CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS BATTLE HEAT AT 43RD ANNUAL CODFISH BOWL

CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS BATTLE HEAT AT 43RD ANNUAL CODFISH BOWL

Sept. 25, 2010

BOSTON, Mass. - Emmanuel's Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams competed in the 43rd Annual Codfish Bowl Meet at Franklin Park on Saturday morning. After opening the season with consecutive team wins for both the men's and women's teams, the Saints struggled this week, as the humidity soared and the temperature reached 85 degrees at race time. Emmanuel also faced tough competition against colleges and universities from all three NCAA Divisions.

The Emmanuel women were led by sophomore Joslyn DelSignore (Taunton, Mass.), who ran her personal best with a time of 22:08 on the 5k course. Junior Brittany Sorice (Dover, N.H.) was Emmanuel's second runner to cross the finish line, running the 5k in 23:22.  Freshman Danielle Martin (York, Me.) ran third with a 23:39 5k performance, while classmate Kayla D'Angelo (Pittsburgh, Pa.) finished close behind her, running fourth for the Saints in a time of 23:43.

Julie Young (Derry, N.H.) and freshman Kelly Ulf (Lunenburg, Mass.) ran fifth and sixth for the Saints, with times of 24:06 and 24:25, respectively. The Emmanuel women finished in 20th place out of the 23 total teams, but the Saints were the 9th Division III team to finish in the meet.

On the men's side, top runner, Abdi Ibramhim (East Boston, Mass.) was forced to drop out after just 1.5 miles, due to a calf injury. Junior Stephen Armstrong (Revere, Mass.) finished 1st for the Saints with a 5-mile time of 29:23. Freshman Michael Morris (Stoughton, Mass.) ran second for Emmanuel in a time of 29:46. Revere natives, Maurizio Turco and Alen Smajic placed 3rd and 4th for the Saints, running in 29:55 and 30:37, respectively.

Freshman Nathan Bruno (Lenox, Mass.) rounded out the top five for the Saints, with a 5-mile time of 31:02. The Emmanuel men finished in 18th place as a team out of the 25 competing programs. The Saints were the 7th NCAA Division III program to score in the meet.

Emmanuel will compete again this coming Saturday (10/2) at Gordon College's Pop Crowell Invitational. The meet is scheduled to begin at 10:45am.

For complete results from the 43rd Annual Codfish Bowl, go to:
http://www.coolrunning.com/results/10/ma/Sep25_43rdCo_set1.shtml