MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. – SUNY Orange’s David Soto posted a 27:18.12 while covering the 8K course at Stanley Park in Westfield, Mass., en route to a 10th place finish at the National Junior College Association of America (NJCAA) Division III National Championship race on Nov. 2.

Soto’s time earned him All-America status and came just one week after he earned All-Region XV accolades by finishing second in the region championship race. Soto, of Warwick, also won the Mid-Hudson Conference championship in mid-October. At the national meet, Edwin Kipainoi of St. Charles Community College paced the field in a time of 26:30.96 to win the individual title while Mineral Area College of Park Hills, Mo., captured the team title. Also on Saturday, Soto’s teammate Adam St. Germain of Walkill was 86^th overall in the 200-runner field with a time of 30:24.23.

In the 5K women’s national championship race on the same Stanley Park Course, SUNY Orange’s Michaela Frisbee, of Campbell Hall, placed 86^thin a time of 26:08.02, just ahead of teammate Florence Ruckdeschel, of Middletown, who was 91^st in 26:54.39.

SUNY Orange’s men’s and women’s cross country teams enjoyed strong seasons under head coach Todd Derkacz. Frisbee became the fourth SUNY Orange Colt in a row to capture the women’s Mid-Hudson Conference race while Ruckdeschel was runnerup. St. Germain was fourth in the Mid-Hudson meet and ninth in the Region XV race.

Photo caption (L-R): Michaela Frisbee, Florence Ruckdeshcel, David Soto and Adam St. Germain.