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Recap | Box Score
Cross Country Competes At Blazers Invitational
CHICOPEE, MA - University of New England's (UNE) Jess Partlow
and Johnson & Wales' Greg Redfield earned top individual honors
with impressive performances, while UNE and Johnson & Wales
claimed the women's and men's top team honors respectively in
Saturday morning's Blazers cross country invitational hosted by
Elms College at Chicopee Memorial State Park.
Partlow clocked a time of 19:42 to break the 5K course record of
19:48 which she set in 2008. Redfield also set a new course record
in the men's 8K run, finishing with a time of 27:04. The previous
course record was held by Newbury's Herrell Siller Jr. who turned
in a time of 27:45 last season.
For the women, UNE finished first as a team, collecting 19 points,
while Johnson & Wales (56), Lesley (61), Wheelock (150), New
England College (154), Mount Ida (170), and Eastern Nazarene (197)
followed. Bay Path, Curry, Elms and Newbury did not record a team
score.
On the men's side, Johnson & Wales tallied a low score of 23,
while UNE finished in second with 45 points. Lesley (90), New
England College (148), Newbury (172), and Eastern Nazarene (217)
followed. Elms did not record a team score.
Lesley's Noa Kupfer finished in second overall in the women's race
in a time of 19:44, while UNE's Kim Martins placed third with a
20:16 clip.
For the men, Lesley's Fran Cusick crossed the finish line at the
27:12 mark to earn second place honors, while UNE's Matthew Veiga
finished at 27:21 to claim third.
Elms junior runner Alycia Dabrowski (Chicopee, MA) was the top
finisher for the Blazers women, notching a time of 22:35 to place
24th overall in a field of 83 runners.
Blazers freshman Brendan Warren (Arlington, MA) registered a time
of 35:53 and was the squad's lead finisher. He placed 34th out of
52 runners.
Story by: Chris Attwood (Elms College)

















