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Date: September 28, 2002
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Johnson finishes first to lead women's cross country to win

LEWISTON, MAINE --

Colby College sophomore Karina Johnson (Tolland/Tolland, Conn.) finished in first place to help the women's cross country team win a quad-meet with Bates, Connecticut College and Southern Maine on Saturday at Twin Brooks.

Johnson had a time of 23 minutes, 9 seconds over the 6-kilometer course. She finished six seconds in front of Katherine Creswell of Bates. Johnson was the winner out of 64 finishers in the race.

Colby won the meet with a score of 37 and Bates was second with 43. On the men's side, Colby took third place in a tri-meet with winner Bates and Southern Maine. The Mules were just one point out of second place.

Senior captain Megan Hoar (Dennis Yarmouth/Yarmouthport, Mass.) took fifth place for the Colby women in 23:39. Junior Anna Cristina Sisson (Oak Brook, Ill.) was seventh with a time of 23:46 and first-year runner Jess Minty (Concord-Carlisle/Concord, Mass.) was 10th in 23:52.

Senior captain Justin Sukiennik (Taconic/Pittsfield, Mass.) was the top Colby male runner with a time of 28:12 over the 8-kilometer course. Junior captain John Tyson (Amherst Regional/Amherst, Mass.) finished in 10th place for the Mules in 28:44 and junior Eric Reinauer (Granby/North Granby, Conn.) was right behind Tyson in 11th in 28:55.

Women's Team Scores: 1. Colby 37, 2. Bates 43, 3. Conn College 63, 4. Southern Maine 28

Colby finishers: 1. Karina Johnson23:09; 5. Megan Hoar, 23:39; 7. Anna Cristina Sisson, 23:46; 10. Jessica Minty, 23:52; 14. Hillary Easter, 24:12; 16. Mary Phelps, 24:34; 18. Ellen Whitesides, 24:56; 27. Anna Sommo, 25:38; 33. Rena Taylor, 26:14; 35. Annika Svore, 26:20; 36. Wendy Sicard, 26:21; 39. Elizabeth Turnbull, 26:26; 40. Eleanor Kolden, 26:30; 42. Liz Turner, 26:37; 43. Kim Niederberger, 26:42; 46. Lauren Buckel, 27:02; 51. Marisa Sowles, 27:56.

Men's Team Scores: 1. Bates 18; 2. Southern Maine 58; 3. Colby 59

Colby finishers: 7. Justin Sukiennik, 28:12; 10. John Tyson, 28:44; 11. Eric Reinauer, 28:55; 15. Matt Bucklin, 29:12; 19. Richard Downing, 29:27.45; 20. Peyton McElyea, 29:27.60; 21. James Thompson, 29:28; 25. Nat Brown, 29:43.37; 28. Mike O'Brien, 29:49.97; 32. Brian Hurley, 30:10.10; 39. Mike Gravelle, 31:16.33; 44. Scott Shahverdian, 32:33.35