William and Mary Dominates at CAA Championships

Landry Leads Tribe to 15th Conference Title, Eighth in a Row

10/26/07 4:55PM

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - Another Colonial Athletic Association Championship, another win for the William and Mary men’s cross country team. The Tribe turned in the most dominating performance in conference history Friday at Bethpage State Park, winning the CAA title with a record-low score of 16 points, one shy of the lowest possible mark. It is the College’s eighth-straight CAA Championship, and 15th overall.

Complete Results

An astounding 10 of 12 Tribe runners earned All-CAA honors by finishing in the top-12, and all the College’s contingent finished in the top-16. Two-time All-American Christo Landry (Falls Church, Va.) won the individual title on the eight-kilometer course in 23:58.9, marking the eighth time in the past ten years that a harrier in the Green and Gold has won the conference crown. Only Tribe alumni Matt Lane ’01 has posted a faster 8K time at the CAA meet, running 23:46.01 in 1999. Classmate Dave Mock (Johnstown, Pa.) was second, finishing in 24:31.4. Redshirt-freshman Patterson Wilhelm (Lynchburg, Va.) and senior Rob Dennis (Little Silver, N.J.) came across in third and fourth, respectively, before the first non-W&M runner finished.

Charlie Swartz (Manassas, Va.) ran sixth in 24:53.6, only four seconds out of fifth. Drew Midland (Virginia Beach, Va.) finished seventh in 24:56.9, and freshman Tom Burke (Edina, Minn.) finished the Tribe’s top seven in eighth-place. James Picard (Midlothian, Va.) ran 25:12.4 for 10th place, leading freshman Pete Asaro (Gloucester, Mass.) (11th, 25:14.9) and junior Karl Lang (Oak Hill, Va.) (12th, 25:16.6) to finish out the all-conference team. Sophomore Harry Miller (Portland, Ore.) was 13th in 25:20.7, and junior David Groff (Centreville, Va.) ran 25:28.7 to finish 16th.

William and Mary will return to the trails next Saturday, November 3, with the Cavalier Open in Charlottesville, Virginia.

25th Colonial Athletic Association Championships
Bethpage State Park – 8K
Team Finish
1. WILLIAM AND MARY 16
2. George Mason 57
3. Georgia State 96
4. Delaware 112
5. Hofstra 155
6. Virginia Commonwealth 165
7. Northeastern 179
8. UNC Wilmington 221

All-Conference Team
1. Christo Landry (W&M) 23:58.9
2. Dave Mock (W&M) 24:31.4
3. Patterson Wilhelm (W&M) 24:35.8
4. Rob Dennis (W&M) 24:45.3
5. Robert Krause (GMU) 24:49.4
6. Charlie Swartz (W&M) 24:53.6
7. Drew Midland (W&M) 24:56.9
8. Tom Burke (W&M) 25:01.8
9. Jay Morrill (GSU) 25:08.3
10. James Picard (W&M) 25:12.4
11. Pete Asaro (W&M) 25:14.9
12. Karl Lang (W&M) 25:16.6

Other W&M Individuals
13. Harry Miller 25:20.7
16. David Groff 25:28.7