HAVERFORD, Pa. - The Haverford College men's cross country team was well represented in the USTFCCCA All-Region Awards release on Tuesday afternoon, with Head Coach Tom Donnelly taking home Metro Region Coach of the Year Honors while senior Ryan Kredell was named the Metro Region Athlete of the Year.
The award is the 15th overall Regional Coach of the Year award for Donnelly, who has captured 13th of those titles in the Mideast Region before the Fords joined the newly-minted Metro Region prior to last season. Donnelly earns Regional Coach of the Year honors for the second consecutive season, Kredell picked up the Athlete of the Year honor after capturing the individual title at the Metro Region Championships in 25:22.5. Earlier in the season, Kredell earned top individual honors at the Centennial Conference Cross Country Championships and finished fifth at the Main Line Invitational.
The individual regional crown was the first for Haverford since Graham Peet took home the Mideast Region title after the 2017 season and the 13th in program history. Kredell adds this honor to his already impressive group of accolades this season, which already include a Centennial Conference Runner of the Year selection and Centennial Conference Individual Championship.
The Geneva, Illinois product is the first Haverford runner since Charlie Marquardt in 2015 to capture both the conference and regional individual titles in the same season.
With finishes in the top 35 Metro Regional Championships, Kredell, Aaron Bratt, Jamie Moreland, Peter Buckley, Nathaniel Leighninger, and Nico Tripeny were all named All-Region from the USTFCCCA. Buckley and Kredell are now three-time All-Region selections while Tripeny picked up his second All-Region designation. Fresh off the title in the Metro Region Championships, Haverford will compete at the NCAA Division III Championships, which are set for Saturday, November 19 in Lansing, Michigan. Haverford is making its 29th consecutive trip to the national championships.