Ruccio, Gaidos Become Pacers’ First All-MAC Recipients

Owings Mills, Md. — Marywood University placed a men’s and women’s cross country runner on the All-Middle Atlantic Conference teams. Freshmen Joelle Ruccio and Adam Gaidos become the first Marywood student-athletes to earn All-MAC recognition. Ruccio collected MAC Rookie of the Year honors as the top first year runner in the race. She finished fifth overall with a time of 22:42.43. She became the fifth Conference Rookie of the Year in program history, joining Kaitlyn Newberry (2022); Taylor Seprosky (2021); Alexandra Antonecchia (2019); and Katie Shea (2018) as winners during the Atlantic East. Ruccio earned First Team All-MAC recognition. It…