For Immediate Release
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY — 10.16.04
Contact: Christina Cracolici
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu
WELLESLEY RACES TO THIRD STRAIGHT SEVEN SISTERS CHAMPIONSHIP
SOUTH HADLEY, MASS. – Wellesley captured its third consecutive
Seven Sisters Cross Country Championship as Tracy Bassett (Rancho
Palos Verdes, Calif.), Sarah Bard (Waterville, Maine) and Elizabeth
Eiseman (Scarsdale, N.Y.) each placed in the top ten for the Blue,
Saturday in South Hadley.
Bassett placed second overall in a time of 18:09.1 to earn Seven
Sisters All-Tournament honors for the third time in her career
to pace Wellesley. Bard finished the 5000-meter course in a time
of 18:39.7 while Eiseman placed 10th in a time of 18:56.6. Bard
also earned Seven Sisters All-Tournament honors for the third year
in a row, while Eiseman’s 10th place finish earned her all-tournament
honors for the second consecutive year.
Wellesley placed first overall as a team with 49 points, while
rival Smith College finished second with 68 points and Swarthmore
finished third with 70 points on the heels of Sarah Hobb’s
(Fort Collins, Colo.) first place finish in a time of 18:02.1.
SEVEN SISTERS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday, October 16, 2004
5000 meters
Teams:
1 Wellesley College 49
2 Smith 68
3 Swarthmore 70
4 Haverford 78
5 Bryn Mawr 127
6 Vassar 149
7 Mount Holyoke 152
Top Ten Finishers
1 Sarah Hobbs Swarthmore 18:02.1
2 Tracy Bassett Wellesley College 18:09.1
3 Joanna Simonis Bryn Mawr 18:17.3
4 Jena Greaser Smith 18:27.5
5 Elizabeth Kelly Smith 18:33.9
6 Melissa Leedle Bryn Mawr 18:34.8
7 Sarah Bard Wellesley College 18:39.7
8 Clara Sheets Haverford 18:49.4
9 Caroline Ritter Swarthmore 18:56.4
10 Elizabeth Eiseman Wellesley College 18:56.6
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