Ruccio Earns Rookie of the Year Honors for Marywood's First-Ever MAC Major Award

Marywood finishes 12th out of 15 teams

Owings Mills, Md. — Marywood University freshman Joelle Ruccio earned Middle Atlantic Conference Women's Cross Country Rookie of the Year honors on Saturday. Ruccio was the top first-year runner at the MAC Championships held at Stevenson University.

Ruccio earned Marywood's first-ever major MAC award in the university's first championship appearance in the conference.

The Fanwood, N.J. freshman finished fifth overall out of 135 runners. She completed the 6K course in 22:42.32 with a 6:05.3 average pace.

Marywood finished 12th out of 15 teams with 294 teams. The Pacers had an average time of 26 minutes, 33 seconds.

Janelle Sanabria finished with a time of 25:58.6 for 64th place. Kimberly Smyser came in 91st place at 27:15.92.

Cassandra Juliano ran a 27:51.25 for 99th place. Maddy Shoenwetter ran her first-ever 6K, finishing in a 28:52.22. Her time sits 96th all time in program history.

The Pacers will compete at the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships next weekend at Lock Haven University's West Branch Park.

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Players Mentioned

Janelle Sanabria: 5' 1"; Sophomore

Joelle Ruccio: 5' 0"; Freshman

Kimberly Smyser: 5' 7"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Janelle Sanabria
: 5' 1"; Sophomore

Joelle Ruccio
: 5' 0"; Freshman

Kimberly Smyser
: 5' 7"; Freshman