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Wildcats Finish 5th in NECC Championships
Posted: Oct 27, 2012

Wildcats Finish 5th in NECC Championships

Results Box Score

WATERFORD, Conn. – Junior Max Bulger (Falmouth, ME) and senior Keryn Thorvaldsen (Sayville, NY) each crossed the finish line first for Lesley University to capture respective individual titles at the New England Collegiate Conference Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships, while leading the Lynx to both the men's and women's team crowns as well today at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, CT.

Lesley's women earned the first four places in the five-kilometer race, en-route to a score of 16 points to best Mitchell's total of 71 points.  Elms finished third with 79 points, while Southern Vermont was right behind with 86 points.  Bay Path College scored 133 points to place fifth and Newbury placed sixth with 140 points. Wheelock and Daniel Webster College did not place as teams fielding under five runners.

Thorvaldsen's time of 19:25 topped junior teammate and defending champion Leah Miller (Thomaston, CT) by 36 seconds to capture the women's crown and the NECC Runner of the Year award.  Todd Peretz from Mitchell was selected as the NECC women's Coach of the Year.
 
Miller clocked in at 20:01, while NECC Rookie of the Year honoree Emilia McGrath (Bowdoin, ME) placed third with a time of 21:16 for Lesley, which was just seconds better than junior teammate Jacqueline Rosa's (Wolcott, CT) fourth-place effort.  Southern Vermont freshman Alica Lala (Biddeford, ME) prevented Lesley's bid for a perfect score with a time of 21:29 for a fifth-place showing, while two-time NECC champ Noa Kupfer (Woodbridge, CT) finished sixth with a mark of 21:42 in her final season for Lesley.  A trio of freshmen crossed the line next with Haley Omasta (Danbury, CT) placing seventh for Southern Vermont with a time of 21:56, while Mitchell's Sheilah Newcity (Stonington, CT) turned in a time of 22:14 followed three seconds later by Lesley's Elena Pereira (Wilmington, VT) in ninth place.  Elms junior Devon DeGrazia (Westport, MA) pulled in at 22:35 to place 10th for the women.
 

Bay Path freshman Lian Brumaghim (Newtown, Conn.) crossed the chute first for the Wildcats with a time of 24:16. Second and 23rd overall for Bay Path was fellow freshman Morgan Packer-McCarthy (Windsor Locks, Conn.) with a time of 25:52, while sophomore Jessica Fields (Enfield, Conn.) came in 33rd with a time of 26:54.

Bay Path Results:

22   20 Lian Brumaghim           21 FR  Bay Path College         24:16  7:49

28   23 Morgan Packer-McCar      22 FR  Bay Path College         25:52  8:20

33   27 Jessica Fields           18 SO  Bay Path College         26:54  8:40

37   31 Olivia Bis               15 SO  Bay Path College         27:41  8:55

   38   32 Danielle Brown           16 SR  Bay Path College         27:46  8:56

40   33 Megan Wise               23 FR  Bay Path College         28:42  9:14

 

NECC Post-Season Awards 

Women's Runner of the Year: Keryn Thorvaldsen, Lesley

Women's Rookie of the Year: Emilia McGrath, Lesley

Women's Coach of the Year: Todd Peretz, Mitchell College

Women's Team Sportsmanship: Elms College

 

Women's All-Conference First Team

Keryn Thorvaldsen, Lesley

Leah Miller, Lesley

Emilia McGrath, Lesley

Jackie Rosa, Lesley

Alice Lala, Southern Vermont

 

Women's All-Conference Second Team

Noa Kupfer, Lesley

Haley Omasta, Southern Vermont

Sheilah Newcity, Mitchell

Elena Pereira, Lesley

Devon DeGrazia, Elms