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NESCAC Championships @ Middlebury- 8km
UAA Conference @ Washington University St Louis, MO - 8km
NO POLL THIS WEEK. WE WILL RESUME THE WEEKLY POLL NEXT MONDAY.
Plansky Invitational at Mt Greylock High School - 5km
State Of Maine Championships - 5 Miles
#6 Colby held out top 5 turning the race into a two way battle with #27 Bates and #36 Bowdoin. Race hosted by U Maine Farmington on a very tough 5 mile course.
Little Three Championships at Williams - 8km
#4 Williams strong over # 22 Amherst and Wesleyan at Mt Greylock HS
Conn College Invitational - 8 km
Atlantic # 3 NYU Nat # 25 wins over NE#10 Coast Guard by 12 points 64-76 with NR Conn College only 11 points back.
Wisconsin Oshkosh Invite - Lake Breeze Golf Course - 8km
(# 14 NE#4) MIT third D-3 team only behind (#1) North Central and (#3) Wisconsin Eau Claire. They beat (#11 GL #1) Wabash,( #13 ME #1) Johns Hopkins, (# 16 MW# 5) Wash U,( #17 MW#6) Stout,(#21 MW#7) Oshkosh, (#24 GL #2) Calvin, (West #4) Williamette, (Central #4) Wartburg and other regionally ranked teams.
#12 Middlebury won the Albany Invitational. Sat out # 2 Kevin Wood. Beat Atlatic # 6 RPI by 21 points.
Open New England Varsity Race at Franklin Park 8km
Open New England Sub Varsity Race at Franklin Park 8km
James Early Invitational at Westfield State 8km
Suny Geneseo Invite Letchworth State Park-8km
#9 Atl Geneseo (41pts) (25:15 ave.) over # 12 Dickinson (86) (25:30 ave.) and #30 Oneonta (91)(Ave 25:31). Coast Guard 6th place (186) (Ave 26:06)
Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh University - Gold Race 8km
#10 Williams (474pts) (25:05 ave.)first among D-III teams beat #3 St Lawrence (557)(25:22 ave.),#8 Johns Hopkins (780)(25:39 ave.), #23 Bates (897)(25:48 ave.), RWU (NR)(1054)(26:13 ave.)
Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh University - Brown Race 8km
#14 Haverford (130)(25:32 ave.) top D-III team 2nd over all and Widner NR (183)(25:43 ave.) both would have beat Bates in the Gold Race, Haverford would have been 3rd over all among D-III teams behind Williams and St Lawrence. Wesleyan placed 10th (381) (26:05 ave.), WPI 16th (444)(26:18 ave.), Conn College 21st (562) (26:32 ave.)
Keene State Invitational - 8km
Brandies beat Keene State 30 to 35.
Purple Valley Classice at Williamstown, MA Mt Grelock HS (8km)
#17 Colby (55pts) upsets host # 6 Williams (63), # 8 MIT (72), #21 Amherst (89) & #30 Tufts (120)
Bowdoin College Invitational at Brunswick, ME (8km)
# 24 Bates defeats # 34 Bowdoin (22-36)
WPI held out top 10 from the meet.
Terry Aldrich Invitational - Middlebury, VT (8km)
#28 Middlebury beat #16 Colby on the NESCAC Conference Meet Course. Neither team raced hard. Colby did not run #1 Chelimo and #2 Hale
U Mass Dartmouth Invitational - Dartmouth, MA (8km)
D2 Franklin Pierce wins, WPI 2nd just ahead of Brandeis. (WPI 25:06-26:16, Brandeis 25:26-26:06)
Iona College Meet of Champions Van Cortland Park, NY (8km)
Conn College 15th in D1 Field (Conn 27:16-28:32)
Wesleyan Invitational - Middletown, CT 9/19/14 (4 Mile)
Wesleyan not challenged in easy win over Mitchell
Interesting weekend for Nationally ranked teams.
Williams College #3 placed second at RPI to St Lawrence #25 Beat NYU (NR) and RPI #30
At Dartmouth Invitational - Hanover, NH (8km)
Middlebury College #12 finished 6th out of 6 teams at the Dartmouth Invitational. Keene State (NR) placed 3rd and Roger Williams (NR) placed 4th.
At UMass Amherst Invitational (6200 Meters)
#22 Amherst placed 5th out of 6 teams at the U Mass Amherst Invitational.
#27 Tufts lost to Bowdoin 25-35 in a five team meet.
Bates vs Colby Class Wave Meet - 3.0 Miles
#16 Colby won the first year/sophomore wave 28-27, #34t Bates won the Junior/Senior wave 28-27 for an overall 55-55 tie.
Fitchburg Invitational - 5 Miles
Trinity Invitational Wickham Park - 5km
Conn College ties for 1st held out top 5.
Smith Invite - 8km
Great battle between Coast Guard and WPI with WPI winning the NCAA tie breaker. WPI missing 2 from top five.
Mayflower Cross Country Invitational New England College
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