SAINTS RUN IN POP CROWELL INVITATIONAL

Oct 2, 2007

The Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams competed in the Pop Crowell Invitational Meet at Gordon College on Saturday. The women's team finished 11th out of 22 teams. Junior Christine Gaspar (Attleboro, MA) led the way, finishing 14th overall and setting a new personal record with her time of 19:45 in the 5K race. Second for the Saints was senior Emily McCaffrey (East Greenwich, RI), who also set a new PR and finished 27th out of the 229 competitors with her 20:37 time. McCaffrey was subsequently named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference's Performer of the Week. Junior Cat Lariviere (Windham, NH) ran a 22:28 race and finished 3rd for Emmanuel. Senior Keelyn Blanchfield (East Thetford, VT) placed 4th for the Saints with a new PR time of 23:00. Freshman Dana Griffin (Walpole, MA) was Emmanuel's 5th and final point scorer with a time of 23:17. In the men's race, Emmanuel was paced by senior Matt Hickey (North Attleboro, MA), who ran a 32:55 5-miler. Sophomore Tim Flaherty (Mattapoisett, MA) placed 2nd for the Saints with a time of 33:36. Freshman Ben Cleveland (Auburn, ME), senior TJ Griffis (Green Harbor, MA) and sophomore Joey Rugo (Grafton, MA) rounded out the top five for the Saints. Both the men's and women's teams will compete again on Saturday (10/6) in Standish, ME at the Saint Joseph's College Monks Invitational.