CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS COMPETE IN MAINE

Oct. 8, 2007

The Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams competed in the Saint Joseph's College Monks Invitational on Saturday. Junior Christine Gaspar (Attleboro, MA) had another huge day for the Saints, leading the way with a 2nd place finish out of 52 runners. Gaspar ran the 5K course in 21:03 and finished as the 1st GNAC runner in the meet. She was subsequently named the GNAC Women's Cross Country Performer of the Week, an honor she is receiving for the second time this season. Senior Emily McCaffrey (East Greenwich, RI) ran 2nd for the Saints and finished 5th overall with a time of 21:39. Junior Cat Lariviere (Windham, NH) placed 12th overall and 3rd for Emmanuel with a time of 22:58. Junior Anna Merrow (Kennebunkport, ME) and freshman Dana Griffin (Walpole, MA) rounded out the top five for Emmanuel. As a team, the Saints finished 2nd overall, falling short of UMaine Farmington by just 5 points. The Emmanuel men were led by senior T.J. Griffis (Green Harbor, MA), who ran the 8K course in 31:06 and finished 11th overall. Senior Matt Hickey (North Attleboro, MA) placed 2nd for the Saints with a time of 34:39. Sophomore Tim Flaherty (Mattapoisett, MA) ran a 35:39 race and finished 3rd for the Saints. Freshmen Ben Cleveland (Auburn, ME) and Alex Politsch (Catonsville, MD) finished as the 4th and 5th point scorers for Emmanuel. Emmanuel will host the 3rd Annual Saints Invitational this Friday (10/12) at Franklin Park. The women's meet begins at 4:00 pm and the men's meet begins at 4:45 pm.