SAINTS COMPETE IN RIVIER COLLEGE MEET

Sept. 24, 2007

The Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams competed in Rivier College's Invitational meet on Friday night. The women's team placed 3rd out of 11 teams, while the men's team placed 8th. The Emmanuel women were paced by junior Christine Gaspar (Attleboro, MA), who placed 2nd overall, running the 5K course in 20:48. Senior Emily McCaffrey (East Greenwich, RI) ran her personal best (21:01), finishing 2nd for the Saints and 3rd overall. Freshman Dana Griffin (Walpole, MA) ran a 24:22 race and finished 3rd for Emmanuel. Junior Anna Merrow (Kennebunkport, MA) and senior Keelyn Blanchfield (East Thetford, VT) placed 4th and 5th for the Saints with times of 24:34 and 25:03, respectively. The Emmanuel men were led by senior TJ Griffis (Green Harbor, MA), who placed 11th out of the 72 male competitors. Griffis ran the 5-mile course in 30:22. Senior Matt Hickey (North Attleboro, MA) ran second for Emmanuel with a 32:07 time. Sophomore Tim Flaherty (Mattapoisett, MA), freshman Ben Cleveland (Auburn, ME), and junior Brian Anderson (Akron, OH) rounded out the top five for the Saints. Emmanuel will compete again on Saturday (9/29) at Gordon College's Pop Crowell Invitational.