Posted: Nov 09, 2011
2011 ECAC Division III Cross
Country Championships
The
ECAC Division III Cross Country Championships were held on
Saturday, November 5, at Mount Greylock Regional Middle School in
Williamstown, Mass. Nearly 100 institutions and 600
student-athletes from colleges all over the Northeast participated
in the event which was hosted by Williams College and the
ECAC. The Lasell College
women’s cross country team performed well at the Championship
coming in 24th
among
the 40- team race and finishing with a 2:15:45.00 total
time.
Senior Meghan Missett (Lowell, M.A.) covered the course with a
seven minute mile pace and a time of 26:04 and just seconds behind
in second and third place for the Lasers was freshman Amy Santella at 26:34 and sophomore Jessica Smith (Townsend, M.A.) at 26:38. They
were followed by senior Amanda Driscoll (Roslindale, M.A.) earning a time of
27:54, sophomore Solange Carpenter (Gorham, Maine) at 28:35 while Christina Annicelli (North Easton, M.A.) rounded
out the Lasers finishing with a time of
30:02.
The Laser men finished with a strong performance
coming in 38thout of 44 total teams with an average time of
32:02. They were led by Freshman Kyle Northrop (Bellingham, M.A.) who was the first
Laser to finish the 8k course with a time of 29:06. He was
followed by senior Raymon Donis (Raynham, M.A.) in 31:02; freshman Conor Devlin (Wellesley, M.A.) in 33:20 and right
behind him was senior Grant Vantine in 33:33. Lasell’s senior
captain Michael Isherwood (Warwick, R.I.) crossed the line next
in 35.58. Lasell finished with 1,086 total
points.
The team will wrap up their season on
Saturday at the NCAA Regionals at Bowdoin
College.