2006 Amherst Cross Country Milestones

WOMEN'S TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Amherst's women never placed worse than second in nine meets this season, including first-place finishes in the season-opening Amherst Invitational and in week two at UMASS-Dartmouth.
• The women placed fourth overall at the Open New Englands, which featured schools from Divisions I, II and III. Of the Division III schools, Amherst placed first.
• The women placed first in three consecutive weeks, winning the Little Three Championship, NESCAC Championship and ECAC Championship, overwhelmingly earning a spot in the NCAA Regional Championship where the Lord Jeffs placed second overall.
• To cap off the season, the women finished in second place in the NCAA National Championships, just one point behind the leader, Middlebury College.
• For the fourth consecutive season, a member of the Amherst women's team was named NESCAC Rookie of the Year.
• Coach Erik Nedeau was named Women's Coach of the Year.

MEN'S TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Amherst's men opened the season with a first-place finish at the Amherst Invitational and finished second at the Tufts Invitational and Little Three Championship.
• The men placed third at both the NESCAC and ECAC Championships in consecutive meets and ended their season with a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Regional Championships.

WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Senior Co-Captain Shauneen Garrahan (Fairfax Station, VA)

• NESCAC All-Academic
• Placed 8th at the NCAA Regional Championships
• Placed 4th at the Open New Englands
• Placed 2nd at Tufts Invitational and Shriner's Invitational at UMASS-Dartmouth
• Placed 1st at Amherst Invitational
  
  Junior Kim Partee (Brentwood, TN)
• Earned First-Team All-NESCAC honors, placing 6th overall at the NESCAC Championships
• Placed 11th at NCAA National Championships
• Placed 14th at NCAA Regional Championships
• Placed 2nd at Little Three Championship
• Placed 12th at Open New Englands
• Placed 1st at Amherst Invitational
  
  Junior Katie Moravec (Chico, CA)
• NESCAC All-Academic
• Earned All-ECAC honors for finishing second overall at the ECAC Championships
• Placed 5th at Amherst Invitational
  
  Junior Laura Mortimer (Jackson, MS)
• NESCAC All-Academic
• Earned All-ECAC honors for finishing 8th at the ECAC Championships
  
  
  Junior Meg Ray (Menands, NY)
• Earned Second-Team All-NESCAC honors, placing 14th at the NESCAC Championships
• NESCAC All-Academic
• Placed 7th at Little Three Championship
  
  Junior Co-Captain Heather Wilson (Danvers, MA)
• Earned Second-Team All-NESCAC honors, placing 11th at the NESCAC Championships
• NESCAC All-Academic
• Placed 7th at the NCAA National Championships
• Placed 5th at the NCAA Regional Championships
  
  Sophomore Caitlin McDermott-Murphy (Newton, MA)
• Earned All-ECAC honors for finishing 10th at the ECAC Championships
• Placed 15th at the Little Three Championship
  
  Sophomore Nicole Anderson (Kailua, HI)
• Earned All-ECAC honors for finishing 12th overall at the ECAC Championships
  
  Sophomore Elise Tropiano (Plainview, NY)
• Placed 18th at NESCAC Championships
• Placed 5th at Little Three Championship
• Placed 4th at Amherst Invitational
  
  First-Year Sophia Galleher (Denver, CO)
• Earned NESCAC Rookie of the Year honors, finishing 15th at the NESCAC Championships, the best finish among all first-years
• Placed 11th at the Little Three Championship
  
  First-Year Rachel Cameron (Grand Rapids, MI)
• Earned All-ECAC honors for finishing 5th at the ECAC Championships
  

MEN'S INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Senior Rob Boley (Mount Pleasant, MI)

• NESCAC All-Academic
• Earned All-ECAC honors, placing 13th at ECAC Championships
  
  Senior Co-Captain Richard Wilson (Columbus, OH)
• NESCAC All-Academic
  
  Senior Co-Captain Cooper Knowlton (Montclair, NJ)
• Placed 4th at Amherst Invitational
  
  Senior Nate Freese (Tunbridge, VT)
• NESCAC All-Academic
  
  Junior Mike Harbus (New York, NY)
• NESCAC All-Academic
• Placed 2nd at Amherst Invitational
  
  Junior Tomas Morrissey (Astoria, OR)
• Placed 6th at Little Three Championship
• Placed 5th at Tufts Invitational
  
  Sophomore Harrison Lakehomer (Eugene, OR)
• Placed 1st at Little Three Championship and Amherst Invitational
• Placed 3rd at Tufts Invitational
  
  Sophomore Peter Foote (Shelburne, VT)
• Placed 5th at Amherst Invitational
  
  First-Year Carlyle Eubank (Santa Ynez, CA)
• Earned All-ECAC honors, placing 8th at ECAC Championships
  
  First-Year Daniel Murner (Crestwood, KY)
• Placed 19th at NCAA Regional Championships
• Placed 4th at Tufts Invitational