Cross Country Competes At ECAC Championships

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WILLIAMSTON, MA – Elms College junior Alycia Dabrowski (Chicopee, MA) and sophomore Ben Kronlund (Longmeadow, MA) were the top overall finishers for the Blazers at the 2009 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships hosted by Williams College on Saturday.

Middlebury College women's cross country team and now five-time ECAC Champion Williams College men's cross country team, were crowned ECAC Division III cross country champions. Middlebury finished with 37 points and Williams finished with 85 points.

Johanna Spangler of Vassar won first place honors with a time of 22:51 on the 6K course. Middlebury's Sarah Lange ran a time of 22:55 to place second, followed by third place finisher, Steph Moroney of Middlebury with a time of 23:11.

Greg Redfield of Johnson and Wales was the individual champion of the 8K course with a time of 26:11. St. Vincent's Kevin Wanichko placed second with a time of 26:40, while Doug Brecher of Bates recorded a time of 26:48 to come in third.

For the Blazers, Dabrowski clocked a time of 27:50, while Kronlund finished the 8K course in 37:00.

Neither Elms team recorded a team score as Saturday's race concluded the 2009 season for the Blazers.