For Immediate Release – Oct.7, 2006
WELLESLEY CROSS COUNTRY
Contact: Kendall Cox
Email: kcox@wellesley.edu
Wellesley’s
Clare Egan Crosses Finish Line First for the NEWMAC at New England
Intercollegiate Cross Country
Championships
BOSTON, Mass. - Wellesley first-year Clare Egan (Cape Elizabeth,
Maine) was the first NEWMAC finisher at the New England Intercollegiate
Cross Country Championships in Boston on Saturday afternoon.
Competing against the best Division I, II and III runners in
New England, Egan placed 41st in a field of 313, covering the
famed Franklin Park 5000-meter course in 18:34, a personal best
and the fastest time posted by any NEWMAC runner this season.
Egan,
whose time was also the 16th fastest Division III finish on the
day, helped the Blue grab 32nd in a field of
46 teams with
857 points. Megan Gross (New York, N.Y.) crossed the line second
for Wellesley, running the course in 20:06 to place 199th and teammate
Devaja Shafer (Alameda, Calif.) was just two seconds behind as
she finished in 20:08 to place 201st. Senior co-captain Rachael
Blanchard (Scarborough, Maine) was on Shafer’s heels as she
crossed the line at 20:10 to grabbed 205th.
Also placing in the varsity event were, Jessica
Weng (Paramus,
N.J.) and co-captain Elizabeth Eiseman (Scarsdale, N.Y.). Weng
ran Franklin Park in 20:18 and Eiseman completed the course in
20:25 to finish 219th and 228th respectively.
Wellesley will race next Saturday at the Seven Sisters Championship.
The event, hosted by Bryn Mawr, will start at 11 a.m.
INDIVIDUAL
WELLESLEY RESULTS (VARSITY RESULTS)
41 |
Clare Egan |
Wellesley |
18:34 |
199 |
Megan
Gross |
Wellesley |
20:06 |
201 |
Rachael
Blanchard |
Wellesley |
20:08 |
205 |
Devaja Shafer |
Wellesley |
20:10 |
219 |
Elizabeth
Eiseman |
Wellesley |
20:18 |
228 |
Jessica
Weng |
Wellesley |
20:25 |
|
Amy Damon |
Wellesley |
|
|
Karyn Clement |
Wellesley |
|
|
Hannah Sholder |
Wellesley |
|
|
Ashley Muller |
Wellesley |
|
SUB-VARSITY
RACE (300 runners)
99 |
Katrina Utz |
20:31 |
136 |
Susan Tse |
20:59 |
140 |
Mea Lewis |
21:03 |
COMPLETE RACE RESULTS
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