Bronx, NY - - -The Hunter Hawks captured their second consecutive CUNY Athletic Conference Women’s Cross Country Championship on Saturday afternoon at Van Cortlandt Park. Hunter, who has now won the event seven of the last eight years, placed five runners in the top eleven to finish with 34 points. York was the runner-up with 37 points as the Cardinals placed four runners in the top nine. Brooklyn (82 points), John Jay (88), Baruch (103), and City Tech (161) rounded out the field. Lehman and Medgar Evers did not score.
Junior Wendy Samuel (20:22), sophomore Jennifer Zaccariello (21:25), and sophomore Melissa Puz (22:15) finished 4-5-6 respectively to lead Hunter. Junior Annmarie Guerra (10th, 23:13) and Christine Mendoza (11th, 23:24) rounded out the Hawks’ scoring.
Lehman freshman Amy Ruston shattered the previous conference record time of 20:27 (Rosalie Garziano, Hunter) by crossing the finish in 19:00. Ruston was pushed by John Jay sophomore Jessica Brown, who was the runner-up in 19:41 and York freshman Tymecka Greene, who was third in 19:49.
York also received strong performances from senior Tolulope Ojo (4th, 20:22), freshman Syrece Bredwood (8th, 22:26), and sophomore Cynthia Sandoval (9th, 22:46).
Photo by Tony Correa
College Division
1. Hunter College
4 5 6 9 10 (15) (32) = 34
Wendy Samuel, Jennifer Zaccariello, Melissa Puz, Annmarie Guerra,
Christine Mendoza, Danielle Okoro, Paulina Frias
2. York College
2 3 7 8 17 (26) = 37
TYMECKA GREENE, TOLULOPE OJO, Syrece Bredwood, CYNTHIA SANDOVAL,
SHEANN WILSON, Tiffany Brown
3. Brooklyn College
11 13 14 19 25 (28) (33) = 82
HUAN ZHANG, MARLENE VERAS, BELINDA CAPEK, LEUNG YAN WONG, SHA-RI
WASHINGTON, JESSICA IMBERT, KANWAL GULZAR
4. John Jay College
1 12 21 24 30 (37) = 88
Jessica Brown, Camaker Thomas, Meredith McGinnis, Jenny Escobar, Nora
Shams, Catherine Koeppel
5. Baruch College
16 18 20 22 27 (31) (34) = 103
Liz Lushpenko, Mercedes Zegarra, Temi Arijeloye, Jennifer Liriano,
Karen Christian, Kivilcim Sungur, Lucinda Joseph
6. N.Y.C.C. Tech
23 29 35 36 38 (39) = 161
Ameena Washington, Lotisha Jenkiens, Princilla Francis, Gena Lewis,
Carolyn Toney, Tamekia Willis
1. K.C.C.
1 3 6 7 11 = 28
Kimeka Johnson, Allana Paul, Natoya Kipps, Alain Thomas, Tiffany
Lawrence
1. Q.C.C.
2 4 5 8 9 (10) (12) = 28
Sheena Johnson, Tracy Dallamand, Stacy Mohammed, Sasha Stanford,
Danielle Caro, Kimberly McLean, Lorena Gomez
Individual Results
All College Division
Y=team scoring
Place No. Name School Timef
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1 82 Amy Ruston Y Lehman College 19:00.8
2 53 Jessica Brown Y John Jay College 19:41.2
3 152 TYMECKA GREENE Y York College 19:49.5
4 153 TOLULOPE OJO Y York College 20:22.7
5 37 Wendy Samuel Y Hunter College 21:18.9
6 38 Jennifer Zaccariel Y Hunter College 21:25.2
7 36 Melissa Puz Y Hunter College 22:15.2
8 149 Syrece Bredwood Y York College 22:26.0
9 154 CYNTHIA SANDOVAL Y York College 22:46.8
10 32 Annmarie Guerra Y Hunter College 23:13.5
11 34 Christine Mendoza Y Hunter College 23:24.9
12 26 HUAN ZHANG Y Brooklyn College 23:30.3
13 57 Camaker Thomas Y John Jay College 23:35.8
14 23 MARLENE VERAS Y Brooklyn College 23:38.0
15 105 Melissa Douglas Y Medgar Evers College 23:41.3
16 19 BELINDA CAPEK Y Brooklyn College 23:46.8
17 35 Danielle Okoro Y Hunter College 24:05.9
18 6 Liz Lushpenko Y Baruch College 24:10.7
19 63 Kimeka Johnson Y K.C.C. 24:11.1
20 151 SHEANN WILSON Y York College 24:12.0
21 9 Mercedes Zegarra Y Baruch College 24:27.0
22 25 LEUNG YAN WONG Y Brooklyn College 24:34.2
23 2 Temi Arijeloye Y Baruch College 24:49.0
24 55 Meredith McGinnis Y John Jay College 24:53.4
25 5 Jennifer Liriano Y Baruch College 25:05.8
26 129 Sheena Johnson Y Q.C.C. 25:09.5
27 76 Su-Elene Cuevas Y Lehman College 25:11.6
28 116 Ameena Washington Y N.Y.C.C. Tech 25:27.7
29 54 Jenny Escobar Y John Jay College 25:34.0
30 66 Allana Paul Y K.C.C. 25:47.5
31 30 Claudia Chan -X Hunter College 25:55.6
32 24 SHA-RI WASHINGTON Y Brooklyn College 26:08.0
33 150 Tiffany Brown Y York College 26:27.6
34 127 Tracy Dallamand Y Q.C.C. 26:32.5
35 132 Stacy Mohammed Y Q.C.C. 26:37.2
36 3 Karen Christian Y Baruch College 26:46.0
37 21 JESSICA IMBERT Y Brooklyn College 26:58.7
38 112 Lotisha Jenkiens Y N.Y.C.C. Tech 27:15.7
39 56 Nora Shams Y John Jay College 27:40.4
40 64 Natoya Kipps Y K.C.C. 27:58.5
41 68 Alain Thomas Y K.C.C. 28:22.7
42 8 Kivilcim Sungur Y Baruch College 28:24.9
43 31 Paulina Frias Y Hunter College 28:41.7
44 78 Monciana Edmonson Y Lehman College 29:58.5
45 135 Sasha Stanford Y Q.C.C. 30:22.2
46 108 Vanessa Pean Y Medgar Evers College 30:28.7
47 126 Danielle Caro Y Q.C.C. 30:37.3
48 106 Renata Laundry Y Medgar Evers College 31:55.0
49 131 Kimberly McLean Y Q.C.C. 32:02.5
50 65 Tiffany Lawrence Y K.C.C. 32:28.8
51 101 Candice Austin Y Medgar Evers College 32:50.3
52 33 Natalie Kaplun -X Hunter College 32:51.9
53 128 Lorena Gomez Y Q.C.C. 33:22.3
54 20 KANWAL GULZAR Y Brooklyn College 33:25.4
55 83 Tyrecca Sutton -X Lehman College 33:49.9
56 4 Lucinda Joseph Y Baruch College 34:07.8
57 111 Princilla Francis Y N.Y.C.C. Tech 34:48.6
58 113 Gena Lewis Y N.Y.C.C. Tech 34:54.2
59 136 Lessette Zapatiere Y Q.C.C. 35:25.5
60 52 Catherine Koeppel Y John Jay College 36:57.2
61 115 Carolyn Toney Y N.Y.C.C. Tech 37:39.4
62 117 Tamekia Willis Y N.Y.C.C. Tech 38:59.0
63 130 Asma Khetani -X Q.C.C. 40:59.0
Community College
Place TmPl No. Name School Timef
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1 1 63 Kimeka Johnson K.C.C. 24:11.1
2 2 129 Sheena Johnson Q.C.C. 25:09.5
3 3 66 Allana Paul K.C.C. 25:47.5
4 4 127 Tracy Dallamand Q.C.C. 26:32.5
5 5 132 Stacy Mohammed Q.C.C. 26:37.2
6 6 64 Natoya Kipps K.C.C. 27:58.5
7 7 68 Alain Thomas K.C.C. 28:22.7
8 8 135 Sasha Stanford Q.C.C. 30:22.2
9 9 126 Danielle Caro Q.C.C. 30:37.3
10 10 131 Kimberly McLean Q.C.C. 32:02.5
11 11 65 Tiffany Lawrence K.C.C. 32:28.8
12 12 128 Lorena Gomez Q.C.C. 33:22.3
13 136 Lessette Zapatiere Q.C.C. 35:25.5
14 130 Asma Khetani -X Q.C.C. 40:59.0