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October 29, 2005
For Immediate Release
Contact: Carole Grills
(413) 585-2703
WELLESLEY AND MIT WIN NEWMAC
CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Northampton, MA: Wellesley College regained the New England
Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) cross-country title while the
MIT men won their eighth consecutive championship this morning in Northampton
on the Smith College cross-country course.
Wellesley,
which has won the title five times since 1998, placed five runners in the top
fourteen to win the 5,000m meet with 43 points. Springfield’s Meg Young ’06 (Hurley, NY) was the
individual winner with a time of 18:39.30 earning Runner of the Year honors
while Wellesley’s Relena Ribbons (Pine
Grove Mills, PA) was the top first year to place (3rd) with a time
of 19:08.20 garnering Rookie of the Year honors.
MIT took second thru sixth and 9th place
to win the men’s championship. Junior Michael
Flint (Fairfax, VA) from the US Coast Guard Academy was the individual
winner of the 8,000m race crossing the finish line in 26:00.80 earning Runner
of the Year honors. MIT’s Jake Ruzevick
(Coronado, CA) was named Rookie of the Year as the top finishing
first year (6th place overall) in a time of 26:31.30.
Women’s
Results
Men's Results
1. 43 pts
Wellesley
1. 25 pts MIT
2. 83 pts
Wheaton
2. 33 pts US Coast Guard
3. 94 pts
Smith
3. 73 pts Springfield
4. 95 pts
MIT
4. 140 pts WPI
5. 132 pts Mount Holyoke
5. 163 pts Clark
6. 133 pts US Coast
Guard
6. 166 pts Babson
7. 151 pts
Springfield
7. 168 pts. Wheaton
8. 222 pts WPI
9. 254 pts Clark
10. 302 pts Babson
All
Conference Team
All Conference Team
1. Meg
Young,Springfield
1. Michael Flint, USCG
2. Megan Brousseau, Wheaton 2. Eric Khatchadourian, MIT
3. Relena Ribbons, Wellesley 3. Kevin Brulois, MIT
4. Elizabeth Finn,
MIT
4. Eric Laurel, USCG
5. Tracy Bassett,
Wellesley
5. Fivos Constantinou, MIT
6. Joellen Arons,
USCG
6. Jake Ruzevick, MIT
7. Nora Youngs,
Smith
7. Jeremy Yandell, USCG
8. Liz Kelly,
Smith
8. Pat Hepper, Springfield
9. Christine Klepacki, Mt. Holyoke 9. Spencer Dudley, MIT
10. Kate MacInnes, Wellesley 10. Michael Persun, USCG
11. Madeline Harms, Wellesley 11. Gerald Newton, USCG
12. Caitlin Quinn,
USCG
12. Trevor Rundell, MIT
13. Emma Coleman,
Smith
13. Joe Roy-Mayhew, MIT
14. Anya Ravitz,
Wellesley
14. Mike Griffin, Springfield
Runner
of the
Year
Runner of the Year
Meg Young,
Springfield
Michael Flint, USCG
Rookie
of the
Year
Rookie of the Year
Relena Ribbons,
Wellesley
Jake Ruzevick, MIT
For complete results: www.lancertiming.com
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