Little Three's at Wesleyan

October 20th 2007

Full Results Men and Women

Team Scoring

Women - 1st with 22, Will 38, Wesleyan 70

Men - 2nd 33 points - Will 24, Wesleyan 82

Individual Results

Women

Men

Race Recap

Runners of the Meet - Kristen Ballinger'11 and Jimmy Swanson'10

In another warm day for XC running, the teams headed South to Wesleyan for the annual Little Three Championship. The women were looking to defend their title from a year ago, while the men were trying to put an end to Williams dominance. The women got started first and employing a pack running strategy that focused on keeping things together through 2 Miles while keying off of whichever Williams runner happened to be running as their 2nd scorer throughout, came away with the title. Heather Wilson made up a lot of ground on Williams top runner and moved into the lead in the last 20 meters to win the individual honors. Elise Tropiano came in 3rd, while Meg Ray, Caitlin Murphy and Kim Partee finished 5,6 and 7 to finish out the scoring at 22. Sophie Galleher also finished in the Top 10 while first year Kristen ballinger had a great race to finish in the varsity 7, having put herself in the pack through the first 2 miles and holding on strongly. Hallie Schwab had a great race as she broke 20 minutes for the first time this season and looks to be coming into her won just at the right time. Rachel Cameron and Cara Giaimo finished within seconds of each other, with Melissa Pritchard and Cate Knuff hot on their heels.

The men were looking to end a 20 year streak by Williams, and through the first 3 miles it was a coin flip as to who was winning as it was that close, despite an off day by one of our normal scoring runners. Coming out of the woods towards the final straightaway, Williams had clearly taken over but our guys continued to battle as Williams went 1,3,5 with Will Yochum, Daniel Murner and Florian Reichert finishing 2,4,6. Williams 4 and 5 runners came before Eric Holaday - who continues to run very impressively, and has been a huge boost. Williams closed out their scoring seven by putting their 6 and 7 runners in front of Carlyle Eubank - our final scoring runner. First year Ben Mears had another solid race as he finished 6th for the team, with Jimmy Swanson coming in a few seconds later with a great race. Harrison Lakehomer raced for the first time this season, as he has been coming back from an achilles tear this summer, and could provide a huge spark for the team as he continues to get stronger. John McGrail, Will Bell and Peter Foote finished within seconds of each other, to finish in the Top 40. The men will look to try and come out on top next weekend as they will look to try and improve upon last years 3rd place finish at NESCAC's