lead the Hawk women to a fifth place finish.

Goodwin, a sophomore, completed the 8k course in just 26:15, for 11th place. He is peaking at the right time, with the SUNYAC Cross-Country Championships looming next Saturday at Oswego. Goodwin, who placed eighth last year to become the first New Paltz runner to earn All-SUNYAC recognition, is the conference’s top returning men’s finisher.

Other finishers for the men were Matt Brown (15th, 26:51), Corey Crawford (18th, 27:04), Chris Tuttle (20th, 27:11), John Zarella (29th, 28:14), Garrett Beers (34th, 28:40) and Dan Holton (38th, 29:03).

For the women, Kristi Markwalter (21:10) placed 26th, Crista Szymanski (21:56) was 34th, Alison Tracy (22:05) was 35th and Dawson Gerhardt (22:07) was 36th.