Dymek leads way in 23:32

Team Results
Individual Results

COLCHESTER, Vt. (October 25, 2009) – Sophomore Melissa Dymek (Hubbardston, Mass.) finished 136th overall in a time of 23:32 on Sunday to lead the Franklin Pierce University cross country team to a 16th-place finish at the Northeast-10 Conference Championship, hosted by Saint Michael’s. Southern Connecticut State senior Laura Brustolon won the event individually with a time of 18:03, while Stonehill took home the team title.

Behind Dymek for Franklin Pierce, senior Alexandra Edwards (Smithfield, R.I.) finished 148th overall with a time of 24:53 and sophomore Elizabeth Iannuccillo (Amesbury, Mass.) finished 153rd in 26:43. Further back, senior Natasha Williams (Bronx, N.Y.), sophomore LaPorsha Griffin (Bronx, N.Y.), sophomore Frangelica Odell (Natick, Mass.) and sophomore Ciara Chicas (Westerly, R.I.) finished 155th through 158th with times of 29:00, 29:14, 29:30 and 29:50, respectively.

Stonehill (37 points) ran away with the team title and finished 16 points ahead of Massachusetts Lowell (53), which placed second. Those two left the rest of the field in the dust, as Southern Connecticut State (127), Adelphi (131) and Saint Rose (165) finished third through fifth, respectively.

Individually, Brustolon finished 20 seconds ahead of Stonehill freshman Erin Carmone, who finished second in a time of 18:23. Massachusetts Lowell junior Lyra Clark (18:47), Stonehill sophomore Jill Alves (18:59) and American International sophomore Julie Collignon (19:05) rounded out the top five individually.

The meet concluded the 2009 season for Franklin Pierce.