Swarthmore Trotters Compete at CC Championships
GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- The Garnet cross country teams traveled to central Pennsylvania to race in the 2008 Centennial Conference Cross Country Championships hosted by Gettysburg College on a warm November day. The women placed fourth as a team while the men registered a seventh-place finish.
Click here for the men's results and here for the women's results.
The Garnet women had seven runners place in the top 30 slots, led by freshman Melissa Frick (Swarthmore, Pa. / Strath Haven), whose personal-best time of 23:03.17 earned her an eighth-place finish. Junior Nyika Corbett (Myrtle Point, Ore. / Myrtle Point) ran a season-best time of 23:32.66 to pick-up a 15th place. Closing her Conference career, senior Kathy Feeney (Staatsburg, N.Y. / FDR) crossed the line at 23:49.63 for a 21st place finish.
Swarthmore Women’s Top Runners
Place Runner Time
8 Melissa Frick ‘12 23:03.17
15 Nyika Corbett ‘10 23:32.66
21 Kathy Feeney ‘09 23:49.63
22 Ashley Davies ‘10 23:50.46
27 Emma Stanley ‘09 24:04.96
28 Rebecca Woo ‘11 24:06.44
30 Hannah Rose ‘12 24:15.72
Women’s Final Team Results
1. Johns Hopkins 49, 2. Dickinson 83, 3. Haverford 92, 4. Swarthmore 93, 5. Gettysburg 132, 6. McDaniel 177, 7. Ursinus 182, 8. Muhlenberg 188, 9. Franklin & Marshall 229, 10. Bryn Mawr 275.
Swarthmore senior Erik Saka (Quincy, Ill. / Quincy) was the first Garnet male runner to cross the line, clocking in with a season-best time of 26:53.85 to earn a 24th place. Classmate Dan Hodson (Trumbull, Conn. / Fairfield Prep) ran 44th, clocking in at 27:44.82.
Swarthmore Men’s Top Runners
Place Runner Time
24 Erik Saka ‘09 26:53.85
44 Dan Hodson ‘09 27:44.82
51 Patrick Harnett ‘11 28:07.51
74 David Riccardi ‘10 30:12.68
80 Chris Mayer Bacon ‘11 30:47.40
81 Alex Frye ‘11 30:50.09
82 Chris Wickham ‘11 30:51.19
Men’s Final Team Results
1. Dickinson 23, 2. Haverford 44, 3. Johns Hopkins 81, 4. Gettysburg 105, 5. Muhlenberg 123, 6. McDaniel 186, 7. Swarthmore 212, 8. Ursinus 220, 9. Franklin & Marshall 279.
The cross country teams will travel to Waynesburg, Pa. on Saturday, November 15th to run in the NCAA Mid-East Regionals. The meet is schedule to begin at 11:00 a.m.