NEW ENGLAND OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Boston, Mass. - Senior co-captain Todd Markelz (Homer, Alaska) finished 19th overall to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 13th-place team finish at the New england Collegiate Men’s Cross Country Championship Meet at Franklin Park this afternoon. Sophomore Leeann Rheaume (Pittsfield, Mass.) placed 66th in the women’s meet as the Bantam women finished 21st.

The Trinity men's squad, ranked No. 5 in Division III New England and No. 20 in NCAA Division III entering the meet, finished 42 points behind 12th-place Tufts with a score of 396. The Bantam women, ranked No. 10 in Division III New England, totaled 576 points to fall 49 points behind 20th-place Holy Cross. Yale University won the women's race with 20 points, and Providence College won the men's race with 17 points.

Sophomores Ryan Bak (Suffield, Conn.) and James Emord (Bridgewater, Mass.) placed 43rd and 87th, respectively for the Trinity men.

WOMEN

1. Yale 20

2. Providence 57

3. Rhode Island 133

4. Middlebury 179

5. Massachusetts 181

6. Harvard 237

7. New Hampshire 250

8. Williams 257

9. Brown 280

10. Vermont 315

11. Connecticut 333

12. Brandeis 399

13. Amherst 404

14. Boston College 435

15. Maine 442

16. Connecticut College 450

17. Dartmouth 461

18. Sacred Heart 515

19. Colby 525

20. Holy Cross 527

21. Trinity (Conn.) 576

22. Tufts 606

23. Wesleyan 617

24. Bowdoin 656

25. Central Connecticut 679

26. Wellesley 699

27. Quinnipiac 728

28. Bates 739

29. Stonehill 756

30. Keene State 769

31. Bentley 885

32. Southern Connecticut 907

33. Smith 945

34. Southern Maine 962

35. MIT 997

36. Assumption 1060

MEN

1. Providence 17

2. Keene State 119

3. Brown 122

4. Yale 160

5. Boston College 173

6. Maine 193

7. Williams 197

8. Connecticut 278

9. Boston 322

10. Dartmouth 327

11. Harvard 345

12. Tufts 354

13. Trinity (Conn.) 396

14. Massachusetts 411

15. Vermont 435

16. Rhode Island 438

17. Bentley 453

18. MIT 472

19. Connecticut College 557

20. Mass-Lowell 563

21. Bowdoin 571

22. New Haven 626

23. Southern Maine 701

24. Springfield 708

25. Northeastern 722

26. Southern Connecticut 738

27. Holy Cross 747

28. Coast Guard 753

29. Amherst 786

30. Quinnipiac 823

31. Colby 867

32. Sacred Heart 883

33. Central Connecticut 898

34. Bates 937

35. Middlebury 971

36. Bryant 982

37. Wesleyan 988

38. Brandeis 1006

39. Assumption 1011

40. Merrimack 1024

41. Stonehill 1031

42. Fitchburg State 1183

TRINITY WOMEN'S FINISHERS

66. Leeann Rheaume, 19:12

103. Kate Klein, 19:39

108. Karen Roy, 19:42

136. Liz Brown, 19:59

163. Caroline Leary, 20:17

164. Sarah Hackett, 20:18

174. Kristina DePeau, 20:27

Genevieve Light, 22:02

TRINITY MEN'S FINISHERS

19. Todd Markelz, 25:09

43. Ryan Bak, 25:41

87. James Emord, 26:12

106. Ryan Lerner, 26:29

141. Peter Bromka, 26:52

162. Steve Coakley, 27:11

249. Steve Napier, 28:57