The last time he was at Van Cortland Park in the Bronx, Chris Barnicle ('05) won the Footlocker Northeast Regional championship. On Saturday he returned to VCP to run with Arkansas at the Iona Meet of Champions. Chris placed 4th overall (3rd for Arkansas) in 24:45 for the 8K course -- an outstanding time. You can read more on the Arkansas Athletics web site.
Chris Barnicle (272) runs comfortably in the second pack, along with 2004 Footlocker champion and fellow Arkansas freshman Ken Cormier (270). Trailing is LaSalle junior and former Mass. standout Sean Quigley (427).
Wesleyan University competed at the Tufts Jumbo XC Invitational in Grafton (site of the 2001 Mass. HS State Championships). In her first collegiate race, Anna Schindler ('05) finished 49th, recording a time of 24:21 for 6K. Teammate Brittany Morse ('04) placed 78th in 25:28.
At the same meet, in the men's 8K Tufts University junior Ciaran O'Donovan ('03) placed 98th in 29:44 for 8K.
Liz Gleason ('04), a sophomore at Williams College, raced in the Purple Valley Classic on Saturday, finishing in sixth place overall with a time fo 19:10 for 5K. NNHS-XC contributing editor Joni Waldron notes that Liz finished 7 seconds ahead of Alexandra Krieg, last year's Mass. Div 2 State XC champion, now a freshman at Middlebury.
Liz Gleason (third from left) charges up a hill at the Purple Valley Classic
Seeing action for the first time this season, Brandeis freshman Clayton Lloyd ('05) ran the 8K race at the Harrier Classic (formerly the "Codfish Bowl") held at Franklin Park in Boston. Clayton reports that he isn't in shape yet, but still managed to run 28:36 to place 47th overall in a race that combined college teams and open runners.
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