DORCHESTER, Mass. - Senior Kara MacLean (Braintree, Mass.) posted a personal-record time of 20:08.2 to lead the Simmons College women's cross country team at the New
England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association Championship this
morning at historic Franklin Park in Dorchester, Mass.
The Sharks placed 21st as a team in the five kilometer race
that featured Division I, II and III squads. Boston College was the top
team finisher overall and Tufts University was the best Division III
entry.
Simmons placed ninth among Division three squads. Sophomore
Askbrook Gwinn won the individual five kilometer race for Boston College
with a mark of 18:33.2. Sydney Smith of Tufts University was the top
Division III winner coming in at 18:53.6.
MacLean bettered her previous best by 27 seconds and finished just
nine seconds from breaking the 20-minute mark with 20:08.2. The senior
placed 70th overall in the race and 21st among Division III runners.
First year Samantha Jaffe (Fayetteville, N.Y.) matched her best time at 20:30.5 and placed 109th and 39th. Sophomore Allegra Egizi (Beverly, Mass.) clipped her personal-record time by two seconds at 20:51.3 to finish 142nd and 56th.
Junior Sara Harland (Pembroke, Mass.) turned in the best time of her career by 16 seconds and placed 189th and 74th, while senior Tiff Lo (Braintree, Mass.)
showed the most dramatic time improvement on the team, beating her old
mark by 34 seconds on a time of 22:28.3 and placed 257th and 102nd.
Junior Madison Rivard (Sharon, Mass.) finished in the scoring for Simmons with a mark of 23:11.6 to place 276th and 115th. Senior Monica Khun (Phnom
Penh,Cambodia/Lawrence HS (Mass.)) was the final person to score for
the Sharks, finishing 283rd and 119th with a time of 23:25.6 to cut 22
seconds off her previous best.
First year Sarah Colbert (Lynnfield, Mass.)
posted a time of 24:36.5 to edge her previous best by a second. She
placed 310th overall and 138th among D-III competitors. Senior Marilyn Baremore (East Lyme, Conn.)
was the seventh UMass runner to record a pesonal-record time at
25:13.7, a mark 20 seconds better than her former personal record. She
finished 310th and 138th.
Simmons wil race again on Sunday, October 18 at the Seven Sister's Championship, hosted by Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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