New Englands, ECACs

News Clips

Snippets scraped from various web sites
and featuring Central Mass athletes
May 30, 1999
New Englands, ECACs, NCAA III
Niell, Rubino, Palmer, Lelke, Croft, Hart, Horgan, Murphy

Dartmouth College
found on the Dartmouth web site

Lara Niell (Bromfield School '98) and Dartmouth Frosh ran 4:38.61 in the 1500 meters at the New England Championships at Tufts University on May 15.

Lara then finished 11th in the 3,000 meters at the ECACs held May 21-23 at George Mason University in Fairfax Virginia. Lara clock 10:05.97. Kristen Gordon of Georgetown took first in 9:26.80

U Mass

Abby Rubino (Southwick-Tolland HS 98) and U Mass Frosh, placed 17th in the preliminary round of the 100 meter dash at the ECACs in 12.41.

Heather Palmer (Sterling, MA) and U Mass Frosh, placed 24th in the pole vault with a leap of 10' even.

Johanna Lelke (Southboro, MA) and U Mass Frosh, placed 28th in the pole vault with a leap of 9' 6 1/4".

U Mass Lowell

Jillian Croft (Gardner 98) and U Mass Lowell Frosh, placed tied for 8th in the High Jump with a leap of 5' 5 3/4". Dora Gyorffy of Harvard took first by almost seven inches with a leap of 6' 4.25".

U Conn

Bethany Hart (Grafton 95) and U Conn Senior, placed fifth in the shot put at the ECACs with a toss of 46' 8 3/4". Cheree Hicks took first by nearly five feet in 53' 9.75".

University of New Hampshire

Kevin Horgan (Oakmont 96) and UNH Junior, placed 23rd in the 1,500 meters in 3:49.79 at the ECACs.

Providence College
from the Providence web site

Erin Murphy (Shrewsbury 95) and Providence Senior, ran the anchor leg of the 4x800 relay team, which placed eleventh with a time of 9:18 in their heat at the IC4As in Fairfax VA.

Wheaton College
from the Wheaton web site

Colleen Burch (Leicester 98) and Wheaton frosh, anchored the 4x100 meter relay team to fifth place in 47.15. Wheaton placed second overall in the team competition at the NCAA Division III championships held at Baldwin-Wallace College in Ohio, May 20-22.