2008 Woodie Awards
NEs for B-team, A's rest
Greg Hartwell '07
Issue date: 10/12/06 Section: Sports
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While most of the Providence College community went home or ventured out to party over Columbus Day Weekend, the Men and Women's Cross Country B Team ran in the New England Championships. Traveling to Franklin Park, Boston, Mass. for the meet on Saturday, Oct. 7, members of the men's and women's teams competed against opponents ranging from Boston College to the University of Connecticut while the A-Team rested for the upcoming Pre-Nationals on Saturday Oct. 14.
"We chose to have the B-team for both the men and women compete," said Head Coach Ray Treacy. "It was an opportunity for those who didn't get a chance to race at Notre Dame and wouldn't be racing at the Pre-Nationals to get a race in. Overall, we had a solid performance from those that raced."
Two members of the men's team took on the field at Franklin Park in hopes of outrunning their competition. Senior Matt Kinback and junior Chris McDermott represented the Friars at the meet, finishing in 44th with a time of 25:32 and 95th at 25:58, respectively.
"Overall we competed well," said Kinback. "I was able to run well and as a result ran my personal best. It was a large field of competition with around 300 or so in both the Varsity and JV runners, so the competition was tough but we did well."
While only two men raced, the women sent a larger field and finished 19th in the team standings out of 46. The team amassed 595 points with the help of sophomore Sarah Morgan who finished first for the Friars and 25th overall with a time of 18:21.
"We were hoping to squeeze into the top 15 of the competition," said Treacy. "The meet had a lot of D-1 and D-2 teams so being able to finish in the top half with our B-team was very rewarding."
Also contributing to PC's 595 points was sophomore Kate Campbell with a 38th place finish and time of 18:33. With their times both Morgan and Campbell qualified to compete at the upcoming Big East Champion-ships.
Freshmen Lauren Riley and Kate Tomlinson aided in Providence's performance, capturing 113th and 197th place respectively. Senior Bernadette Boyle rounded out the effort for the Friars posting a time of 20:21 and capturing 222nd.
"We chose to have the B-team for both the men and women compete," said Head Coach Ray Treacy. "It was an opportunity for those who didn't get a chance to race at Notre Dame and wouldn't be racing at the Pre-Nationals to get a race in. Overall, we had a solid performance from those that raced."
Two members of the men's team took on the field at Franklin Park in hopes of outrunning their competition. Senior Matt Kinback and junior Chris McDermott represented the Friars at the meet, finishing in 44th with a time of 25:32 and 95th at 25:58, respectively.
"Overall we competed well," said Kinback. "I was able to run well and as a result ran my personal best. It was a large field of competition with around 300 or so in both the Varsity and JV runners, so the competition was tough but we did well."
While only two men raced, the women sent a larger field and finished 19th in the team standings out of 46. The team amassed 595 points with the help of sophomore Sarah Morgan who finished first for the Friars and 25th overall with a time of 18:21.
"We were hoping to squeeze into the top 15 of the competition," said Treacy. "The meet had a lot of D-1 and D-2 teams so being able to finish in the top half with our B-team was very rewarding."
Also contributing to PC's 595 points was sophomore Kate Campbell with a 38th place finish and time of 18:33. With their times both Morgan and Campbell qualified to compete at the upcoming Big East Champion-ships.
Freshmen Lauren Riley and Kate Tomlinson aided in Providence's performance, capturing 113th and 197th place respectively. Senior Bernadette Boyle rounded out the effort for the Friars posting a time of 20:21 and capturing 222nd.