Alumni News - Oct 29

Another fine race for Newton North alumna Liz Gleason at the NESCAC championships, held Saturday Oct 29 at Middlebry College. Liz ran a PR 18:21 for 5K to finish 5th overall, and second for Williams, which won the women's championship. In the same race, Anna Schindler ran a season's best 20:05 to place 66th, and 5th for Wesleyan.

Ciaran O'Donovan ran in the open 5K race and placed 9th in 18:00.

Also on Saturday, Chris Barnicle ran in the SEC championships. Arkansas won the team championships, but Chris, still hampered by a foot injury, finished in 50th place (25:01), well back of his usual position in the Arkansas pack.

Dan Chebot continued to play a key role for the University of Rochester XC team, placing 36th overall and 5th on his team at the UAA Championships held in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Dan ran 26:54 for the 8K course.

At the NCAC Conference Championships, Earlham senior Joni Waldron ran 26:10 for 6K, finishing 47th overall and fifth for her team.