FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AIC Claims All Six Major Awards
MANSFIELD, Mass. – American International swept all six men's and women's cross country major awards, as Ezra Mutai and Fransiscah Cherotich were named Northeast-10 Men's and Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year, highlighting the NE10's All-Conference awards which were released on Friday.
For a complete list of all-conference selections, please see below. All-Conference teams are based on student-athlete performances at the NE10 Championships, which took place last month. The six major awards were voted on by the league's head coaches.
Mutai became the 10th straight Yellow Jacket to win Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Year, while teammate Callum Elson took home Rookie of the Year honors. Cherotich won both Athlete and Rookie of the Year, while Logan Sharpe was named Men's & Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year. AIC also had a league-best seven men earn All-Conference honors. On the women's side, the Yellow Jackets, Stonehill & SNHU each had five All-Conference runners.
Mutai won the NE10 Championship in 24:28 for his second straight NE10 Title. He helped AIC sweep the awards on the men's side for the first time since the 2015 season. Elson, meanwhile, placed second at the NE10 Championship in 25:28 to give the Yellow Jackets their first Rookie of the Year honor since 2015.
Cherotich won her first NE10 Title in 21:21, setting a new NE10 record since the conference moved to the 6K distance back in 2015. She is the first NE10 woman to win Athlete of the Year and Rookie of the Year in the same season.
Sharpe led both his squads to NE10 Championships in his first year at the helm of the cross country program. He had 12 student-athletes earn conference honors overall becomes the first coach since 2017 to sweep both awards.
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CROSS COUNTRY ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
Men's Athlete of the Year
Ezra Mutai, American International
Men's Rookie of the Year
Callum Elson, American International
Women's Athlete of the Year
Fransiscah Cherotich, American International
Women's Rookie of the Year
Fransiscah Cherotich, American International
Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year
Logan Sharpe, American International
Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year
Logan Sharpe, American International
First Team
Ezra Mutai, American Int'l
Callum Elson, American Int'l
Wondu Summa, Franklin Pierce
Jake Mattei, So. Conn. St.
Terrell Patterson, So. Conn. St.
Christopher Lebeau, So. Conn. St.
Jason Beaver, American Int'l
First Team
Fransiscah Cherotich, American Int'l
Mercyline Kimaiyo, American Int'l
Ashley Corcoran, SNHU
Bethaney Donnelly, Franklin Pierce
Jill Couto, SNHU
Rebecca Erhard, Stonehill
Kendyl Vermette, American Int'l
Second Team
Charles Guigo, American Int'l
Claudio Rocha, Assumption
Gabe Medina, American Int'l
Jonathan Volpe, So. Conn. St.
Jalen Coleman, So. Conn. St.
Nickolas McNameem, Stonehill
Colin Black, Stonehill
Second Team
Emma Lawrence, Stonehill
Jillian Howard, Stonehill
Elizabeth Fengler, So. Conn. St.
Victoria Lombardi, Stonehill
Emilie Noreika, So. Conn. St.
Haley Wheeler, American Int'l
Megan Whitnell, So. Conn. St.
Third Team
Matthew Bartolotta, Le Moyne
Stephen Fengler, So. Conn. St.
Titus Kiptoo, American Int'l
Jacob Logan, SNHU
Shane Braz, Stonehill
Riley Fenoff, Franklin Pierce
Sadadine Adam, American Int'l
Third Team
Sarah Zarakotas, SNHU
Peri Snow, Assumption
Grace Dervan, American Int'l
Claire Mason, Stonehill
Dominique Engle, St. Anselm
Kelsey Seamans, SNHU
Maura Coakley, SNHU
ABOUT THE NE10
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Each year, 4,500 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships in 24 sports, making the NE10 the largest DII conference in the country in terms of sport sponsorship. Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the community, the NE10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.
