Allegheny College Athletics - Gators Get Revenge On Earlham

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Athletes of the Year

Men's Cross Country

Chris Marker was selected by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee as the Allegheny Male Student-Athlete of the Year. An All-American performer in Cross Country, he was chosen over three other nominees for the award.

Marker, a junior, began his 2009-10 school year in fine fashion, claiming placing second at the NCAC Cross Country Championships, first at the Mideast Regional and 14th at the Division III Championships.

He was named to the All-NCAC First Team for finishing as runner-up among 109 finishers at the conference meet. At Regionals, he became Allegheny's first-ever individual region champion, placing ahead of 313 other runners, while the team won its first Mideast Region crown. At Nationals, the Gators took third place.

Marker was strong throughout the cross country season, placing first among 245 runners at Oberlin's Inter-Regional Rumble and second of 200 at Calvin's Knight Invitational. He was twice named Allegheny Athlete of the Week and once was an NCAC Runner of the Week after his performance at Calvin. The SAAC honored him twice as its Male Student-Athlete of the Month in September and October.

For the second consecutive year, Marker won the 5,000-meter run at both the NCAC Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field championship events. He set a new Gator record in the 5K when recording a time of 14:24.08 at Hillsdale's Gina Relays.

After winning the 5,000 at Washington and Lee's Carnival, he was honored as the NCAC Distance Runner of the Week. In April, the SAAC recognized him with his third Male Student-Athlete of the Month award.

Mia Symoniak

Women's Cross Country

Mia Symoniak was selected by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee as the Allegheny Female Student-Athlete of the Year. An All-NCAC performer in Cross Country and both Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field, she was chosen over five other nominees for the award.

Symoniak had a decorated year as the Allegheny women's top distance runner. During the cross country season, she placed ninth among 91 runners at the NCAC Championships to earn All-NCAC Second Team status. Symoniak finished 25th of 311 finishers at the Mideast Region Regional, claiming All-Region status.

Other in-season accolades included one stint as NCAC Runner of the Week after Symoniak took fifth out of 193 participants at Calvin's Knight Invitational. She was also honored as an Allegheny Athlete of the Week once and was the SAAC Female Student-Athlete of the Month in January.

During the indoor track campaign, Symoniak won the 5,000-meter run at the NCAC Championships while setting a new Allegheny and conference record (17:19.82). She also won the 5,000 individual race at the NCAC Relays and was first in the 3,000 at Mount Union's Jim Wuske Invitational. In her trip to Nationals, Symoniak finished 12th in the 5K.

During the outdoor season, Symoniak established her dominance in the 5,000 with another NCAC title. She also garnered NCAC Distance Runner of the Week honors after placing third in the 10,000 at Bucknell's Bison Classic. Symoniak was also an Allegheny Athlete of the Week.

Gators Get Revenge On Earlham

2/5/2010 8:25:43 PM

Box Score

MEADVILLE, Pa. – The Allegheny women’s basketball team got revenge and they got it good. The Gators (9-11, 6-5 NCAC) posted their second largest margin of victory with a 71-46 win over Earlham (2-18, 1-10 NCAC) to avenge a six-point loss earlier in the season to the Quakers.

Allegheny outscored Earlham 17-2 in the final 5:48 of the first half to take a commanding lead, while allowing the fewest points by an opponent in the opening stanza to record its second straight conference victory. Brittany Bell, who scored seven straight points at the end of that run, finished with a game-high 15 points and four assists.

The Gators held every Quaker to single-digit scoring. Natasha Norman led Earlham with nine points, all registered in the second half.

In a defensive minded start to the first half, Allegheny kept up that mentality and built a lead that would not relinquish. With a slight 12-11 lead, the Gators scored 12 unanswered points in just three minutes for their first double-digit advantage.

From that point on, the Quakers only scored two more field goals and Allegheny shot 80 percent from the field (8-for-10) in the last six minutes of the half to take a commanding lead at intermission, 41-15.

The Gators did much of the same in the second half that they did in the first. The lead grew to 30 points in the first two and a half minutes thanks to a Emilie Simone layup and a Bell three-pointer, topped with a Jill Gregory jumper to make it 48-17. Earlham’s Kate Franks halted the five-minute scoring draught with a layup at the 19:10 mark.

Allegheny grabbed its biggest lead at 65-27 on a layup by Becca Bajkowski (Fairfax, Va./JT Woodson) midway through the second half.

Daryl Ford recorded a season-high nine points and Greta Pszenny blocked a season-best four shots.

Gregory and Simone ended in double figures with 14 and10 points, respectively.

The Gators return to action tomorrow against Wittenberg for the “Pink Zone” game. Tip-off is at 3 p.m.

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