Saturday, September 29, 2001

BANTAMS RUN WELL AT CODFISH 
BOWL CROSS COUNTRY MEET

Boston, Mass. - Junior Leeann Rheaume (Pittsfield, Mass) finished eighth overall to help the Trinity College Bantams finish fourth in the at the 34th annual Codfish Bowl women’s cross-country meet this afternoon at Franklin Park The Trinity men, helped by an 11th-place finish by junior James Emord (Bridgewater, Mass.), finished third in the men’s meet.

The Bantam men, ranked No. 23 in the nation, took third place with 86 points, which was 11 behind second- place MIT (ranked No. 8 in the nation) and 33 points ahead of fourth-place Amherst. Division II Mass.-Lowell won the meet with 51 points. The Trinity women, also ranked No. 23 in the nation, totaled 109 points, just three behind third-place Northern Colorado and six ahead of fifth-place Wesleyan.

Rheaume ran a time of 19:01.9, followed closely by freshman Christina Kane (Springfield, Mass.) at 19:04.4 in 10th place, and sophomore Kristina DePeau (Stafford, Conn.) in 17th place at 19:33.3.

Emord finished with a time of 26:25.5 and classmate Steven Coakley (South Windsor, Conn.) placed 16th with a time of 26:36.2. Three other Trinity runners, sophomore Jonathan Drappi (West Boyslton, Mass.), freshman James Sullivan (Sterling, Mass.), and junior Ryan Lerner (Manchester, Conn.) finished in the top 21. Trinity finished third as a team despite competing without top runner and junior co-captain Ryan Bak (Suffield, Conn.) who skipped the meet due to sickness.

TEAM RESULTS

Men

1. Mass.-Lowell 51

2. MIT 75

3. Trinity (Conn.) 86

4. Amherst 119

5. Bentley 128

6. Wheaton (Mass.) 170

7. Merrimack 206

8. Stonehill 231

9. Tufts 233

10. Brandeis 243

11. Babson 302

12. Mass.-Dartmouth 305

13. Keene State 329

14. Adelphi 381

15. Norwich 395

16. St. Anselm 493

17. Massachusetts Maritime 504

Women

Amherst 76

Brandeis 81

Northern Colorado 106

Trinity (Conn.) 109

Wesleyan 115

Stonehill 132

Tufts 198

Adelphi 208

Bates 244

Bentley 275

Wheaton (Mass.) 278

LIU- C. W. Post 365

St. Anselm 369

MIT 455

Mass.-Lowell 463

Merrimack 464

Keene State 478

18. Babson 513

19. Mass.-Boston 570

TOP TRINITY INDIVIDUAL FINISHERS

Men

11. James Emord, 26:25.5
16. Steven Coakley, 26:36.2
18. Jon Drappi, 26:44.4
20. James Sullivan, 26:51.3
21. Ryan Lerner, 26:55.4
72. Carl Baglio, 28:27.7
97. Geoff Long, 29:19.4

Women

8. Leeann Rheaume, 19:01.9

10. Christina Kane, 19:04.4

Kristina DePeau, 19:32.9

26. Kate Klein, 19:56.1
51. Shannon Brennan, 20:25.1
59. Liz Brown, 30:35.8
65. Karen Roy, 20:43.0