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SLIPPERY ROCK - Sophomore Allison Decker finished 10th and junior Chelsea Conover was 11th to earn All-Region honors as East Stroudsburg University's cross country teams competed at the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional on Saturday at Slippery Rock.

ESU's men's team placed 10th in a field of 22 schools and the women were 11th in a field of 25. The women were sixth and the men seventh at the PSAC Championships two weeks ago.

Decker, the PSAC runner-up, and Conover, who was sixth in the conference, just missed trips to the NCAA Division II Championship. The top three teams on each side, plus the next three runners on non-advancing teams, earn spots in the national field - Decker and Conover were the fourth and fifth non-advancing runners on Saturday.

Decker and Conover give ESU its eighth tandem of top-15 runners in the region since 1981. The most recent were Corinne Fitzgerald (fifth) and Rose Mascoli (eighth) in 2011.

Both runners earned their first career All-Region honors. Decker completed her first season at ESU after transferring from Division I Quinnipiac, and Conover was 34th in the region as a sophomore and improved on a 108th-place finish as a freshman.

Junior Lauren Monteith (72nd), junior Melanie Riley (78th) and freshman Samantha Young (80th) completed the top five for the ESU women.

Sophomore Alec Lederer (39th), sophomore Brad Meixsell (41st) and sophomore Anthony Ruiz (47th) all ran in the top 50 for ESU's men's team. Senior Kyle Reese was 65th and freshman Dan Buccino was 85th.


Women's Results
10. Allison Decker - 23:01.4
11. Chelsea Conover - 23:06.2
72. Lauren Monteith - 25:05.1
78. Melanie Riley - 25:13.4
80. Samantha Young - 25:17.6
84. Jasmine Amro - 25:28.6
90. Lauren Toth - 25:42.3

Men's Results
39. Alec Lederer - 34:28.9
41. Brad Meixsell - 34:33.2
47. Anthony Ruiz - 34:41.2
65. Kyle Reese - 35:35.6
85. Dan Buccino - 36:08.3
94. Zach Talbert - 36:42.8
97. Jeremy Rapposelli - 37:04.5