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Date: October 8, 2005
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Women's cross country 7th at Open NE meet; men place 28th

BOSTON, Mass. --- Karen Prisby finished in 23rd place overall as the Colby College women's cross country team took seventh place at the Open New England Championships at Franklin Park on Saturday.

The Mules, ranked fifth in Division III, were running against Division I, II and III athletes in the meet.

The Colby men's cross country team placed 28th out of 47 teams.

Boston University won the women's meet with all five runners in the top 20. Colby was third overall among Division III schools, finishing with 277 points and placing behind second place Williams (133) and fifth place Amherst (242). The Mules placed 10th at last year's meet.

Prisby had a time of 18 minutes, 39 seconds over the 5-kilometer course. Jess Minty placed 42nd in 19:01, Anna King was 53rd in 19:11 and Liz Turner took 55th in 19:12.

Colby's John Swain had a time of 26:32 over 4.95 miles to place 67th out of 321 finishers in the men's race. Dan Vassallo was 91st in 26:52 for the Mulels.

Colby women's finishers: 23. Karen Prisby, 18:39; 42. Jess Minty, 19:01; 53. Anna King, 19:11; 55. Liz Turner, 19:12; 106. Hillary Easter, 19:44; 129. Elizabeth Petit, 20:02; 133. Devan FitzPatrick, 20:05

Colby men's finishers: 67. John Swain, 26:32; 91. Dan Vassallo, 26:52; 178. Jeff Alden, 27:38; 181. Jim Hurder, 27:40; 207. Michael Collins, 27:59; 219. Fred Bailey, 28:13; 251. Robert Glotfelty, 28:57