Cross Country Competes At WNEC Invitational
Dymek leads way in 24:15
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Melissa Dymek led Franklin Pierce with a time of 24:15 at the WNEC
Inviational on Saturday.SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (October
17, 2009) – Sophomore Melissa Dymek
(Hubbardston, Mass.) finished 65th overall in a time of
24:15 on Saturday to lead the Franklin Pierce University cross
country team to a 14th-place finish at the Western New England
College Invitational. Castleton State junior Margaret Klein won the
event individually with a time of 19:29, while Salve Regina took
home the team title.
Behind Dymek for Franklin Pierce, senior Alexandra Edwards
(Smithfield, R.I.) finished 94th overall with a time of
26:22 and sophomore Elizabeth Iannuccillo (Amesbury,
Mass.) finished 99th in 26:58. Further back, sophomore
LaPorsha Griffin (Bronx, N.Y.) placed 108th with a
time of 27:56, while senior Natasha Williams (Bronx,
N.Y.) was 111th with a time of 28:19. Rounding out the
Ravens participation in the event were sophomore Ciara
Chicas (Westerly, R.I.) in 119th and sophomore
Frangelica O’Dell (Natick, Mass.) in 125th,
with times of 29:40 and 30:42, respectively.
Salve Regina (41 points) ran away with the team title and finished
with nearly half the points of Bard (78), which placed second.
Endicott (83), Clark (110) and Castleton State (176) rounded out
the top-five.
Individually, Klein tallied a four-second victory over Salve
Regina freshman Paige Pallotto finished second with a time of
19:33. The duo left the rest of the field in the dust, as American
International junior Sarah Beaudoin took third, but finished 42
seconds behind Pallotto. Salve Regina junior Caroline Norton
(20:26) and Bard sophomore Audrey Vera (20:32) rounded out the
top-five in fourth and fifth, respectively.
The Ravens return to action on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 11 a.m. at the
Northeast-10 Conference Championship, hosted by Saint
Michael’s, in Colchester, Vt.