Gorman, Harman Lead Cross Country to ECAC Championship Title

Saturday, November 17

Van Cortland Park, New York, N.Y.

10:30 AM

James Madison University

ECAC Championship

Gorman, Harman Lead Cross Country to ECAC Championship Title

11/17/2012 10:11:00 PM | Cross Country

ECAC Championship Results

HARRISONBURG, Va. - Senior Katie Gorman's (Lafayette Hill, Pa./Plymouth-Whitemarsh) individual victory led the James Madison cross country team to the Eastern College Athletic Conference championship on Saturday morning in New York City. The Dukes placed three runners in the top 10, and all scoring runners finished in the top 25 of the 101-runner meet.

Gorman ran the Van Cortlandt Park course in 17:50.5 to claim the individual ECAC title. Last year's winner, senior Katie Harman (Clarksville, Md./River Hill), crossed the line seven seconds later to take second place.

In her first ECAC appearance, freshman Jenna Flickinger (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) took ninth place when she completed the race in 18:13.2. Sophomore Kristen Landry (Boonton Township, N.J./Mountain Lakes) placed 19th in the meet with a time of 18:35.6, and sophomore Kelsey Langton (Hamilton Square, N.J./Notre Dame H.S.) rounded out the scoring for JMU with a 25th-place finish in 18:44.3.

The Dukes finished with 54 points on the day, 40 points ahead of second place Columbia. Conference foe Delaware took eighth place out of 11 teams, ending with 153 points on the day.

The ECAC championship meet wraps up the cross country slate for 2012. JMU now looks to the indoor track & field season beginning in January.

TEAM FINISHES
1. James Madison                            54
2. Columbia University                        94
3. Princeton Univeristy                    108
4. St. Joe's University                       118
5. LaSalle University                         130
6. Duquesne University                     138
7. Marist College                              143
8. University of Delaware                   153
9. Rider University                          215
10. Temple University                       293

JMU FINISHES
1. Katie Gorman, senior                                 17:50.5
2. Katie Harman, senior                                 17:57.2
9. Jenna Flickinger, freshman                         18:13.2
19. Kristen Landry, sophomore                      18:35.6
25. Kelsey Langton, sophomore                     18:44.3
28. Rachel Hagen, sophomore                       18:50.2
55. Kelsey Seymour, junior                            19:25.0
80. Kathleen Stewart, freshman                      19:55.6
83. Jacki Ferrance, senior                              20:01.9