POMONA, N.J. (10/27/07) - The Kean University men's and women's cross country teams competed at the New Jersey Athletic Conference championships on Saturday morning at Richard Stockton College. The men's team placed sixth overall, while the women had four runners in the 46-runner field.

Senior Anna Khorosheva (Ocean, N.J.) was the school's top finisher, as she finished 22nd in 26:25.01 over the 6,000-meter course. Rookie Sarah Kovolisky (Cranford, N.J.) crossed the finish line in 28:23.48 to finish 30th, while freshmen Asha Winters (Ewing, N.J.) and Alejandrina Canelo (Newark, N.J.) were 36th (31:24.05) and 40th (32:58.18), respectively.

In the men's 8,000-meter race, sophomore Ashwin Anatharaman (Highstown, N.J.) led the team with a 29th place finish (29:18.33). Freshman Rolland Ying (East Brunswick, N.J.) and junior Ezra Schwartz (Bloomfield, N.J.) were 34th (30:30.51) and 35th (30:39.31), while sophomore Justin Schulte (Pennsville, N.J.) was 39th in 31:31.24.

Junior Jason Guznay (Orange, N.J.) placed 41st in 32:31.98, freshman Matt Young (Momtville, N.J.) was 42nd in 32:34.46 and freshman Stephen Novak (Roselle, N.J.) finished 44th in 33:34.73 to round out the Cougar finishers.