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Date: October 5, 2002
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby cross-country teams third at State Meet

CUMBERLAND, Maine --

Sophomore Karina Johnson (Tolland/Tolland, Conn.) finished in fourth place for the Colby College women's cross-country team at the State of Maine Meet at Twins Brooks on Saturday.

The Colby women and men's teams each finished in third place. Johnson, the ECAC Performer of the Week in cross-country for the previous week, had a time of 19 minutes, 42.70 seconds over the 5-kilometer course.

First-year runner Jess Minty (Concord-Carlisle/Concord, Mass.) took 11th place for the Colby women in 20:20.71. Anna Cristina Sisson (Oak Brook, Ill.) took 12th place, Mary Phelps (Piedmont/Piedmont, Calif.) finished 14th and Hillary Easter (Jay/Jay, Maine) was 15th.

Colby men's runner Nat Brown (Wellesley/Wellesley, Mass.), who has been battling injury problems, led the Mules by taking 16th place over the 8-kilometer course in 28:17.8. Eric Reinauer (Granby/North Granby, Conn.) took 19th place in 28:48.3.

Women's Team Scores: 1. Bowdoin 60, 2. Bates 91, 3. Colby 101, 4. Southern Maine 174, 5. UM-Presque Isle 211, 6. Maine Maritime 258, 7. UM-Farmington 261, 8. University of New England 267, 9. UM-Machias 288

Winner and Colby results: 1. Audra Caler, Bowdoin, 19:29.93; 4. Karina Johnson, 19:42.70; 11. Jess Minty, 20:20.71; 12. Anna Cristina Sisson, 20:36.61; 14. Mary Phelps, 20:43.49; 15. Hillary Easter, 20:45.01; 26. Ellen Whitesides, 21:28.86; 29. Emily Arell, 21:40.62; 31. Anna Sommo, 21:44.13; 38. Wendy Sicard, 22:06.97; 41. Kim Niederberger, 22:09.36; 44. Liz Turner, 22:16.02; 45. Lindsay Antolino, 22:18.68; 46. Annika Svore, 22:19.03; 48. Nell Kolden, 22:22.26; 52. Rena Taylor, 22:35.58; 61. Marisa Sowles, 23:04.06.

Men's Team Scores: 1. Bowdoin 54, 2. Bates 77, 3. Colby 157, 4. Southern Maine 185, 5. Maine-Farmington 221, 6. UM-Presque Isle 250, 7. St. Joseph's 330, 8. University of New England 356, 9. Maine Maritime 386

Winner and Colby results: 1. Justin Easter, Bates, 26:27.90; 16. Nat Brown, 28:17.8; 19. Eric Reinauer, 28:48.3; 21. Justin Sukiennik, 28:54.2; 25. Rich Downing, 29:07.6; 27. Brian Hurley, 29:08.4; 31. Matt Bucklin, 29:22; 33. John Tyson, 29:30; 48. Peyton McElyea, 30:13.8; 50. James Thompson, 30:23.5; 51. Mike O'Brien, 30:32.8; 71. Mike Gravelle, 32:01.9; 84. Scott Shahverdian, 33:24.2