THIS WEEK
Sat., Nov. 21 – at ECAC Championship, 12:30 p.m.

The Colgate University women's cross-country team will compete in the ECAC Championships on Saturday, Nov. 21. The meet is at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y. and is set to begin at 12:30 p.m.

THE PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Sophomore Elise DeRoo led the Colgate University women's cross-country team to fourth-place at the Patriot League Championship.
DeRoo brought home the individual title shattering the school-record with a personal-best time of 22:01.7. DeRoo is the first Raider to claim the individual title since junior Stacy Marion did in 2007.
Bucknell won the meet placing all fiver harriers in the top-25 for a low score of 65 points, while the Raiders finished fourth overall with 114 points.
Junior Julie Tarallo finished second on the team, 12th overall, with a time of 23:36.0, while sophomore Kelly Cattano was third, 18th overall with a time of 24:07.1.
Junior Allie Bodack, and freshman Jeannie Sauter rounded out the Raiders with times of 24:39.0 and 25:09.6, respectively.

2009 HONORS
Elise DeRoo was named the Patriot League Female Runner of the Year following her first-place performance at the Patriot League Championship. DeRoo was also named the Patriot League Female Runner of the Week twice this season, following her performances at the Harry Lang Invitational and Albany Invitational. DeRoo also owns the individual title in both meets.

THE NARDELLI FILE
The 2009 Patriot League Women's Coach of the Year and 2000 Patriot League Men's Coach of the Year, Laura Nardelli, is in her 12th season as the head coach of the women's track and field program, and her eighth season as the head women's cross country coach at Colgate University.
Nardelli coached both the men's and women's track and field teams at Colgate before taking over as the women's cross country and track and field coach in 2001.
In 2007, Nardelli coached two cross country members to first-team all-Patriot League recognition as Stacey Marion '11 became the first rookie runner in history to also claim the league title, and Elizabeth Kennedy '08 finished fourth. Kennedy later took the ECAC title and went on garner NCAA All-Region honors, as she led the team to an all-time high 12th place finish in the Northeast. Nardelli's cross-country teams have also been honored with the NCAA Division I All-Academic Team award for 2003, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
In 2009 Nardelli's track & field squad earned 22 All-Patriot League titles, and Curry Knox was named Patriot League track athlete of the meet outdoors after she won the 100, 100 hurdles, and anchored the 4 x 100 relay, and took 2nd place in the 200. The team finished 3rd in the league, the highest finish since 1995.
In 2000, Nardelli was named the Patriot League Men's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year after leading the Raiders to a third-place team finish, their best since the first league meet in 1991. At Colgate, Nardelli has produced 115 All-Patriot League performers, seven Patriot League Athletes of the Meet, five ECAC medalists, and nine NCAA qualifiers.