Cross Country Pages 7-13 2010 ROSTER AND SEASON REVIEW Name Class/Eligibility Hometown High School Nicky Akande Freshman/Freshman Lawrenceville, Ga. Collins Hill Shannon Browne Sophomore/Sophomore Staten Island, N.Y. Curtis Anna Francis Sophomore/Sophomore Brookhaven, N.Y. Bellport Callie Hogan Senior/Junior Bay Shore, N.Y. Bay Shore Emily Lipari Freshman/Freshman Greenvale, N.Y. Roslyn Amanda Marino Senior/Senior Jackson, N.J. Jackson Bogdana Mimic Junior/Junior Pancevo, Serbia Gimnazija Uros Predic Sarah Morrison Senior/Junior Chambersburg, Pa. Chambersburg Ariann Neutts Sophomore/Sophomore Succasunna, N.J. Roxbury Kaitlin O’Sullivan Senior/Senior Gansevoort, N.Y. Saratoga Springs Sheila Reid Senior/Junior Newmarket, Ont. Sacred Heart Catholic Ali Smith Senior/Senior Columbia, Md. Atholton Meghan Smith Sophomore/Sophomore Newark, Del. Padua Head Coach: Gina Procaccio (Villanova ‘87) -- 11th Season at Villanova (11th Overall) Assistant Coach: Meghan Shaner (Villanova ‘01) - Fifth Season at Villanova (Fifth Overall) 2010 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS VILLANOVA WINS SECOND STRAIGHT NCAA TITLE Date Event Outcome Led by the same core of runners that helped the team win a national championship in 2009, the Sept. 23 Main Line Invitational no team scoring Wildcats started the 2010 season as the unanimous No. 1 team in the nation. Little changed from start to finish, as Villanova won every scored meet for the second straight year and went on to its Oct. 1 Notre Dame Invitational 1st of 24 second straight national title and the ninth in the program’s history. Oct. 1 Paul Short Run no team scoring For the seventh time out of their nine national championships and the first time since 1994, the Oct. 16 Penn State National 1st of 31 Wildcats featured the individual national champion as well. Senior Sheila Reid pulled away from Oct. 22 Haverford Invitational no team scoring two other runners down the stretch and won her first individual crown by a margin of two seconds. Oct. 30 BIG EAST Championships 1st of 16 She was named the cross country winner of the Honda Award as the sport’s top athlete and also earned Athlete of the Year honors from the USTFCCCA. Nov. 13 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional 1st of 29 Nov. 22 NCAA Championships 1st of 31 Reid was one of four Villanova runners to receive All-America recognition for posting a top-40 finish at the NCAA Championships. Senior Amanda Marino followed Reid in eighth place while senior Ali Smith and junior Bogdana Mimic placed 20th and 22nd, respectively. All four The five events listed in bold indicate the five meets with team scoring in garnered their second consecutive All-America accolades. which Villanova had its full contingent of student-athletes running. Going back to the start of the 2009 season, the Wildcats have won 10 consecutive In addition to the top four runners, the Wildcats got a boost all season long from freshman Emily Lipari, who was among the squad’s top five runners in every meet. She routinely finished among scored team meets, including the last two national championships. other teams fifth and even fourth runners at meets and merited All-Mid Atlantic Region honors for her efforts during the year. Villanova had an overall record against the field of 126-0 at the five scored Head coach Gina Procaccio was once again recognized for her team’s success and was selected meets it has competed in this season. In addition, the team also had the indi- as the USTFCCCA National Coach of the Year for a second straight season. She also was the vidual winner at six different meets, including the non-scored Main Line and BIG EAST Coach of the Year for the third straight time. Haverford Invitationals. Villanova dominated competition at the BIG EAST and regional meets even while facing stiff competition from a strong field of teams. Leading up to the NCAA Championships, Reid helped lead the team to its third straight conference championship and second consecutive regional title by repeating as the individual champion at both the BIG EAST meet and the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional. The top four runners for the Wildcats all finished in the top seven overall at both the BIG EAST and regional meets and the team has now won its last 10 scored meets since the start of the 2009 campaign. Reid has been the individual champion at eight of those meets and this year also won the Penn State National en route to sweeping the three postseason competitions. Villanova gained unprecedented exposure for its success this season thanks to a congratulatory advertisement that was a project of BIG EAST sponsor American Eagle Outfitters. Following both the BIG EAST and NCAA Championships, an advertisement for American Eagle with the Wildcats team photo and a congratulatory message was displayed on a 30-story billboard in New York City’s Times Square. The depth on the Villanova roster went well beyond the first five runners. Seniors Callie Hogan and Sarah Morrison were among the top seven runners at nearly every race during the season. Hogan also won an individual title of her own at the Haverford Invitational in October. Freshman Nicky Akande enjoyed a strong collegiate dbeut for the Wildcats and the team also received contributions from senior Kaitlin O’Sullivan and the sophomore trio of Shannon Browne, Anna Francis and Meghan Smith. In addition to the team’s racing success, the Wildcats continue to flourish off the course as well. Reid was named the Academic All-Area Performer of the Year by the Philadelphia Inquirer and both Marino and Ali Smith joined her as members of the Academic All-Area squad. The academic accolades are also nothing new for the women’s cross country team, which has boasted the best composite GPA out of the 24 varsity teams at Villanova in each of the last three years. Villanova Cross Country: Nine National Championships ~ Eight Individual Champions ~ 2009 and 2010 National Champions 2010 MEET RESULTS September 23: Main Line Invitational October 16: Penn State National November 13: NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Haverford, Pa. University Park, Pa. University Park, Pa. 3 Miles 6000 Meters 6000 Meters No Team Scoring 1st of 31 1st of 29 Team Scores Team Scores Team Scores None Villanova 26, Syracuse 57, Penn State 137, Miami Villanova 29, Georgetown 40, Penn State 91, Princeton (Ohio) 155, Grand Valley St. 166, West Virginia 205, 102, West Virginia 152, La Salle 156, Bucknell 290, Individual Winner Cornell 214, Yale 278, Penn 289, Colgate 290, Eastern Penn 308, Lehigh 322, Navy 329, Duquesne 368, Mon- Amanda Marino, Villanova - 1st of 70 (16:48.10) Michigan 376, Maryland 404, Akron 411, Towson 422, mouth 385, Maryland 386, Loyola (Md.) 397, Saint Western Michigan 434, Ferris State 465, Lehigh 469, Joseph’s 399, Delaware 427, Rutgers 427, Towson 438, Villanova Individuals Duquesne 506, Loyola (Md.) 567, Buffalo 592, South UMBC 585, Robert Morris 592, Lafayette 608, Pitts- 1. Amanda Marino (16:48.10) Florida 601, George Washington 625, Dickinson 632, burgh 615, Rider 656, St. Francis (Pa.) 673, Temple 751, Lock Haven 640, Slippery Rock 717, Robert Morris 2. Bogdana Mimic (16:48.58) 726, Indiana (Pa.) 762, Pittsburgh 796, Rider 809, Tem- Seton Hall 787, Marshall 812, New Jersey Tech 820, 3. Ali Smith (16:54.62) ple 870, Detroit Mercy 906 Maryland-Eastern Shore 881 4. Emily Lipari (17:21.41) 5. Sarah Morrison (17:33.99) Individual Winner Individual Winner 6. Callie Hogan (17:59.98) Sheila Reid, Villanova - 1st of 304 (20:23) Sheila Reid, Villanova - 1st of 204 (19:34) 8. Nicky Akande (18:31.60) 9. Meghan Smith (18:33.35) Villanova Individuals Villanova Individuals 12. Kaitlin O'Sullivan (18:56.31) 1. Sheila Reid (20:23) 1. Sheila Reid (19:34) 2. Amanda Marino (20:30) 4. Bogdana Mimic (20:05) October 1: Notre Dame Invitational 5. Ali Smith (20:40) 5. Amanda Marino (20:09) South Bend, Ind. 8. Emily Lipari (21:00) 6. Ali Smith (20:10) 5000 Meters 10. Bogdana Mimic (21:04) 13. Emily Lipari (20:41) 1st of 24 31. Sarah Morrison (21:36) 39. Callie Hogan (21:50) 84. Nicky Akande (22:25) 41. Sarah Morrison (21:51) Team Scores 104. Callie Hogan (22:40) Villanova 64, Oregon 118, Florida State 129, New Mex- 172. Meghan Smith (23:21) November 22: NCAA Championships 180. Shannon Browne (23:28) ico 143, Stony Brook 153, Washington 185, Princeton Terre Haute, Ind. 206. Kaitlin O’Sullivan (23:47) 214, Tulsa 232, Arkansas 293, Penn State 295, Brigham 6000 Meters Young 302, UCLA 338, Iowa 366, UC Santa Barbara 1st of 31 October 22: Haverford Invitational 368, Weber State 375, Ohio State 390, Butler 393, Notre Haverford, Pa. Dame 402, Texas El Paso 418, Alabama 478, Utah State Team Scores 3 Miles 574, Southern Utah 607, Southern Methodist 636, San Villanova 120, Florida State 154, Texas Tech 165, No Team Scoring Diego 712 Georgetown 167, New Mexico 227, Colorado 314, Team Scores Stony Brook 334, Iowa State 341, Providence 343, Syra- Individual Winner None cuse 347, Arizona 372, Oregon 378, Stanford 402, North Lucy Van Dalen, Stony Brook - 1st of 194 (16:22) Carolina 405, Princeton 411, Washington 413, Duke Individual Winner 416, Oklahoma State 416, Boston College 432, Texas Villanova Individuals Callie Hogan, Villanova - 1st of 73 (17:00.48) 441, Virginia 460, Michigan 476, Michigan State 481, 2. Sheila Reid (16:26) North Carolina State 487, Kansas State 547, Penn State 5. Amanda Marino (16:29) Villanova Individuals 550, Minnesota 555, Toledo 572, Florida 635, Tulsa 653, 7. Bogdana Mimic (16:39) 1. Callie Hogan (17:00.48) Rice 656 19.