Tri-State Invitational 9/29/07

 
MEN:
The Worcester State College Men’s Cross Country Team continued its impressive season with a second place team finish at the Tri States meet held at CCRI in Lincoln, Rhode Island.  This was the best team finish for the Lancers ever at this meet. The squad placed three in the top six while falling just six points shy of cross town rival WPI (WPI 31, WSC 37).  In a repeat of last week’s city meet, Clark University finished third of eight teams (69pts) as the three Worcester squads dominated the competition.  Adding to the delight for the Lancers was the individual performance of Forest Wilber who set a course record on the slightly revised course running 26:22 over the 8K distance.  CCRI head coach and meet director Greg Cornell commented that Wilber’s time was the fastest of any run on this or any other previous course setup at the CCRI campus.   Following Wilber to the finish for WSC was Sophomore Adam Malek and junior Rob Lind in fifth and sixth respectively.  Both runners were given the same time of 27:08 though Lind was edged by Malek at the tape. Finishing out the top five for the Lancers was junior Chris Mancuso in 21^st place in 29:15 ( 14^th for scoring)  and junior Andrew Rossi in 24^th in 29:37 ( 15^th in scoring ).

In addition, the next group of runners continues to improve and close the gap between them and those just ahead. A strong effort was given by sophomore Andrew O’Brien as he approaches securing a position in the top seven. Freshman Robert Stahelski ran seventh for the team this week finishing with a stong kick in 48^th place overall.  Junior Derrick Willand improved a minute and a half from last year to finish 50^th overall. Sophomore Norman Everett also improved greatly knocking off more than two minutes off last year’s time. Joe Bianchi ran his first race of the year and was solid in his debut while Joe Bourdelais made a strong effort in returning to his competitive form of last season.

WOMEN
 

Worcester State Women’s Cross Country team had a strong showing at the CCRI Invitational. The team finished 3^rd out of 8 teams. The team was lead by Sophomore Kara Antrim placing 6^th overall with a 21:39 minutes, following closely behind was Senior Lindsay Shields placing 7^th with a time 21:48. Junior Becky Kniss also medaled for the Lancers finishing 13^th with a time of 22:20. The rest of the lancer squad kept a tight pack helping distance themselves from 5 other teams including Rhode Island College, and UMass-Boston New England Alliance teams. The pack included Angela Roux 26^th, Jillian Parzych 27^th, Sally Geary 29^th, Adrienne Fisher 32^nd, and Rachel Sullivan 35^th. The team heads into two weeks of training with one final tune up meet at Western New England College before the MASCAC Championship.