SAINTS SHINE IN POP CROWELL INVITATIONAL
Oct. 2, 2010
Wenham, Mass. - The Emmanuel Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams competed in Gordon College's Pop Crowell Invitational on Saturday morning. The Emmanuel men finished the day 6th out of the 23 competing teams. The Saints were the 2nd Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) team to score in the meet. The Emmanuel women ran 15th out of the 26 competing women's programs.
The Emmanuel men were led by junior Abdi Ibrahim (East Boston, Mass.), who finished 16th individually out of the 252 total runners. Ibrahim ran the 8k course in 27:32. Junior Stephen Armstrong (Revere, Mass.) ran second for the Saints and placed 33rd overall with a time of 28:16. Classmate Maurizio Turco (Revere, Mass.) followed close behind Armstrong, running 3rd for Emmanuel and 45th overall with a time of 28:33.
Freshmen Michael Morris (Stoughton, Mass.) and Nathan Bruno (Lenox, Mass.) rounded out the top five scorers for the Saints. Morris placed 49th with a time of 28:35 and Bruno came in 70th with a time of 29:05. All five Emmanuel scorers ran well under six-minute miles.
The Saints women were led by sophomore Joslyn DelSignore (Taunton, Mass.). DelSignore placed 75th out of the field of 276 competitors, running the 3.05 mile course in a personal best time of 21:24. Freshman Danielle Martin (York, Me.) scored second for the Saints with a personal best time of 21:52. Senior Alison Lynch (Pawtucket, R.I.) was the third runner to cross the line for Emmanuel. Lynch finished the race in 22:23.
Freshman Kelly Ulf (Lunenburg, Mass.) placed 4th for the Saints in a time of 22:25, while junior Stephanie Gomes (Ludlow, Mass.) ran 5th with a time of 22:45. As a team, the Emmanuel women placed 3rd out of the six competing GNAC teams.
The Saints will take this weekend off and return to competition next week. Emmanuel will host the 6th Annual Saints Invitational on Friday, October 15th, at Franklin Park. The women's meet will begin at 4pm and the men's meet will begin at 4:45pm.
For complete results from the Pop Crowell Invitational, go to:
http://www.coolrunning.com/results/10/ma/Oct2_PopCro_set1.shtml