For Immediate Release
November 14, 2009
Wellesley Sports Information
Wellesley College Cross Country Places 10th at NCAA Regional
Boots Earns All-Region Honors for Wellesley
Team Results
Individual Results
CUMBERLAND, Maine – The Wellesley College cross country team raced to a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Division III New England Regional hosted by the University of Southern Maine on Saturday morning. The Blue's Randelle Boots (Seekonk, MA) led the way for Wellesley with an All-Region performance.
Boots added to her already spectacular rookie year with a 19th place finish
out of 315 competitors. The first-year covered the 6K course in a time of 22:21, earning her the first All-New England honors for Wellesley since 2005.
Overall,
Wellesley placed all five scoring runners in the top-100, improving on last year's 17th-place finish, in which the fastest Blue runner placed 97th.
After Boots, first-year Claire Cummings (Norway, ME) took 51st overall with a time of 23:15.6 while senior Clare Egan (Stuart, FL) took 60th in 23:27.7. Junior Eliza Tibbits (Old Town, ME) was the next Blue runner to cross the finish line with a time of 23:57.6, good for 75th place. First-year Camille Basurto (Wilton, CT) wrapped up the Wellesley scorers with a 96th-place finish in 24:21.1.
Also competing for Wellesley,
Cailey Stevens (Kodiak, AK) finished 117th in a time of 24:54.3 while Evelyn Haro (Sylmar, CA) placed 163rd in a time of 25:42.8.