2010 Men's Cross Country Season Recap
The 2010 edition of the Emory men’s cross country team saw
a number of fresh faces make significant contributions as the
“new look” Eagles matured with each passing meet,
boding well for the future.
Emory took home one first-place finish during the campaign, tying
for the top spot with Rhodes College in the nine-team Sewanee
Invitational. The following week the Eagles enjoyed another
solid outing finishing runner-up in the 13-team Berry College
Invitational.
After graduating seven key seniors from the 2009 squad, the Eagles
needed a number of runners to step up and fill the void left by
those departures. One of those who rose to the challenge was
sophomore Stephen Ellwood who paced the team in
five of the six meets he took part in. Named the team’s
MVP, Ellwood garnered all-region honors after pacing the team and
finishing 30th out of 156 entries at the NCAA
South/Southeast Regional Championships. Another competition
that he topped the Eagles’ contingent was the Royal Cross
Country Challenge where he clocked a personal-best 8K time of 25:47
that ranked him 46th out of 202 runners.
Senior Kevin Lanza also claimed all-region status
after registering a 33rd-place finish at the Regional
Championships. Lanza saw action in five competitions and
finished among the team’s top five finishers in four of
them.
Two runners who emerged and became key contributors included junior
Geraint Davies and freshman Hank
Ashforth. Davies, named the team’s Most
Improved Runner, competed in all seven meets and was among the
team's top five finishers in each outing, ranking among the squad's
top-three performers on four occasions. He paced the Emory
pack and placed 32nd overall out of 89 competitors at the JSU
Foothills Invitational and recorded a personal-best 8k time of
26:29 at the Royal Cross Country Challenge. Ashforth, tabbed
as Emory's Rookie of the Year, finished among the team's top-five
performers in five competitions and turned in a top-three showing
at the UAA Championships.
All-South/Southeast Region
Stephen
Ellwood
Princeton Junction, NJ
Kevin
Lanza
Winter Park, FL
United States Track & Field And Cross Country Coaches
Association All-Academic Team
Stephen
Ellwood
Princeton Junction, NJ
Kevin
Lanza
Winter Park, FL