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Date: September 23, 2002
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Strong finish for women's cross country team

NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. --

Colby College sophomore Karina Johnson (Tolland/Tolland, Conn.) finished in 13th place out of 269 finishers in the UMass-Dartmouth Invitational women's cross country meet Saturday.

Johnson helped the Mules take sixth place out of 37 teams. Colby had a 197 score and was just one point out of fifth place. Trinity College won the meet with a score of 88.

Johnson had a time of 18 minutes, 32.51 seconds over the five-kilometer course. First-year runner Jess Minty (Concord-Carlisle/St. Concord, Mass.) took 35th place in 19:18.95 and senior captain Megan Hoar (Dennis Yarmouth/Yarmouthport, Mass.) was right behind Minty in 38th place in 19:22.22.

Colby also got a solid run from junior Anna Cristina Sisson (Oak Brook, Ill.), who took 44th place in 19:29.48. First-year runner Hillary Easter (Jay/Jay, Maine) took 67th place in 19:50.83. Senior captain Ellen Whitesides (New Trier/Winnetka, Ill.) took 79th (20:03.68) and junior Elizabeth Turnbull (Governor Dummer/Wenham, Mass.) finished 80th (20:05.33).

Colby will run on Saturday at the Bates College Invitational.

Team Scores

1. Trinity 88, 2. Brandeis 91, 3. Amherst 125, 4. Connecticut College 159, 5. Stonehill 196, 6. Colby 197, 7. Bates 218, 8. Keene State 219, 9. MIT 220, 10. Springfield 229, 11. Southern Connecticut 307, 12. Saint Anselm's 315, 13. Southern Maine 396, 14. Roger Williams 400, 15. Coast Guard 450, 16. WPI 481, 17. Smith 488, 18. Bridgewater State 558, 19. Westfield State 568, 20. Umass-Lowell 595, 21. Babson 597, 22. Johnson and Wales 617, 23. Umass-Dartmouth 624, 24. Salve Regina 722, 25. Eastern Connecticut 739, 26. U. New England 771, 27. New Haven 813, 28. Mount Ida 860, 29. Curry 863, 30 Gordon 897, 31. Emmanuel 920, 32. Eastern Nazarene 921, 33. Rhode Island College 927, 34. Mass. Maritime 1023, 35. St. Joseph's 1026, 36. Lasell 1077, 37. Newbury 1086