Amherst 01

Saturday, September 8, 2001

TRINITY MEN, BAK WIN AMHERST
INVITATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY MEET

Amherst, Mass. - Trinity College junior tri-captain Ryan Bak (Suffield, Conn.) finished first overall and led the Trinity College Bantams to a first-place finish as a team in the Amherst Men’s Cross Country Invitational Meet this afternoon. The Trinity women’s squad finished third as a team. The race was the first of the season for both the Trinity men’s and the women’s cross-country teams.

Trinity won the men’s meet with 27 points, 20 points ahead of second-place Amherst. Bantam junior tri-captain James Emord (Bridgewater, Mass.) finished third overall at 27:25 and classmate Ryan Lerner (Manchester, Conn.) came in fourth at 27:34. Freshman harrier James Sullivan (Sterling, Mass.) had a nice collegiate debut, finishing in 27:48 for seventh place.

The Bantam women totaled 85 points, 27 behind second-place Brandeis and 46 behind first-place Amherst. Junior Leanne Rheaume (Pittsfield, Mass.) was the top Trinity women’s finisher in fourth place at 19:23, while freshman Christina Kane (Springfield, Mass.) placed 10^{th
at 20:05.}

^{TEAM RESULTS}

^Men
^{1. Trinity, Conn. 27
2. Amherst 47
3. Brandeis 63
4. Keene State 81
5. Roger Williams 178
6. Western New England 273}
^Women
^{1.Amherst 39
2. Brandeis 58
3. Trinity, Conn. 85
4. Keene State 116
5. Springfield 158
6. Wellesley 211
7. Roger Williams 216
8. Western New England 364}
^{TRINITY INDIVIDUAL FINISHERS}

^Men

^{1. Ryan Bak, 26:49}

^{3. James Emord, 27:25}

^{4. Ryan Lerner, 27:34}

^{7. James Sullivan, 27:48}

^{13. Steve Coakley, 28:40}

^{14. Jonathan Drappi, 29:04}

^{24. Max Riffin, 30:15}

^Women

^{4. Leanne Rheaume, 19:23}

^{10. Christina Kane, 20:05}

^{11. Kristina DePeau, 20:09}

^{28. Kate Klein, 21:03}

^{32. Liz Brown, 21:24}

^{33. Shannon Brennan, 21:27}

^{37. Caroline Leary, 21:34}