For Immediate Release WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS— 9.21.02 Contact: Christina Cracolici Phone: (781) 283-2003 E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu Wellesley Finishes In Top Half of National Caliber Cross-Country Invitational Williamstown, Mass. – The Wellesley College cross-country team placed sixth out of 14 teams with 186 points at the Williams College Invitational, Saturday in Williamstown, Mass. The meet featured four nationally-ranked teams including defending champion Middlebury (3rd place/67 points) and national runner-up Williams (1st place/ 41 points). Wellesley, in its second race of the year, had four runners finish in the top 50 of the 164-runner field, including three first-years. First-years Christine Grant (Mercer Island, Wash.), Tracy Bassett (Rancho Pales Verdes, Calif.) and Sarah Bard (Waterville, Maine/Waterville) finished 22nd, 28th, and 34th respectively with times of 20:07, 20:18 and 20:39. Team Scoring 1. Williams – 41pts 2. Geneseo – 51 pts 3. Middlebury – 67 pts 4. Dickinson – 86 pts 5. St. Lawrence – 173 pts 1. Wellesley – 186 pts 6. Tufts – 195 pts 7. Mt. Holyoke – 314 pts 8. RPI – 341 pts 9. Southern Vermont – 493 10. RIT – 532 pts 11. Union – 535 pts 12. Castleton – 717 pts 13. Bay Path – 806 pts Wellesley Individual Runners Place 22nd – Christine Grant, 20:04 28th – Tracy Basset, 20:18 34th – Sarah Bard, 20:39 36th – Morgan Adams, 20:43 66th – Lisa Damon, 21:30 82nd – Olivia Griffiths, 21:57 114th – Mimi Monterio, 23:06 122nd – Moira Sinnott, 23:55 126th – Bianca Levin-Soler, 24:17 138th – Ashley Palmer, 25:09 ## |