All New England's
October 6th, 2007 at Franklin Park - very hot and humid
Team Scoring
Women Varsity - 2nd with 85 points & JV - 2nd with 73 points
Men Varsity - 8th with 283 points & JV 12th with 377 points
Individual Results
Women
6 Elise Tropiano 18:14
7 Heather Wilson 18:24
12 Kim Partee 18:41
29 Sophia Galleher 19:03
31 Caitlin McDermott-Murphy 19:04
40 Margaret Ray 19:15
87 Nicole Anderson 19:51
JV Race
5j Kristen Ballinger 19:32
7j Laura Mortimer 19:46
22j Rachel Cameron 20:17
27j Cara Giaimo 20:21
51j Liz Dalton 20:48
58j Hallie Schwab 20:54
98j Nicole Green 21:32
Men
32 Florian Reichert 25:56
51 William Yochum 26:14
56 Carlyle Eubank 26:18
71 Mike Harbus 26:31
78 Eric Holaday 26:35
94 Daniel Murner 26:44
166 Jimmy Swanson 27:56
JV Race
47j Ben Mears 27:26
100j Ben Klein 28:23
110j Stephen Grigelevich 28:34
118j Travis Cohoon 28:42
136j Kevin Hanley 29:04
230j Ben Read 31:46
Race Recap
Athletes of the Meet - Florian Reichert'08 & Ben Mears'11 and Cara Giaimo'11 & Kim Partee'08
In very "unlike Fall weather", the teams battled not only the large majority of schools in New England, but also waged a battle with Mother Nature. With temperatures nearing 90, and feeling a lot hotter with the dry, dusty air both teams opted for a more conservative race strategy - going out slower then normal and working their way back through the race as it progressed. Two was the magic number for the women, as both the JV and varsity squads garnered runner-up finishes. The women's varsity seven matched their runner-up finish from last year, finishing just behind DI Quinnipiac. Typically running a bit more aggressive at the start, the early patience paid off as the team was moving up very quickly in the last half of the race. Elise tropiano and Heather Wilson finished 6-7, and Kim Partee - quickly returning to top form - just missed cracking the Top Ten, as she placed 12th. Sophie Galleher and Caitlin Murphy finished 1 second apart, as both broke the Top 35, while Meg Ray was only a few steps behind in 40, while Nicole Anderson finished 87th. In the JV race, Kristen Ballinger and Laura Mortimer each raced great as they went out near the front of the pack and stayed their for the entire race as they would place 5th and 7th - both running times that would have put them in the varsity Top 7. Rachel Cameron broke the Top 25, while Cara Giaimo is starting to round into form as she followed 2 great weeks of workouts with her best race of the year to finish 27th, while Liz Dalton is also turning a corner in the racing department as she finished off the scoring for the team.
Paying heed to the weather, the men also went out conservatively, and despite being around 150th at the opening mile they did not panic and started moving up through the field. Florian Reichert led the team with his 32nd placing while less then 40 seconds later the scoring runners - Will Yochum (first DIII freshmen and 2nd overall), carlyle Eubank, Mike Harbus and Eric Holaday - all came in. Daniel Murner had a little bit of an off day, and finished as the team's 6th runner while Jimmy Swanson got his first taste of varsity running for the year. Despite the dry, hot conditions, the team finished with its highest ever placing at the NE Championships as it posted an 8th place finish, and 2nd DIII team. In the men's JV race, first year Ben Mears had a great race to lead the team with his 47th place finish, and was followed by Ben Klein, Steve Grigelevich and Travis cohoon - all separated by only a few seconds, and Kevin Hanley closing out the scoring as the 5th guy.