October 27, 2007
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MIT Women and Men Sweep NEWMAC Cross Country Championship

Northampton, MA: The Engineers of MIT swept both the women's and men's races this morning in the rain to take the 2007 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) titles. Today's victory was the 10th consecutive title for the men while the MIT women last won the event in 2003.

MIT placed five runners in the top fifteen to win the 5,000m meet with 50 points.  Smith's Nora Youngs '10 (Penacook, NH) was the individual winner with a time of 19:09.80 earning Runner of the Year honors while MIT's Katy Gordon (Clinton, WA) was the top first year to place (14th) with a time of 20:03.70 garnering Rookie of the Year honors. 

The men placed eight runners in the top ten to take the title with 18 points.  MIT junior Jake Ruzevick (Coronado, CA), who was the Conference Rookie of the Year in 2005, earned Runner of the Year accolades today as the individual winner of the 8,000m race crossing the finish line in 25:58.10.  First year Gihan Amarasiriwardena (Amherst, MA) earned Rookie of the Year as the top finishing first year (10th place overall) in a time of 26:43.80.

Women's Results                                                        Men's Results
1.  50 points MIT                                                       1. 18 points MIT
2. 72 points Wheaton                                               2. 52 points Coast Guard
3. 106 points Wellesley                                            3. 97 points Springfield
4. 118 points Smith                                                   4. 99 points WPI
5. 124 points Mount Holyoke                                   5. 161 points Wheaton
6. 137 points Springfield                                          6. 174 points Clark
7. 164 points Coast Guard                                      7. 176 points Babson
8. 204 points Clark
9. 257 points WPI
10. 263 points Babson

All Conference Team                                               All Conference Team
1. Nora Youngs,Smith ,19:09.80                      1. Jake Ruzevick, MIT, 25:58.10
2. Megan Brousseau, Wheaton, 19:23.0        2. Yermie Cohen, MIT, 26:21.10
3. Amanda Rawson, Wheaton, 19:31.70        3. Mike Persun, C.Guard,26:22.90
4. Maria Monks, MIT, 19:36.30                        4. Joe Roy-Mayhew, MIT, 26:29.60
5. Elizabeth Finn, MIT, 19:38.40                      5. Hemagiri Arumugam, MIT, 26:31
6. Emily Tremaine, Clark, 19:48.80                 6. Jack Bourbonnais, MIT, 26:33.30
7. Anna Cressotti, Smith, 19:50.20                 7. Trevor Rundell, MIT, 26:37.7
8. Kerry Shanley, Wellesley, 19:53.60                 Brian Jacokes, MIT, 26:37.7
9. Lauren Reddy, Wheaton, 19:55.50             9. Eric Laurel, C. Guard,26:43.10
10.Alyssa Brigham, Springfield, 19:55.90    10. Gihan Amarasiriwardena, MIT,
11. Sara McGuigan, C. Guard, 19:56.80                                26:43.80
12. Jennifer Doyle, MIT, 19:57.70                  11. Paul Welle, MIT, 26:45.20
13. Halaina Demba, Mt. Holyoke, 20:01       12. Chris Bruce, MIT, 26:54.90
14. Katy Gordon, MIT, 20:03.70                     13. Zach Henninghauser, C. Guard,
                                                                                                  27:02.30
                                                                            14. Chris Gabrielson, WPI, 27:06.50

Runner of the Year                                               Runner of the Year
Nora Youngs, Smith                                                Jake Ruzevick, MIT
Rookie of the Year                                                 Rookie of the Year
Katy Gordon, MIT                                                     Gihan Amarasiriwardena, MIT