Saturday, November 16, 2002

TRINITY CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS SHINE
AT NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
Bantam Women, Bak, and Emord Headed to Nationals

Westfield, Mass.- Senior co-captain Ryan Bak (Suffield, Conn.) won the men’s race to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a fifth place finish in the NCAA Division III New England Regional Men’s Cross Country Championships at Westfield State College this afternoon.  Junior Karen Roy (Ashford, Conn.) came in 16th in the women’s race to help the Bantams finish fourth as a team in the Women’s Championships race.

The Trinity women qualify for the NCAA Division III National Championships next Saturday at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. It is the first time the Bantam women have qualified for Nationals as a team.  Bak, who finished with a time of 24:21 to capture the men’s New England title after finishing second last season, and fellow senior co-captain Jim Emord (Bridgewater, Mass.), who placed seventh at 24:59, return to the National Championships as individual qualifiers for the second straight year.  Both earned All-American honors at Nationals last fall.

The Trinity women boasted five runners among the top 54 in the race, led by Roy with a time of 22:09, senior co-captain Kate Klein (Huntington, Vt.) in 30^th at 22:31, and sophomore Christina Kane (Springfield, Mass.) at  22:53 for 38^th place.  Sophomore James Sullivan (Sterling, Mass.) finished 30^th for the Trinity men at 25:44.

TEAM SCORES
Women
1. Williams                               33

2. Middlebury                           61

3. Bowdoin                              162

4. Trinity (Conn.)                    182

5. Wesleyan                             206

6. Keene State                         216

7. Colby                                   224

8. Bates                                    230

9. Amherst                               239

10. Connecticut College            273

11. Brandeis                             278

12. Wellesley                            292

13. Tufts                                   338

14. MIT                                   364

15. Roger Williams                   431

16. Springfield                          440

17. Coast Guard                       462

18. Mount Holyoke                  492

19. Bridgewater State               513

20. Wheaton (Mass.)                514

21. Southern Maine                  625

22. Smith                                  634

23. Worcester Tech                  683

24. Mass.-Dartmouth               724

25. Westfield State                   747

26. Babson                               793

27. Salve Regina                       807

28. Johnson and Wales             833

29. Endicott                              838

30. Rhode Island College          901

31. Eastern Connecticut            903

32. Gordon                              931

33. Norwich                             986

34. Clark                                  1001

35. New England                      1082

36. Castleton State                   1131

37. Lasell                                 1168

38. Elms                                   1215

Men
1. Keene State                         64

2. Bowdoin                              111

3. Williams                               132

4. Connecticut College      151

5. Trinity (Conn.)                    167

6. Tufts                             176

7. MIT                                     193

8. Bates                                    209

9. Coast Guard                 213

10. Wesleyan                           238

11. Amherst                             333

12. Colby                                 335

13. Brandeis                             338

14. Mass.-Dartmouth               373

15. Southern Maine                  413

16. Roger Williams                   499

17. Middlebury                 501

18. Eastern Connecticut            536

19. Rhode Island College          537

20. Westfield State                   569

21. Babson                               615

22. Worcester Tech                  627

23. Bridgewater State               666

24. Fitchburg State                   669

25. Wheaton (Mass.)                691

26. Springfield                          705

27. Massachusetts Maritime      863

28. Johnson and Wales 884

29. Western New England        887

30. St. Joseph’s (Maine)           900

31. Gordon                              946

32. Norwich                             959

33. Clark                                  1054

34. New England                      1084

35. Lasell                                 1161

TOP TRINITY FINISHERS

Women

16. Karen Roy, 22:09

30. Kate Klein, 22:31

38. Christina Kane, 22:53

44. Liz Brown, 23:01

54. Leeann Rheaume, 23:08

127. Sarah Hackett, 24:33

139. Shannon Brennan, 24:55

Men

1. Ryan Bak, 24:21
7. Jim Emord, 24:59

30. James Sullivan, 25:44

55. Ryan Lerner, 26:19

74. Steven Coakley, 26:46

135. Matt Termine, 27:49

141. Matt Coraccio, 27:56