For Immediate Release
September 18, 2010
Wellesley Sports Information
Wellesley Cross Country Wins UMass-Dartmouth Invitational
NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Wellesley College captured the crown at the 2010 UMass Dartmouth Shriners Cross Country Invitational on Saturday afternoon, finishing first among 39 teams in the 5k race. The Blue placed five runners in the top 15, as seven of eight Wellesley varsity competitors recorded personal bests. Wellesley's score of 41 edged out MIT's 45 points for the title.Sophomore Randelle Boots (Seekonk, MA) led the Blue, finishing second out of 290 runners with a time of 17:53, the third fastest 5k time in program history. Cristina Lucas (Glendale, CA), Molly Shanley (Marshfield, MA), and Camille Basurto (Wilton, CT) finished 10th, 11th, and 12th, with times of 18:24, 18:25, and 18:26, respectively, while Leah Clement (East Lyme, CT) rounded out the scoring for Wellesley in 15th with a time 18:36. Wellesley's top five average time of 18:20.80 is a school record.
Also contributing to a solid team performance, Jami-Lin Williams (Waterville, ME) finished 62nd (20:01) and Eliza Tibbets (Old Town, ME) in 98th (20:21).
The Blue return to action next Saturday at the Williams Purple Valley Classic at 12:00pm.
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Shriners Cross Country Invitational
North Dartmouth, Mass., Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010
Partly cloudy, dry, 60's
Women's Varsity 5K
Team Scores:
1. Wellesley 41
2. MIT 45
3. Keene State 93
4. Trinity 118
5. UMass Lowell 195
6. Salisbury 234
7. Conn. College 242
8. Coast Guard 283
9. Southern Maine 318
10. Westfield State 330
(39 scoring teams)
Individuals:
1. Paige Mills, Keene State 17:34
2. Randelle Boots, Wellesley 17:53 Personal Best; No. 3 all-time Wellesley 5K cross country performance
3. Kate Warwick, Brandeis 17:57
4. Alina Gatowski, MIT 18:01
5. Bridget Tevnan, Trinity 18:08
Other Wellesley finishers:
10. Cristina Lucas 18:24 Personal Best
11. Molly Shanley 18:25 Personal Best
12. Camille Basurto 18:26 Personal Best
15. Leah Clement 18:36 Personal Best
71. Jami-Lin Williams 20:01 Personal Best; Jami's first collegiate finish
98. Eliza Tibbits 20:21
132. Ada Smith 20:51 Personal Best
(290 finishers)
Wellesley's top-five total time of 1:31:44 (18:20.8 average) by Boots, Lucas, Shanley, Basurto and Clement is the best in program history for a 5K course. Previous best was 1:35:03 (19:00.6 average) by King, Kibler, Franz, Liu and Gaviser in 1994.
Women's Sub-Varsity 5K
No team scoring. If team scores had been kept in this race, Wellesley would have placed 2nd.
1. Emily Hughes, Holy Cross 18:27
2. Emma Broderick, MIT 18:32
3. Maggie Lloyd, MIT 18:57
Wellesley finishers:
10. Margaret Wehner 19:30
14. Adiba Manning 19:46 Personal Best
17. Jane Lodwick 20:07
19. Doris Berman 20:10 Personal Best
23. Sara Putterman 20:17 Personal Best
31. Andrea Gumushian 20:37
38. Mina Juhn 20:54
58. Liz Hubertz 21:19
67. Ali Grzywna 21:34 Personal Best
111. Amy Wolkin 22:36
113. Skye Roberts 22:43
123. Anna Tupper-Bridges 22:57 Personal Best
(208 finishers)