2024 Cross Country Season Preview

By Will DeBoer

8/30/2024 10:00:00 AM

All-C2C Cross Country Finishers, 10-28-23

2023 REWIND: REGIONAL RISING

The 2023 Salisbury cross country teams both produced impressive resumes, earning a collective eight top-five team finishes, including a sweep of the Don Cathcart Invitational at Winter Place Park, and earning twin bronze medals at the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) Championships. At the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships, the Sea Gull women finished seventh for their best team placement in 17 years, while the Sea Gull men earned a third straight top-10 finish by slotting ninth.

Men's Team
Placed top-10 in all six meets (four top-five finishes)
Won SU Fall Classic (Sept. 2) and Don Cathcart Invitational (Sept. 30)
Finished third at C2C Championships (Oct. 28) for third straight year
Third consecutive top-10 finish (ninth) at NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships (Nov. 11)
NCAA Division III All-Academic Award
Women's Team
Placed top-15 in all six meets (four top-five finishes)
Won Don Cathcart Invitational (Oct. 1)
Finished third at C2C Championships (Oct. 28) for third straight year
Earned seventh-place finish (best since 2006) at NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships (Nov. 11)
NCAA Division III All-Academic Award
Anna Bodmer
NCAA Mid-Atlantic All-Region (finished 27th at regional meet)
All-C2C First Team (finished 8th at championship meet)
NCAA Division III All-Academic honoree
Sam Bodmer
C2C Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2nd straight)
CSC Academic All-District
CSC Academic All-American (2nd straight; 9th multiple Academic All-American in SU athletics history)
Austen Cave
NCAA Mid-Atlantic All-Region (finished 33rd at regional meet)
All-C2C First Team (finished 7th at championship meet)
NCAA Division III All-Academic honoree
Matt Grossi
NCAA Mid-Atlantic All-Region (finished 34rd at regional meet; 2nd career All-Region)
All-C2C First Team (finished 8th at championship meet; 2nd career All-C2C)
NCAA Division III All-Academic honoree
CSC Academic All-District
C2C Runner of the Week, 9/5/23 (won SU Fall Classic)
Connor Kinch
CSC Academic All-District
Rachel Roberts
CSC Academic All-District
Alyssa Santoro
C2C Medal of Inspiration winner
NCAA Division III All-Academic honoree
C2C Runner of the Week, 10/2/23 (won Don Cathcart Invitational)
Madi Sisson
CSC Academic All-District
C2C Runner of the Week, 9/5/23

THE 2024 SEA GULLS

Salisbury returns a collective 10 runners who participated in last season's NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships, with both the Sea Gull women and men welcoming five of their top seven runners from the previous campaign back into the fold.

KEY RETURNERS

Anna Bodmer | So. | Dickerson, Md.

Sam Bodmer | Sr. | Dickerson, Md.

Connor Kinch | Jr. | Port Monmouth, N.J.

Rachel Roberts | Jr. | Marriottsville, Md.

Garrett Saboy | So. | Bel Air, Md.

Madi Sisson | Jr. | Downers Grove, Ill.

Men
Women

Sam Bodmer | Sr. | Dickinson, Md.

Top 2023 time: 25:48.0, Sept. 30

Declan Burke | Sr. | Dagsboro, Del. | Indian River

Top 2023 time: 27:02.3 (PR), Sept. 30

Ryan Cascone | So. | Bel Air, Md.

Top 2023 time: 26:30.2 (PR), Oct. 14

Connor Kinch | Jr. | Port Monmouth, N.J.

Top 2023 time: 25:35.2 (PR), Oct. 14

Garrett Saboy | So. | Bel Air, Md.

Top 2023 time: 26:13.4 (PR), Sept. 30

Anna Bodmer | So. | Dickerson, Md.

Top 2023 time: 22:23.5 (PR), Nov. 11

Peri Nelson | So. | Beallsville, Md.

Top 2023 time: 23:41.8 (PR), Nov. 11

Rachel Roberts | Jr. | Marriottsville, Md.

Top 2023 time: 23:10.5 (PR), Sept. 30

Madi Sisson | Jr. | Downers Grove, Ill.

Top 2023 time: 22:31.1 (PR), Sept. 2

Leah Snyder | Jr. | Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Top 2023 time: 23:43.6 (PR), Nov. 11

2024 Salisbury Cross Country Roster

We've got a really nice mix of talent this year, a great young group and some solid veterans coming back. We're off to a good start - as always, it's a long season, but we're looking forward to the challenges that will come throughout as we compete every day that we have.

Jim Jones, Head Coach (26th Season)