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Thomas Earns NECC Honors as Cross Country Grows
Junior Solange Thomas (Webster, Mass.) headlined a solid day at the Mass. Maritime Travis Fuller Invitational for the Newbury College women's cross country team on Saturday September 10th. While Thomas placed 22nd in a 102 runner field, the other four members of the squad crossed the finish line with personal best on the young season.
Thomas finished cross country's second meet of the season with a time of 21:14, just three minutes after the medalist Molly Rouillard from Bridgewater State University. The Webster Mass. native ran a sub-seven minute mile and earned herself New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Runner of the Week honors.
Newcomer Jessica Haralson (Lebanon, Conn.) cut 12 seconds off her individual mile time in 5K race, crossing the finish line with a time of 23:56 well fellow freshman Shanice Reed (Meridan, Conn.) shaved 16 seconds off her mile time, finishing the Mass. Martime race with a time of 26:41.
Second year runners Jennifer Lewis (Stratford, Conn.) and Hannah Weiner (Barrington, R.I.) also continue to improve on the young season. Lewis dropped 14 seconds off her mile time, pacing herself at 8:15 while Weiner showed the greatest jump on the day, as she cut nearly a whole minute and a half off her time.
The women's cross country team is growing exponentially with every race as the season moves along and looks to be a contender at the conference championship meet at the end of October.
- Photo by: Samantha Yanofsky
