Cross Country Competes At Blazers Invitational
Cross Country Competes At Blazers Invitational
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CHICOPEE, MA – University of New
England’s (UNE) Jess Partlow and Johnson
& Wales’ Greg Redfield earned top
individual honors with impressive performances, while UNE and
Johnson & Wales claimed the women’s and men’s top
team honors respectively in Saturday morning’s Blazers cross
country invitational hosted by Elms College at Chicopee Memorial
State Park.
Partlow clocked a time of 19:42 to break the 5K course record of
19:48 which she set in 2008. Redfield also set a new course record
in the men’s 8K run, finishing with a time of 27:04. The
previous course record was held by Newbury’s Herrell
Siller Jr. who turned in a time of 27:45 last season.
For the women, UNE finished first as a team, collecting 19 points,
while Johnson & Wales (51), Lesley (58), Eastern Nazarene
(113), Wheelock (124), New England College (126) and Mount Ida
(139) followed. Bay Path, Curry, Elms and Newbury did not record a
team score.
On the men’s side, Johnson & Wales tallied a low score
of 23, while UNE finished in second with 45 points. Lesley (68),
New England College (95), Newbury (107), and Eastern Nazarene (127)
followed. Elms did not record a team score.
Lesley’s Noa Kupfer finished in second
overall in the women’s race in a time of 19:44, while
UNE’s Kim Martins placed third with a 20:16
clip.
For the men, Lesley’s Fran Cusick crossed
the finish line at the 27:12 mark to earn second place honors,
while UNE’s Matthew Veiga finished at 27:21
to claim third.
Elms junior runner Alycia Dabrowski (Chicopee,
MA) was the top finisher for the Blazers women, notching a
time of 22:35 to place 24th overall in a field of 83 runners.
Blazers freshman Brendan Warren (Arlington, MA)
registered a time of 35:53 and was the squad’s lead finisher.
He placed 34th out of 52 runners.
Elms returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 10 at the James Early
Invitational. The women will race at 11:00 a.m. while the men will
start at 12:00 p.m.
