TRINITY SWEEPS EIGHTH ANNUAL
CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL

Manchester, Conn. - Senior co-captain Todd Markelz (Homer, Alaska) finished first overall with a time of 26:09 in the men's race as the Trinity College Bantams won both the men'a and women's team titles at the eighth annual Bantam Cross Country Invitational at Wickham Park this afternoon.

The Trinity men's squad, ranked No. 5 in New England and No. 20 in NCAA Division III entering the meet, finished 28 points ahead of second-place Babson College with 23. The Trinity women, ranked No. 10 in New England, also had 23 points to finish 19 ahead of runner-up Smith College.

Freshman Karen Roy (Ashford, Conn.) was the highest scoring Bantam with a second place finish at 20:04. Karen Marlowe, of Smith, won the women's race at 19:56.Freshman Liz Brown (Belmotn, Mass.) place third at 20:05, and junior captain Caroline Leary (Bedford, Mass.) was fourth at 20:12 for the women.

Trinity had the top four runners of the men's race with sophomores James Emord (Bridgewater, Mass.), Ryan Lerner (Manchester, Conn.), and Steven Coakley (South Windsor, Conn.) finishing second, third, and fourth with times of 26:51, 27:09, and 27:22, respectively.

TEAM SCORES:

MEN

1. TRINITY, CONN. 23

2. BABSON 51

3. MASS-DARTMOUTH 58

4. EASTERN CONN  84

5. RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE 134

WOMEN

1. TRINITY, CONN. 23

2. SMITH 42

3. BABSON 97

4. EASTERN CONN  84

5. RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE 134

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

MEN

1 TODD MARKLEZ 85 TRINITY COLLEGE 26:09 8:26

2 JIM EMORD 83 TRINITY COLLEGE 26:51 8:40

3 RYAN LERNER 82 TRINITY COLLEGE 27:09 8:46

4 STEVE COAKLEY 80 TRINITY COLLEGE 27:22 8:50

5 CORY BACHAND 98 UMASS DARTMOUTH 27:26 8:51

6 PATRICK FRAZZETTI 140 BABSON INST. 27:27 8:51

7 KRISTOPHER SORTWELL 136 EASTERN CONN 27:37 8:55

8 JEREMY NUTE 119 UMASS DARTMOUTH 27:38 8:55

9 CHRIS PERRY 153 BABSON INST. 27:48 8:58

10 BRIAN GAGNE 145 BABSON INST. 27:54 9:00

11 CHRIS FORTI 123 UMASS BOSTON 28:18 9:08

12 KEVIN KELEHER 146 BABSON INST. 28:22 9:10

13 PATRICK GALLAGHER 100 UMASS DARTMOUTH 28:32 9:12

14 STEVE NAPIER 86 TRINITY COLLEGE 28:40 9:15

15 AHMED SHARIFNOOR 120 UMASS DARTMOUTH 28:56 9:20

16 MIKE CONNELLY 148 BABSON INST. 28:56 9:20

17 ANDREW GILDERSLEEVE 131 EASTERN CONN 29:05 9:23

18 X X 156 UNATTACHED 29:06 9:23

19 MIKE BILHEIMER 129 EASTERN CONN 29:12 9:25

20 TIM SHORT 90 RHODE ISLAND COLL 29:20 9:28

21 RYAN HUNT 116 UMASS DARTMOUTH 29:24 9:29

22 ANDREW KENT 147 BABSON INST. 29:35 9:33

23 BRIAN LA FONTAINE 133 EASTERN CONN 29:45 9:36

24 VINCENT FRAMULARO 150 BABSON INST. 29:58 9:40

25 ROB KLINGENSMITH 132 EASTERN CONN 30:16 9:46

26 PATRICK JOYCE 118 UMASS DARTMOUTH 30:27 9:50

27 JAY CUNHA 99 UMASS DARTMOUTH 30:28 9:50

28 DAVID HEAD 138 BABSON INST. 30:29 9:50

29 DAN FERO 91 RHODE ISLAND COLL 30:35 9:52

30 NICK ALFRED 92 RHODE ISLAND COLL 30:39 9:53

31 JACK CANNING 79 TRINITY COLLEGE 30:55 9:59

32 GLENN STIEWING 137 EASTERN CONN 30:59 10:00

33 RYAN WIHELMI 122 UMASS DARTMOUTH 31:01 10:00

34 MATT CARTER 130 EASTERN CONN 31:15 10:05

35 MARK HAGERTY 144 BABSON INST. 31:57 10:19

36 BEN MONTANO 142 BABSON INST. 32:11 10:23

37 BRENDAN MC EVOY 117 UMASS DARTMOUTH 32:44 10:34

38 JOHN MUIR 125 UMASS BOSTON 33:10 10:42

39 STEVE GOULD 95 RHODE ISLAND COLL 33:10 10:42

40 NICK PIERCE 154 BABSON INST. 33:43 10:53

41 CHRIS PULEO 93 RHODE ISLAND COLL 33:47 10:54

42 TAKESHI KOBAYASHI 124 UMASS BOSTON 33:48 10:54

43 JOE GIARDANA 97 RHODE ISLAND COLL 34:11 11:02

44 QUAZI SADRUZZAMAN 126 UMASS BOSTON 34:29 11:08

45 BRAD LE BLANC 141 BABSON INST. 35:57 11:36

46 MIKE TOBIN 89 TRINITY COLLEGE 37:07 11:59

47 JED THOMPSON 96 RHODE ISLAND COLL 40:52 13:11

WOMEN

1 KATHERINE MARLOWE 98 SMITH COLLEGE 19:56 6:26

2 KAREN ROY 78 TRINITY COLLEGE 20:04 6:29

3 LIZ BROWN 72 TRINITY COLLEGE 20:05 6:29

4 CAROLINE LEARY 75 TRINITY COLLEGE 20:12 6:31

5 CAROLYN CONROY 81 UMASS DARTMOUTH 20:18 6:33

6 KATE KLEIN 80 TRINITY COLLEGE 20:20 6:34

7 JULIET CHRIST'N-SMI 91 SMITH COLLEGE 20:31 6:37

8 SARAH HACKETT 74 TRINITY COLLEGE 20:34 6:38

9 SARA LEWICKE 95 SMITH COLLEGE 20:39 6:40

10 KRISTINA DEPEAU 73 TRINITY COLLEGE 20:48 6:43

11 CAROLYN RODAL 157 SMITH COLLEGE 21:46 7:01

12 GINA RICK-YOUNG 6 BABSON INST. 21:59 7:06

13 AMY LAFEBVRE 57 BABSON INST. 22:01 7:07

14 EMILY MC DONALD 97 SMITH COLLEGE 22:02 7:07

15 STAPAHANIE WEZOWICZ 79 TRINITY COLLEGE 22:05 7:08

16 KIMBERLY PAGE 58 BABSON INST. 22:18 7:12

17 ALANNA MORRIS 100 SMITH COLLEGE 22:24 7:14

18 HELEN LEE 93 SMITH COLLEGE 22:27 7:15

19 NICOLE PIRRELLO 189 EASTERN CONN 22:28 7:15

20 MARCY JOHNSTON 185 EASTERN CONN 22:36 7:18

21 DANIELLE SIGMUND 158 SMITH COLLEGE 22:38 7:19

22 JANINE SGAGLIARDICH 174 RHODE ISLAND COLL 22:44 7:20

23 MELISSA NELSON 59 BABSON INST. 23:00 7:25

24 MICHELLE BOUDREAU 167 RHODE ISLAND COLL 23:05 7:27

25 SARA TOURTELLOTTE 190 EASTERN CONN 23:12 7:30

26 ANNE MILLER 99 SMITH COLLEGE 23:13 7:30

27 HEATHER DONCH 181 EASTERN CONN 23:20 7:32

28 CHRISTINA MEOLA 176 UMASS BOSTON 23:23 7:33

29 KEELY SUBIN 175 RHODE ISLAND COLL 23:25 7:33

30 ELLA BUGARIN 179 UMASS BOSTON 23:29 7:35

31 SARA CULVER 92 SMITH COLLEGE 23:29 7:35

32 RANDI SULLIVAN 89 UMASS DARTMOUTH 23:34 7:37

33 JESSICA PELKEY 156 SMITH COLLEGE 23:36 7:37

34 KRISTIN HAAS 184 EASTERN CONN 23:39 7:38

35 SEIKO KUDO 178 UMASS BOSTON 23:45 7:40

36 AMBER PARENTEAU 188 EASTERN CONN 23:59 7:44

37 MARCIE KOVAC 193 WESTERN CONN 24:03 7:46

38 BETHANY FIGUEIREDO 83 UMASS DARTMOUTH 24:36 7:56

39 REBECCA HORTON 170 RHODE ISLAND COLL 24:51 8:01

40 SARAH MARGARIDA 86 UMASS DARTMOUTH 25:15 8:09

41 MICHELE DUNPHY 168 RHODE ISLAND COLL 25:26 8:12

42 MARIA JORDAN 7 BABSON INST. 25:57 8:22

43 NINA-MARIE SANTOS 88 UMASS DARTMOUTH 26:01 8:24

44 ANGELA DR LAROSA 60 BABSON INST. 26:12 8:27

45 AMANDA BIGHAM 192 WESTERN CONN 26:44 8:38

46 MEG BERRY 161 ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLL 27:53 9:00

47 VERICA MILIVOJEVIC 163 ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLL 28:19 9:08

48 EILEEN KUHN 186 EASTERN CONN 28:21 9:09