Nov 7, 2009

Middlebury and Williams College take home 2009 ECAC Championship


Williamstown, Mass.- Middlebury College women's cross country team and now five-time ECAC Champion Williams College men's cross country team, were crowned ECAC Divi sion III cross country champions on Saturday afternoon at Mount Greylock Regional High School in Williamstown, Mass. Middlebury finished with 37 points and Williams finished with 85 points.  For the women, Williams College finished in second place and University of Massachusetts-Amherst placed third.  On the men's side, St. Vincent (PA) finished as runner-up and Bates College came in third. 

Johanna Spangler of Vassar (pictured to the right) 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 this is a test with a time of 23:11.

Greg Redfield of Johnson and Wales (pictured to the left) 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. 

 

Top Three Women's Teams
1.  Middlebury College
2.  Williams College
3.  UMass Amherst       












Top Three Men's Teams
1.  Williams College
2.  St. Vincent (PA)
3.  Bates College

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women's Individual Medalists
1.  Spangler, Johanna        Vassar                
2.  Lange, Sarah                Middlebury                   
3.  Moroney, Steph            Middlebury               
4.  Williams, Ariel               Williams College
5   Mejia, Ivette                 St. Vincent (PA)
6.  Brown, Cate                 Middlebury
7.  Linhard, Emma             Colby
8.  Clarke, Jessica             Williams College
9.  Cartier, Lacey              Springfield                  
10. Lee, Amanda               Middlebury                 
11. Davis, Natalie              Williams College               
12. Holmes, Kelly               Vassar        
13. Berg, Celeste              Williams College               
14. Delia, Olivia                 Williams College          
15. Knott, Tessa                Coast Guard   

Men's Individual Medalists
1. Redfield, Greg             Johnson & Wales
2.  Wanichko, Kevin        St. Vincent (PA)
3.  Brecher, Doug            Bates
4.  Grant, Joshua             Lyndon State                 
5.  Flanagan, Ben            Hobart
6.  Derosa, Alex               Salem State             
7.  Veiga, Matthew          U.N.E.
8.  Callahan, Kit               UMass Amherst
9.  Vance, James              Johnson & Wales
10. Erskine, Andrew         UMass Amherst
11. Carlin, David               Williams College        
12. Rapaport, Jason         Williams College
13. Wagner, Sam              Vassar
14. Cusick, Francis            Lesley
15. Seamon, Kane            Cobelskill

 

For complete team and individual results, click here