For Immediate Release WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS— 10.12.02
Contact: Christina Cracolici
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu First-Years Lead Wellesley Cross-Country To Seven Sisters Championship Northhampton, Mass. – With three first-year athletes placing in the top ten the Wellesley College cross country team captured the Seven Sisters Championship Saturday at Smith College. Wellesley finished first with a total of 42 points as first-years Christine Grant (Mercer Island, Wash./Mercer Island), Tracy Bassett (Rancho Pales Verdes, Calif./Rancho Pales Verdes) and Sarah Bard (Waterville, Maine/Waterville) each placed in the top ten. Grant finished second overall with a time of 19:52.6, while Bassett followed at third with a course time of 19:53.3. Bard finished eight out of the 102-runner field with a time of 20:14.1. Senior captain Morgan Adams (Cumberland Foreside, Maine/North Yarmouth Academy) and Lisa Damon (Livermore, Maine/Livermore Falls) rounded out the scoring for Wellesley placing 14th and 15th overall with times of 20:40.6 and 20:41.8, respectively. Grant, Bassett and Bard each earned all-tournament team honors by finishing in the top ten.
SEVEN SISTERS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP Team Scoring
1. WELLESLEY - 42 points
1. Haverford - 61 points
2. Swarthmore - 64 points
3. Mt. Holyoke - 109 points
4. Vassar - 123 points
5. Smith - 138 points
6. Bryn Mawr - 146 points
Wellesley Individual Runners Place
2nd - Christine Grant 19:52.3
3rd - Tracy Bassett 19:53.6
8th - Sarah Bard 20:14.1
14th - Morgan Adams 20:40.6
15th - Lisa Damon 20:41.8
31st - Amelia Monteiro 21:31.1
34th - Olivia Griffiths 21:36.3
59th - Erin Bys 23:06.0
63rd - Juliette White 23:16.4
72nd - Moira Sinnot 23:49.2
76th - Lucy Brown 24:06.7 ## | 
