For Immediate Release WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS— 10.26.02 Contact: Christina Cracolici Phone: (781) 283-2003 E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu Wellesley Finishes Second at Wellesley Invitational Wellesley, Mass. – Wellesley's Tracy Bassett (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) placed first overall and Sarah Bard (Waterville, Maine) placed fifth overall to lead Wellesley to a second place finish in its own Wellesley Invitational, Saturday at Wellesley. Lisa Damon (Livermore, Maine) also placed in the top ten for Wellesley finishing eighth out of the 50-runner field. Bassett finished the 5,000-meter race with a time of 19:07.20 while Bard and Damon finished with times of 19:36.7 and 20:09.2 respectively. The Bates College team finished first in team scoring with 41 points as four of its runner placed in the top ten. Katherine Creswell and Julie Dutton finished third and fourth for the Bobcats with times of 19:11.9 and 19:16.6 and Kim Whipkey and Holly Bales finished sixth and ninth with times of 19:51.8 and 20:20.5. Wellesley returns to action, Saturday November 2 for the NEWMAC Championships hosted at Wellesley College. Race time is 11 a.m. Team Scoring Wellesley Individual Runners Place 1 - Bates College - 41 pts 1st - Tracy Bassett 19:07 2 - Wellesley College - 42 pts 5th - Sarah Bard 19:36 3 - MIT - 42 pts. 8th - Lisa Damon 20:09.20 13th - Amelia Monteiro 20:33 15th - Morgan Adams 20:47 16th - Rina Ito 20:51 17th - Olivia Griffiths 20:53.4 20th - Katherine MacInnes 21:03.6 35th - Moira Sinnot 22:28.2 40th - Erin Bys 22:46.2 43rd - Laura Bowman 22:55 45th - Juliette Bowen White 22:59.3 47th - Christina Reed 23:47 49th - Bianca Levin-Soler 24:00 50th - Hillary Shaw 26:45 ## |