November 10, 2001  

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New England Division III Championships
hosted by Westfield State College
at Westfield, Mass.

BOBCATS TAKE SEVENTH AT NEW ENGLANDS
Easter earns third trip to NCAAs

WESTFIELD, Mass. — Bates College junior Justin Easter of Jay, Maine, finished third overall at the New England Division III qualifying meet, earning first-team All-New England status and qualifying for his third NCAA Division III cross country championship and seventh trip to the NCAAs overall in his time at Bates.

As a team, the Bobcats finished seventh out of 35 teams at the New England qualifier. Easter led the team with a time of 25:06, just 13 seconds out of the top spot. The Bobcats' next five runners were all first-years, led by Michael Downing of Gorham, Maine, in 38th place and Robert Gomez of Waldoboro, Maine in 55th.

                            MENS' TEAM RESULTS TOP 20
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  1. Keene St.  54
  2. Bowdoin    83
  3. MIT       106
  4. Tufts     113
  5. Williams  128
  6. Trinity   149
  7. Bates     232
  8. USCGA     243
  9. Colby     291
 10. Amherst   317
 11. Brandeis  322
 12. WPI       337
 13. Conn Coll 343
 14. Wheaton   361
 15. Springfield 384
 16. Wesleyan  387
 17. Babson    402
 18. UMass-Dartmouth  560
 19. Southern Maine   567
 20. Eastern Connecticut St.  580


TOP 35 (ALL-NEW ENGLAND) FINISHERS and BATES FINISHERS

PLACENAME                  CLASS SCHOOL                     RACE#   TIME   PACE
 1 Mark Miller             Jr    Keene St.                    644   24:53  4:59
 2 Ryan Bak                Jr    Trinity                      742   25:02  5:01
 3 Justin Easter           Jr    Bates                        525   25:06  5:02
 4 Sean Nolan              Jr    MIT                          677   25:08  5:02
 5 Matt St. Germaine       Jr    Keene St.                    648   25:11  5:02
 6 Dan Feldman             Sr    MIT                          673   25:12  5:03
 7 Aristides Cruz          Sr    Tufts                        752   25:14  5:03
 8 Stephen Allison         Sr    Bowdoin                      531   25:17  5:04
 9 Jim Emord               Jr    Trinity                      745   25:19  5:04
10 Todd Forsgren           Jr    Bowdoin                      533   25:22  5:05
11 Josh Ferenc             So    Keene St.                    641   25:25  5:05
12 Karl Remsen             Jr    Williams                     832   25:30  5:06
13 Ian Bartonicek          Jr    U.S. Coast Guard Academy     778   25:33  5:07
14 Patrick Vardaro         Jr    Bowdoin                      539   25:33  5:07
15 Stan Pyle               So    Wheaton                      823   25:34  5:07
16 Paul Phelps             Jr    Keene St.                    646   25:38  5:08
17 Wes Reutimann           Sr    Williams                     833   25:38  5:08
18 Nat Brown               So    Colby                        577   25:40  5:08
19 Sean Montgomery         Sr    MIT                          676   25:41  5:09
20 Nathan Brigham          Fr    Tufts                        751   25:43  5:09
21 Dave Bridgewater        Fr    Keene St.                    639   25:44  5:09
22 Jeffrey Rubens          Jr    Bowdoin                      537   25:45  5:09
23 David Clayman           Jr    Connecticut College          587   25:47  5:10
24 Jason Mann              Sr    Tufts                        757   25:53  5:11
25 Shamus Brady            So    Williams                     827   25:54  5:11
26 Mitchell Baker          So    Williams                     825   25:55  5:11
27 Matthew Griego          Fr    Brandeis                     542   25:56  5:12
28 Bob Mateicka            Sr    Springfield                  733   25:57  5:12
29 Scott Barbuto           Jr    Bowdoin                      532   25:58  5:12
30 Benjamin Smith          Sr    Tufts                        760   26:00  5:12
31 Noah Hill               Sr    Wheaton                      820   26:02  5:13
32 Justin Lewis            Sr    Tufts                        756   26:04  5:13
33 Albert Liu              Jr    MIT                          675   26:05  5:13
34 Jon Drappi              So    Trinity                      744   26:06  5:14
35 Bryan Bissell           So    Wesleyan                     789   26:08  5:14

38 Michael Downing         Fr    Bates                        524   26:11  5:15
55 Robert Gomez            Fr    Bates                        526   26:30  5:18
56 Andrius Staisiunas      Fr    Bates                        530   26:34  5:19
80 Joel Anderson           Fr    Bates                        521   26:58  5:24
103 Ari deWilde            Fr    Bates                        523   27:29  5:30
105 John Plimpton          So    Bates                        529   27:36  5:32

 

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