David Strum
David Strum and the Giants closed out the 2014 season on Saturday at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships.

Men's Cross Country Peter Schmidt, Assistant Director of Athletics/Sports Information Director

Men’s Cross Country Wraps Up 2014 Campaign at the NCAA Regional Championships

Clarke and Polanco pace Giants in final race of Keystone careers

Team Results
Individual Results

Newville, PA – Keystone College's men's cross country team closed out their 2014 campaign on Saturday by finishing 36th out of 47 teams at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships hosted by Dickinson College at Big Spring High School.  The Giants totaled 1,052 points in the 8K race that featured 343 individual competitors.
 
Carnegie Mellon University won the overall team competition with 90 points to edge out runner-up Widener University, who picked up 115 points on the day.  Johns Hopkins University took home a third place finish with 119 points. 
 
Haverford College's Charlie Marquardt won the individual championship with a time of 24:47.4, just over two seconds quicker than runner-up finisher Ernie Pitone of Widener University.  Nate Noll of DeSales University placed third overall in the field.
 
Justin Clarke (Factoryville, PA/Lackawanna Trail) led Keystone with a 49th place finish on Saturday after cross the finish line in 26:14.7 while Dan Polanco (Hazlet, NJ/Mater Dei Prep) brought home  a 179th place result after completing the course in 28:17.3. 
 
Saturday's race marked the final competition in the illustrious careers of Clarke and Polanco, who led Keystone to three-straight Colonial States Athletic Conference runner-up finished.  Both runners were four-time All-Conference honorees with both earning First Team All-CSAC accolades this fall.
 
David Strum (Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne) was the Giants' third finisher of the day, running a time of 30:30.4 to place 272nd in the field and was followed by Rich Hardy (Boothwyn, PA/Chichester)'s mark of 31:32.0 which positioned him 297th overall.  Kyle Steiner (Sugarloaf, PA/Hazleton Area) rounded out Keystone's finishers in 311th place after posting a time of 32:31.4 on the day.
 
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Players Mentioned

Justin Clarke

Justin Clarke

5' 2"
Senior
Rich Hardy

Rich Hardy

5' 8"
Junior
Dan Polanco

Dan Polanco

5' 6"
Senior
Kyle Steiner

Kyle Steiner

5' 8"
Sophomore
David Strum

David Strum

5' 10"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Justin Clarke

Justin Clarke

5' 2"
Senior
Rich Hardy

Rich Hardy

5' 8"
Junior
Dan Polanco

Dan Polanco

5' 6"
Senior
Kyle Steiner

Kyle Steiner

5' 8"
Sophomore
David Strum

David Strum

5' 10"
Sophomore