For Immediate Release – Oct.7, 2006
WELLESLEY CROSS COUNTRY
Contact: Kendall Cox
Email: kcox@wellesley.edu
The
Blue’s
Clare Egan Wins NEWMAC Championship and Helps Wellesley Grab Second
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. - Wellesley first-year Clare Egan (Cape
Elizabeth, Maine) won the New England Women's and Men's Athletic
Conference (NEWMAC) Championships on Saturday afternoon on the
Mount Holyoke College cross country course. The
Blue finished second at the event behind first-time
champion Coast Guard. Egan,
who ran
the race in 19:45.30,
earned
NEWMAC
Rookie
of Year as well
as NEWMAC
Runner
of the Year
honors.
First-year
Devaja Shafer (Alameda, Calif.) and senior co-captain Rachael
Blanchard (Scarborough, Maine) joined Egan on the NEWMAC All-Conference as
Shafer and Blanchard were among the top 14 finishers on the day.
Shafer finished in 20:31.70 for 12th place, while Blanchard crossed
the line just one second later (20:32.70) to snag 13th.
TEAM RESULTS
1. Coast Guard 54
2. Wellesley 66
3. Smith 77
4. MIT 82
5. Wheaton 84
6. WPI 177
7. Springfield 218
8. Mount Holyoke 219
9. Clark 252
10. Babson 264
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
1. Clare Egan Wellesley 19:45.30
2. Megan Brousseau Wheaton 19:55.40
3. Nora Youngs Smith 20:00.90
4. JoEllen Arons Coast Guard 20:02.70
5. Maria Monks MIT 20:08.80
6. Caitlin Quinn Coast Guard 20:13.10
7. Aidan Van Cleef Coast Guard 20:14.30
8. Hana Adaniya MIT 20:22.30
9. Alyssa Brigham Springfield 20:25.20
10. Anna Cressotti Smith 20:25.40
11. Amanda Learned WPI 20:30.60
12. Devaja Shafer Wellesley 20:31.70
13. Rachael Blanchard Wellesley 20:32.70
14. Christine Dzialo Smith 20:36.40
RUNNER OF THE YEAR
Clare Egan Wellesley
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Clare Egan Wellesley
COMPLETE RACE RESULTS
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