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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Scordino and Norton All-American as Mountaineers Finish 9^th at NCAA Championships

SPOKANE, Wash. – Jess Scordino and Lauren Norton finished 29^th and 30^th respectively to lead Mansfield to a ninth place team finish at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships at the Plantes Ferry Complex in Spokane, Wash.

Grand Valley State won the team championship with 54 total points while Jennifer Agnew of the University of Mary (N.D.) took the individual championship at 20:50.7.

"I'm absolutely estatic" stated head coach Mike Rohl. "Everyone walked away from the race happy and I couldn't have asked for a better season from these kids.

"It was a dream season for a coach in every way."

It marks the highest finish for the Mountaineers at a cross country championship in program history and the first time that two runners have earn All-American accolades. The All-American honors are the second for Scordino and Norton in their careers.

"I absolutly expected Jess and Lauren to be All-American" said Rohl. "They've both had that championship experience in the past and ran great today."

Scordino was first to cross the finish line for the Mountaineers at 21:41.1 followed by Norton with a time of 21:41.3. Jess kicked it in high gear over the final 3K passing 29 runners while Norton outpaced 15 over the same distance.

Kristy Scordino finished 58^th at 22:09.8 passing 10 runners on the back half of the course with Savannah Boucher coming in at 87^th at 22:31.2.

Destiny Foster dominated the final 3K, passing 41 total runners which was more than any other athlete in the field. Foster turned in a time of 22:52.2 for a finish of 130^th overall.

Allison McCurry came in at 23:22.1 for 175^th with Lauren Orosz finishing at 24:40.3 for 226^th.

"Our fearless freshmen just worked their way through the field amazingly" said Rohl. "Destiny was just great over the second half of the race and it was because of her that we finished in the top 10.

Mansfield was the best team on the Eastern seaboard, defeating all teams from the Atlantic, East, South and Southeast regions. The Mountaineers were the only team in the Atlantic region to have two runners earn All-American.

"This isn't just an accomplishment for me or the team, it's something for the whole university. It's great that we could come together and accomplish something great for Mansfield" said Rohl.