MaineTrackXC Maine College XC Wrap-up Week #2 September 21st-23rd
UMaine
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Black Bears Fall to UNH
Orono, Maine – The University of Maine women's cross country placed second in the 5k race this afternoon. Corey Conner (West Townsend, Mass.) finished first overall with a time of 16:52.1, which was nearly two minutes faster than the runner-up.
The Black Bears had four runners place in the top 10. Annabelle Wilson (Geelong, Australia) came across the finish line at 18:25.4, which was good enough for second place. Rachel Wilkinson (South Portland, Maine) placed seventh and Kourtney Bonsey (Falmouth, Maine) finished ninth.
Cullenberg Leads The Black Bears to Victory
Orono, Maine – The University of Maine men's cross country team placed first in the 5 mile run this afternoon in Orono, Maine. Kelton Cullenberg (Chesterville, Maine) placed first overall for the men as he posted a time of 25:21.6.
The Black Bears finished the top three runners of the day. Ryan Hardiman (Brookfield, Conn.) came across at 25:42.4 and Taylor Phillips (Brookline, Mass.) came in at third with a time of 25:45.4. Maine won a close race, with a score advantage of 29-30.
Maine Maritime Academy
Mariners Fourth at Unity; Wells Paces Maine Maritime
UNITY, Maine – Maine Maritime Academy's women's cross country team finished in fourth place at Saturday's Unity College Invitational. Six schools fielded 26 runners in the event. The Mariners' Gabrielle Wells (Kittery, Maine) was the Mariners' front-runner, finishing 13th overall.
Unity's Courtney Dotterweich took advantage of the familiar terrain to lead the field by 59 seconds. Dotterweich posted a 20:31, followed by Machias' Paige Wiechman at 21:30. Presque Isle crossed the next four runners to take the meet championship, while MMA's Wells crossed in 25:51.
Mariners Run Third at Unity
UNITY, Maine -- Paced by Vijay Kataria's (Grassy Creek, N.C.) eighth place finish, Maine Maritime Academy ran to third among the five scoring teams at the Unity College Invitational on Saturday. Seven schools fielded 41 runners at the event.
Kataria ran a 30:10 to finish 2:11 off of Colby's Thomas Grylka championship pace. Grylka led the Mules, who placed seven runners in the top 10, to the meet championship.
Bowdoin College
Men's Cross Country FInishes First, Women Take Second at Wesleyan Invite
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - The Bowdoin College men's cross country team finished first and the women's team finished second at the Wesleyan Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
Highlighting the performance for the Polar Bears was a dominant 1-4 finish for the Bowdoin men, led by a first-place finish from Nicholas Saba. The women's team was paced by a 2-3 showing from Madelena Rizzo and Olivia MacKenzie.
Colby College
Strong eighth for men's cross country at Williams
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. --- The Colby College men's cross country team had two runners in the top 50 and improved three places from the previous year after taking eighth out of 17 teams in the Williams College Invitational on Saturday at Mt. Greylock High School.
Colby took 11th out of 16 teams at last year's meet.
Colby captain Ben Desmond was the top Mule finisher, taking 37th place in 27 minutes, 35 seconds over the 8-kilometer course.
Lauer 20th for women's cross country at Williams
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. --- Eva Lauer finished in 20th place for the Colby College women's cross country team at the Williams College Invitational on Saturday at Mt. Greylock High School.
Lauer helped the Mules finish 10h out of 17 teams in the meet. She clocked a time of 23 minutes, 14 seconds over the 6-kilometer course.
UNE
Nor'easters run away with Elms Invitational
CHICOPEE, Mass. -- The University of New England women's cross country team put three runners in the top five and totaled 28 points to win the Elms College Invitational for the fourth time in five years. Gordon College (55) was the next closest in the 13-team field that ran Saturday morning (Sep. 22) at Chicopee Memorial State Park.
First-year Michaela Moran (Atkinson, N.H.) placed second (20:06) to Marina Capalbo of Babson College (19:53), who claimed the individual title on the day out of the 115 runners on the 5k course.
St Joesph's College
Dostie Shatters Program Record, Monks Finish 3rd at Rivier
NASHUA, NH – Sophomore standout Amber Dostie (Standish, Maine) won her second race in as many appearances with an 18:33 time in the 2012 Raiders Invitational 5K on Friday afternoon. The individual effort helped Saint Joseph's placed third out of nine participating programs with 91 team points.
With the effort, Dostie, who now has five individual top finishes over one-plus collegiate seasons, has shattered the SJC women's cross country 5K record and is the only runner in team history to record a sub-19-minute performance. The previous record-holder was Kristin Lindholm, who ran a 19:05 at Gordon College during the 1992 campaign.
The 2011 GNAC Runner and Rookie of the Year and reigning conference champion, Dostie registered a time almost exactly one minute less in the 2012 Raiders Invitational than she did in the same event – her first collegiate meet – last fall, when she placed second overall with a 19:32 performance.