Sidarous Runs Her Way to All-CACC Honors; Men Place Eighth at CACC Championship

PHILADELPHIA – Making her Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship debut, Jenny Sidarous earned All-CACC honors by placing 11th at the 2021 edition of the event at Belmont Plateau on Sunday morning.

The redshirt-freshman ran a new collegiate personal record 5K to do so, 21:24.4, as she was the fourth rookie to cross in the field of 71.

Sidarous becomes the first All-CACC runner in the program since Gabby Moss in 2018.

Dylan Zuch led the USciences men, who placed eighth amongst the 12 teams, with a career-best 20th-place finish.

Having previously placed 58th as a freshman and 44th as a sophomore, the senior crossed in the top-fourth of the field of 80 with a time of 29:20.4.

William Hallinan crossed seven positions behind Zuch for to surpass his previous best CACC Championship finish of 28th set in 2018 as a sophomore. The graduate student clocked a new season-best time of 29:53.9.

Sian Poteat-Romero also set a new CACC Championship personal-best by finishing 62nd, nine spots better than his debut as a freshman.

Graduate student Paige Jacobs was the second Devil to cross in the women's race with a season-best 5K of 25:52.7, while junior Katie Benincasa ran her first 5K of the year in 26:31.2.

Ciaran Dubeck, Sabrina Abbruzzese (27:59.4), Kayla Nueva (28:35.3) and Sarah Herter (28:43.7) all made their CACC Championship debuts, with the latter three setting new collegiate personal records.

Lucas Burkhardt and Abdel Awad also made their CACC Championship debuts, setting new season-bests of 40:04.1 and 48:47.3.

USciences Results

Women (Field of 71)

11. Jenny Sidarous – 21:24.4

54. Paige Jacobs – 25:52.7 (season-best)

56. Katie Benincasa – 26:31.2

58. Ciaran Dubeck – 26:35.8

62. Sabrina Abbruzzese – 27:59.4 (collegiate personal record)

63. Kayla Nueva – 28:35.3 (collegiate personal record)

64. Sarah Herter – 28:43.7 (collegiate personal record)

Men (Field of 80)

20. Dylan Zuch – 29:20.4