LANCASTER, Pa. -- Dickinson's Christopher Scharf and Johns Hopkins' Tommy Li earned major awards to headline the 2021 All-Centennial Men's Cross Country Team. Haverford head coach Tom Donnelly was also selected as Coach of the Year after leading the Fords to the team title.
Scharf ran to the individual title at last Saturday's championship to secure Runner of the Year honors. The Red Devil senior crossed the line in 25:22.0 to win by 10 seconds and become the fourth Dickinson runner to claim the conference's top award. Scharf earned the second All-Centennial honor of his career, as he was a second-team performer in 2019.
Li won Rookie of the Year as the top newcomer at the championship event. The JHU freshman finished sixth overall and becomes the fifth Blue Jay to collect the award since it was instituted in 2012. Li's sixth-place finish also earned him a spot on the all-conference first team, making him just the sixth freshman in conference history to secure that honor.
Donnnelly was unanimously selected by his fellow coaches as Coach of the Year for the ninth time in its 13-year history. He has now received the honor nine out of the last 11 years.
Haverford's Ryan Kredell repeated on the All-Centennial team after posting a runner-up finish to lead the Fords to the team crown. A second-teamer and Rookie of the Year in 2019, Kredell joins Scharf as the only two repeat all-stars on this year's squad. Max Brelig also earned first-team honors for Haverford after finishing fifth, while Peter Buckley, Jamie Moreland, and Nico Tripeny each landed on the second team for the Fords.
JHU's Matthew Kleiman finished third to join Li on the first team, with Gavin McElhennon and Charlie Teeter collecting second-team laurels for the Blue Jays.
Christopher Scharf was accompanied on the first team by twin brother Charles Scharf, who secured the final spot on the All-Centennial first team with his seventh-place finish.
Swarthmore was represented on the all-conference team by Aidan Cantine (first team) and Atticus Hempel (second team).
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First Team |
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Pos / Name |
Cl |
Hometown / High School |
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Christopher Scharf, Dickinson + |
Sr. |
Elizabethtown, Pa. / Elizabethtown |
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Ryan Kredell, Haverford + |
Jr. |
Geneva, Ill. / Geneva Community |
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Matthew Kleiman, Johns Hopkins |
Jr. |
Concord, Mass. / Concord Carlisle |
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Aidan Cantine, Swarthmore |
Jr. |
Sammamish, Wash. / Eastside Catholic |
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Max Brelig, Haverford |
Jr. |
Bonnieville, Ky. / Hart County |
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Tommy Li, Johns Hopkins |
Fr. |
Longmeadow, Mass. / Longmeadow |
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Charles Scharf, Dickinson |
Sr. |
Elizabethtown, Pa. / Elizabethtown |
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Second Team |
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Pos / Name |
Cl |
Hometown / High School |
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Peter Buckley, Haverford |
Jr. |
Athens, Ohio / Athens |
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Jamie Moreland, Haverford |
Sr. |
Los Angeles, Calif. / Campbell Hall |
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Gavin McElhennon, Johns Hopkins |
So. |
Washington, D.C. / Gonzaga College High |
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Atticus Hempel, Swarthmore |
Fr. |
Storrs, Conn. / E.O. Smith |
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Tyler Amos, Johns Hopkins |
Sr. |
Centreville, Va. / Chantilly |
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Nico Tripeny, Haverford |
Jr. |
Corning, N.Y. / Corning-Painted Post |
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Charlie Teeter, Johns Hopkins |
So. |
Webster Groves, Mo. / Webster Groves |
+ 2nd team All-Centennial in 2019
Runner of the Year – Christopher Scharf, Dickinson
Rookie of the Year – Tommy Li, Johns Hopkins
Coach of the Year – Tom Donnelly, Haverford
All-Sportsmanship Team
- Jacob Doherty Munro, Dickinson
- Jack Emrey, Franklin & Marshall
- Joseph Zimbler, Gettysburg
- Jacob Gaba, Haverford
- Tyler Amos, Johns Hopkins
- Wyatt Farace, McDaniel
- Conner Soderstedt, Muhlenberg
- Brendan Penfold, Swarthmore
- Jesse Wun, Ursinus
Centennial Conference Runners of the Year
- 1993 Steve Monaco, Franklin & Marshall
- 1994 Karl Paranya, Haverford
- 1995 Karl Paranya, Haverford
- 1996 Karl Paranya, Haverford
- 1997 Ntobeko Ntusi, Haverford
- 1998 Jason Bernstein, Haverford
- 1999 Frank McCartney, Franklin & Marshall
- 2000 J.B. Haglund, Haverford
- 2001 J.B. Haglund, Haverford
- 2002 Brandon Rowe, Haverford
- 2003 Lang Reynolds, Swarthmore
- 2004 Will McGuire, Haverford
- 2005 Ian Ramsey-North, Haverford
- 2006 Zach Vaslow, Haverford
- 2007 Don Letts, Haverford
- 2008 Greg Leak, Dickinson
- 2009 Greg Leak, Dickinson
- 2010 Anders Hulleberg, Haverford
- 2011 Jordan Schilit, Haverford
- 2012 Chris Stadler, Haverford
- 2013 Chris Stadler, Haverford
- 2014 Charlie Marquardt, Haverford
- 2015 Charlie Marquardt, Haverford
- 2016 Jaryd Flank, Muhlenberg
- 2017 Henry Woods, Haverford
- 2018 Eric Herrmann, Dickinson
- 2019 Jared Pangallozzi, Johns Hopkins
- 2021 Christopher Scharf, Dickinson
Centennial Conference Rookies of the Year
- 2012 Schaffer Ochstein, Johns Hopkins
- 2013 Stefan Arnold, Johns Hopkins
- 2014 Tyler Wolfe, Johns Hopkins
- 2015 Graham Peet, Haverford
- 2016 Bryce Descavish, Dickinson
- 2017 Jared Pangallozzi, Johns Hopkins
- 2018 Jamie Moreland, Haverford
- 2019 Ryan Kredell, Haverford
- 2021 Tommy Li, Johns Hopkins
Centennial Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- 2013 Chris Stadler, Haverford
- 2014 Schaffer Ochstein, Johns Hopkins
- 2015 Ryan Schwartz, Johns Hopkins
- 2016 John Gagnon, Swarthmore
- 2017 Graham Peet, Haverford
- 2018 Andrew King, Johns Hopkins
- 2019 Sam McCalpin, Haverford
Centennial Conference Coach of the Year
- 2008 Don Nichter, Dickinson
- 2009 Don Nichter, Dickinson
- 2010 Tom Donnelly, Haverford
- 2011 Tom Donnelly, Haverford
- 2012 Tom Donnelly, Haverford
- 2013 Bobby Van Allen, Johns Hopkins
- 2014 Tom Donnelly, Haverford
- 2015 Tom Donnelly, Haverford
- 2016 Tom Donnelly, Haverford
- 2017 Tom Donnelly, Haverford
- 2018 Tom Donnelly, Haverford
- 2019 Bobby Van Allen, Johns Hopkins
- 2021 Tom Donnelly, Haverford
Four-Time First-Team All-Centennial Selections (2)
- Karl Paranya, Haverford, 1993-94-95-96
- Brian Krusell, Dickinson, 2007-08-09-10
Three-Time First-Team All-Centennial Selections (14)
- Luke Kiskaddon, Franklin & Marshall, 1993-94-95
- Mark Gyandoh, Haverford, 1993-94-95
- Ntobeko Ntusi, Haverford, 1995-96-97
- Joe McCool, Haverford, 1998-99-00
- Stephen Petro, Haverford, 1997-99-00
- Greg Bielecki, Haverford, 2000-01-02
- Bobby Cannon, Haverford, 2002-03-04
- Grant Scott, Haverford, 2003-04-05
- Zach Vaslow, Haverford, 2004-05-06
- Matt Liebal, Dickinson, 2004-05-06
- Don Letts, Haverford, 2005-06-07
- Ian Ramsey-North, Haverford, 2004-05-07
- Anders Hulleberg, Haverford, 2007-09-10
- Ryan Herlihy, Haverford, 2016-17-18
All-Centennial Conference First-Team Freshmen (6)
- 1993 Karl Paranya, Haverford
- 2006 Andrew Lanham, Haverford
- 2007 Anders Hulleberg, Haverford / Brian Krusell, Dickinson
- 2014 Tyler Wolfe, Johns Hopkins
- 2021 Tommy Li, Johns Hopkins