Northampton, Mass. - The Clark University men's
cross country squad had runners finish in the top 15 to catapult
the Cougars to a sixth place finish at the Smith Invitational on
Saturday morning on Smith's 5k course.
Senior Caleb
Evanter (New Windsor, N.Y.) turned in Clark's best
performance, wrapping up the 5k race in 17:29.09, good for eleventh
place. Meanwhile, sophomore Joe Kennelly (New
Windsor, N.Y.) turned in a 15th place finish with a time of
17:56.66.
On the women's side, a trio of freshmen helped Clark capture a
sixth place finish. Zoe Greenberg (Arlington,
Mass.) finished her first collegiate race at 21:53.43, good for
21st place. She was followed by Erika Roth (Saco,
Maine), who finished in 38th place and Jordan
Daley (Queensbury, N.Y.) who wrapped up the 5k course in
23:33.11, securing the 53rd spot.
Both Wellesley and Coast Guard placed five runners in the top
twelve to win the women's and men's races today on Smith's 5k
course. Smith senior Anna Cressotti and Springfield College
sophomore David Birdsall were the individual race winners.
Cressotti crossed the finish line in 19:43.98 while Birdsall ran
the same distance in 16:57.89. Sophomore Kristin Peck finished 9th
overall in 20:50.05 for Smith followed by classmate Emma Yourd 11th
(20:59.71), first year Shannon MacKenzie 15th (21:35.54) and first
year Rachel Lemire 24th (22:03.16) to give the Pioneers a third
place overall finish.
Wellesley won the women's race with 38 points followed by Coast
Guard (59), Smith (60), Westfield State (64), Mount Holyoke (140),
Clark (181), Norwich (221), MCLA (231), Saint Joseph (278) and New
England College (286).
In the men's race, Coast Guard scored 31 points followed by
Springfield (33), Westfield State (115), Western New England (122),
Norwich (148), Clark (151), SUNY Institute of Technology (198), New
England College (229) and MCLA with 233.
The Pioneers will race again at the Williams College Plansky
Invitational on Saturday, September 26.

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Cougars Fourth In City Meet

September 12, 2009
Men & Women Sixth At Smith Invitational