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McKenna, Jezorski Earn All-MAC Honors

Dan McKenna

DeKALB, IL ­ Two University at Buffalo runners earned All-Mid-American Conference honors as the league championship meets were held Saturday at Northern Illinois University.

Junior runner Dan McKenna (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) earned first-team All-MAC recognition with his seventh-place finish in the 8K men's race. McKenna, who led for the first two miles of the race, finished in 24:51. It was McKenna's fifth top-10 finish in his six races this season.

"He made the rest of the field run an honest race," said head coach Vicki Mitchell. "He did what he had to do."

Jen Jezorski

Senior Jen Jezorski (Elmira, NY/Elmira Southside) garnered second-team All-MAC honors by placing 14th in the women's 5K race. Jezorski set a season-best mark with her 18:15 clocking, bettering her previous best for the distance by 10 seconds set at Toledo's Central Collegiate Meet on September 17.

"Jen Jezorski should be very pleased with her finish," said Mitchell.

Andy Leonard (Spencerport, NY/Churchville-Chili) placed 23rd to finish second across the line for the Bulls in 25:55. Dan Giza (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) was 27th in 26:06. Dan Healy (West Seneca, NY/West Seneca West) was 37th in a season-best 26:27 and Paul Riley (Buffalo, NY/Canisius) rounded out UB's scorers with a 26:45 clocking to place 45th.

In the women's race, Alexsandra Bykowska (Poznan, Poland/Third High School in Poznan) was the second UB finisher in 18:51 to place 32nd overall. Kate Kohout (Clarence, NY/Clarence) was 53rd in 19:15. Kelli O'Brien (Clifton Springs/Manchester-Shortsville) took 55th in a season-best 19:17 with Mary Veith (Derby, NY/Lake Shore) placing 63rd in 19:31.

A total of 77 men and 104 women crossed the finish line on Saturday. Miami's Dan Huling won the men's race in 24:21 while Akron's Beata Rudzinska took the women's title in 17:24. The top seven finishers earned first-team All-MAC honors while the next seven were awarded second-team All-MAC recognition. Previously, the top 12 runners earned All-MAC, but the number was increased to 14 to reflect the seven racers each team could enter in the meet for scoring purposes.

The UB men finished seventh in the nine-team field with 137 points, just two behind sixth-place Akron (135) and five behind fifth-place Central Michigan (132). The UB women accumulated 212 points to place ninth among 12 teams and hold off 10th-place Bowling Green (215). Eastern Michigan won the men's title with 39 points while Akron took the women's trophy with 41 points. Eastern Michigan men's coach John Goodridge and Akron women's coach Scott Jones were named the league's Coaches of the Year.

The postseason continues for the Bulls in two weeks when they travel to Boston to compete in the NCAA Northeast Regionals on November 12.

Men's team scores: Eastern Michigan 39, Miami 64, Ohio 101, Kent State 120, Central Michigan 132, Akron 135, Buffalo 137, Bowling Green 229, Toledo 273.

Women's team scores: Akron 41, Toledo 64, Ball State 117, Ohio 122, Miami 132, Western Michigan 135, Kent State 183, Central Michigan 183, Buffalo 212, Bowling Green 215, Eastern Michigan 284, Northern Illinois 320.