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Central Connecticut State Mini-Meet
Women's Cross Country Takes Third At CCSU Mini-Meet
October 23, 2005 | Women's Cross Country
Oct. 23, 2005
New Britain, Conn. - UMass placed four runners among the top-15 finishers on Saturday as the women's cross country team finished third among seven teams at the Central Connecticut State Mini-Meet. The race was the final tune-up for the Minutewomen before they compete in the Atlantic 10 Championship meet next weekend in Philadelphia.
DeRosa led UMass for the 12th consecutive race of her career as she completed the 3K course in 11 minutes, 23 seconds.
Sophomore Amanda Bodette (East Middlebury, Vt.), junior Cuisle Kierans (Newbury, Mass.), and junior Erin O'Donnel (Reading, Mass.) finished among the top-15 runners in the race. The trio was separated by just six seconds as Bodette crossed the finish line in 11 minutes, 44 seconds.
Junior Amber Sayer (Amherst, Mass.) finished 21st overall to round out the top-five harriers for UMass.
The Minutewomen will compete at the Atlantic 10 Championship Meet next Saturday. The meet will be hosted by La Salle at the Belmont Plateau and is scheduled to begin with the men's race at 10:00 a.m. and the women's race at 10:45 a.m.
UMass Individual Finishes
Place TmPl No. Name Yr School Time ===== ==== ==== ================== === ================ ===== 3 3 77 Christina Derosa UMASS 11:23 13 13 75 Amanda Bodette UMASS 11:44 14 14 80 Cuisle Kierans UMASS 11:48 15 15 83 Erin O'Donnell UMASS 11:50 21 20 84 Amber Sayer UMASS 12:02 27 23 76 Ashley Davidson UMASS 12:07 46 37 85 Suzanne Simmons UMASS 12:33 51 79 Elizabeth Harlow UMASS 12:37 55 82 Lauren Noreen UMASS 12:47 68 78 Jenna Elznic UMASS 13:19Team Scores
1. URI 2 5 6 9 10 (12) (27) = 32 Cindy Smith, Megan O'Shea, Andrea Newton, Katherine Guilfoyle, Courtney Klenk, Kayla Murphy, Lindsay Vieira 2. Uconn 1 4 8 11 18 (19) (21) = 42 Jillian Sullivan, Kate Vaughan, Keelan King, Orlaith Cunningham, Taylor Lebovich, Rebecca McCollum, Cara Reardon 3. UMASS 3 13 14 15 20 (23) (37) = 65 Christina Derosa, Amanda Bodette, Cuisle Kierans, Erin O'Donnell, Amber Sayer, Ashley Davidson, Suzanne Simmons 4. CCSU 7 17 22 29 33 (39) (41) = 108 Ashley Hill, Robyn Hudak, Megan Jaswell, Dawn Hudak, Kathleen lima, Kristin Coit, Dana Marise 5. Holy Cross 16 26 30 32 35 (36) (38) = 139 Colleen Spilka, Katie O'Gorman, Meghan Lytle, Christie Kapothanasis, Alexndra Swiatocha, Maureen McCarty, Megan Murphy 6. Hart 24 25 28 31 40 (42) (45) = 148 Liz Foster, Kayla Fleming, Jacky Minkler, Heather Schoonmaker, Katie Malpigli, Jen Krupski, Julie Melanson 7. LIU 34 43 44 46 47 (48) = 214 Jaimie Smith, Temi Akojie, Crystal Strachan, Shayla Wallace, Jenel Mcfarlane, Shaneqwa Warren
