| In the Men's Blue event: Former Maine HS'er Louis Luchini, who
competed at the Reggie Lewis Arena in the HS 2 mile championships (and finished 2nd), ran
as #4 man for Stanford, finishing 7th overall in 24:03. Teammate Grant Robison was
1st in 23:47. It was a near-blanket finish, as the top 9 runners finished inside 20
seconds. |
| #3 man for Dartmouth was former western Mass HS'er Neal Graves,
finishing 70th overall. Neal won the Mass State HS XC championships at the Tufts Vet
School course in Grafton, Mass. |
| Top man for Princeton was Gloucester HS grad Tristan Colangelo,
placing 38th overall in 24:50. Tristan was part of the lengthy XC state meet winning
streak compiled by Gloucester HS. He had the challenging happenstance of competing
at the same time as Oliver Ames' sub 4:10 HS miler Andy Powell. |
Mike Smith (Wachuestt High and GEORGETOWN) was 2nd man
for GU, 12th overall in h in Sunday's "white" race, with a time of 24:22.
Colorado swept 1-2-3 with Jorge Torres, Steve Slattery (New Jersey HS), and then Ed
Torres. Jorge ran 23:34.8 for 1st. Franklyn Sanchez (Lynn Voc) did not run. |
| In the Women's 6K BLUE race: |
| Eastern Mass HS'er Shalane Flanagan (North Carolina) was the top
finisher, coming home in 19:56.5. |
| Close behind Shalane was the Milton HS twins Kate O'Neill, 2nd, and
Laura O'Neill, 5th. The O'Neill's compete for Yale. |
Julie Spolidoro (eastern Mass HS and Boston College) was
33rd overall, #1 for BC. Wachusett's Laura Smith did not run with
the 7-man travelling squad. |
| Katie Litwinowich (Wachusett HS and New
Hampshire) was 183rd overall, in 22:54.4. Katie was #3 for UNH. |
| Eastern Mass HS'er Molly Landreth (geez, that name sure sounds
familiar) was #2 for Penn State, placing 61st overall. |