SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The No. 8 Lock Haven University men's cross country team's entire top-seven earned individual All-Region status and the Bald Eagles cruised to their second straight NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Championship.
 
By way of the victory, Lock Haven, ranked eighth in the latest DII National Poll, earns a trip back to NCAA DII Championships.
 
The Bald Eagles put all seven runners in the top-20 on the way to their 36 points. Lock Haven beat second-place Shippensburg by 27 points. Edinboro was third with 81 points.
 
The Haven pack dominated the field of 133 runners with Zachary Mains (Coatesville, Pa./Millersville Univ.), Dylan Mountain (Altoona, Pa./Altoona) and Vince Fadale (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove) all finishing among the top-10.
 
Mains and Mountain, Lock Haven's front-running 1-2 punch all season did it again today and finished third and fourth overall. Mains covered the 10,000 meter course in 32:17.0, while Mountain was just behind him in 32:20.0.
 
Fadale was sixth overall with a time of 32:34.8.
 
Alex Diltz (Mertztown, Pa./Kutztown) and Matt Guiod (Lincoln, Maine/Mattanawcook Academy) were 11^th and 12^th overall for LHU with times of 32:54.3 and 32:54.8, respectively.
 
Jacob Fetterman (Sugarloaf, Pa./Hazleton) and Ben Robinson (Tunkhannock, Pa./High Point Univ.) finished 16^th (33:01.6) and 20^th (33:09.4).
 
Aaron Dinzeo (California, Pa.) won the men's individual race with a time of 31:49.8.
 
The 2014 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships are set for Saturday, December 6 at Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, Kentucky.
 
Lock Haven's Top-7 | All 7 earned All-Region status
1. Zachary Mains, third, 32:17.0
2. Dylan Mountain, fourth, 32:20.0
3. Vince Fadale, sixth, 32:34.8
4. Alex Diltz, 11^th, 32:54.3
5. Matt Guiod, 12^th, 32:54.8
6. Jacob Fetterman, 16^th, 33:01.6
7. Ben Robinson, 20^th, 33:09.4
 
Full Team Results
Top-3
1. Lock Haven 36 points
2. Shippensburg 63 points
3. Edinboro 81 points
 
Full Individual Results
 
*All-Region is top-25