PERSONAL RECORDS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR SAINTS AT NCAA CROSS COUNTRY REGIONALS
HAM, Me. – The Emmanuel College Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Teams wrapped up the 2013 season with incredible performances across the board in the NCAA Division III Regionals on Saturday. The meet was hosted by the University of Southern Maine and featured a 6k race for the women and an 8k race for the men.
GORHAM, Me. – The Emmanuel College Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams wrapped up the 2013 season with incredible performances across the board in the NCAA Division III Regionals on Saturday. The meet was hosted by the University of Southern Maine and featured a 6k race for the women and an 8k race for the men.
After doubling up on Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championships two weeks ago, both the Emmanuel men's and women's cross country programs notched team finishes within the top 30's at the highly competitive regional meet. The Emmanuel men placed 29th out of 50 competing teams and the Emmanuel women finished 32nd out of the 53 competing programs.
Emmanuel sophomore Sean Colford (Epping, N.H.) once again paced the Saints. The 2013 GNAC Runner of the Year raced to a new program-record 8k time of 26:42 to finish 99th overall out of the field of 366 men. Junior Christopher Connelly (Quincy, Mass.) and freshman Ian Chamenko (Beacon Falls, Conn.) ran personal record times of 28:28 and 28:37, respectively. Sophomore Max Bukowiec (York, Me.) recorded his PR time of 28:55 and senior captain Nate Bruno (Lenox, Mass.) raced to a season-best performance of 29:08 to round out the top five for the Saints. Senior Pat Callan (Pawling, N.Y.) was the sixth runner to cross the line for Emmanuel, finishing in 29:58.
All six Emmanuel women ran down their personal record times. The EC women were led by senior Molly Metivier (Keene, N.H.), who raced to her 6k PR time of 24:27. Metivier placed 155th out of the field of 371 women. She was followed by senior Meaghan Mauer (South Hadley, Mass.), who finished in 24:50. Sophomore Janelle Winship (Prospect, Me.) and junior Chloe Egan (Burlington, Vt.) crossed the line at 25:15 and 25:23, respectively. Sophomore Julie Roberts (Williamsburg, Mass.) scored fifth for Emmanuel in 25:30, while sophomore Sarah Barnard (Hopkinton, N.H.) ran sixth in 27:06.
Williams College took the team regional championships in both the men's and women's races, while Middlebury College, MIT and Tufts placed second, third and fourth, respectively, in both meets.
Complete RESULTS from the NCAA Regionals
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