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Race Recap

Runners of the Meet - Steve Corsello & Jack Seaver and Melissa Sullivan & Kristen Moulton

Despite a bit of wind, the weather was great for racing - the drawback was that the rain that had fallen heavily the past 24 hours left the historic Franklin Park course very soft, slick and muddy and slowed times down a little bit from what they might have been in past years. In a strange twist, the men and women in both of the races finished in the same places as the Varsity teams finished 12th while both JV team finished in 8th place, and the varsity groups were also each the 4th place DIII team. The women got the day started, and set the tone for the day. Sophie Galleher was out in the lead pack and hung tough through out the race, as she came through in 13th place and was the 3rd DIII runner to cross the line, finishing in 18:20. First year Ali Simeone continues to race great as she just missed earning All NE honors (Top 35) as she placed 38th in a Franklin park PR of 18:43. Melissa Sullivan continues to show significant improvement from last year, as she just missed breaking 19 minutes on the challenging course but over 3 minutes from her time last year, while Hallie Schwab felt the effect of not getting out aggressively and spent a lot of the race trying to weave through traffic, and finished 4th for the team, a few spots in front of Christina Wong - who finished out the scoring for the team with her 19:35, despite still battling the effects of the plague that has run through the team in the past 2 weeks. Elodie Reed used a a big kick to mow down a lot of people in the last 200 meters, and coming in right behind her was Mercedes Taylor to finish out the day. In the JV race, the ladies who had not been factoring in the scoring were provided an opportunity to have that chance and they took advantage of the opportunity. The top five runners all packed in to a 20 second spread, showing the tight packing ability of the group. Kristen Moulton came through first for the team as she continues to have a stellar first year campaign and just got under the 20 minute mark - a first for her on this course. Just 3 clicks behind was classmate keri Lambert who stopped the clock at 20:00 on the money and cracking the Top 50. Another pair of first years came in a few seconds after, as Sarah Daly and Lauren Almeida - returning to race after a week hiatus - finished 5 seconds and 6 places apart, and both were followed by Melissa Pritchard who rounded out the scoring for the team with her 20:17 finish. Eliza Schalch and Cara Giaimo each bettered their times from last year in rounding out the Top 7. Laura Zaccagnino continued to drop her times, as she was under 21 minutes, while shortly after her was Shannon McKenna making her return to the lineup after a lay off due to injury, and Anna Hager who knocked well over a minute off her time from last year on the course.

The men competed well and some nice improvements from several people which will certainly benefit the team later on, and also saw the return of several guys who had been out of racing until Saturday. Carlyle Eubank showed that the effects of the cold that plagues him last week were a thing of the past, and finished 41st overall in a 25:37 to lead the team for the 2nd time this season. Daniel Murner did not get off the line very well and found himself buried behind about 200 runners after a mile, but was able to steadily work through packs of guys to get himself back into the top 50 by the end, and came through in 25:42. Steve Corsello, continues to step up this XC season as he had his best race yet running close to Carlyle and Murner the whole race, and finishing in 25:47 - well under his PR. John McGrail, Eric Holaday and Travis Cohoon all finished within 10 seconds of one another as McLovin ran well under his course PR, Holaday returned to the lineup after being out the last race due to sickness, and Travis continues to step up big time from last year. Andrew Erskine was a little flat after last week's great race but was still able to get in under 27 minutes. In the JV race, Jimmy Swanson returned to action for the first time this season as a foot injury had derailed the start but he showed that the time spent in the pool and gradually building back to the running have paid off, as he tempoed through in 26:24 - a time that would have put him into the Top 5 for the team in the varsity race, and will certainly help strengthen the team. Kit Callahan, racing in spikes as opposed to trainers for the first time in his illustrious running career, was able to get well under the 27 minute mark in finishing 2nd for the team. Will Bell, showing glimpses of the 4:16 miling form he possesses, had a very strong 2nd half of the race and just missed getting under 27 minutes - nearly 30 seconds faster then last fall. Geoff Ainslie and Alec Jacobson worked the race together from the first steps of the race and were separated at the line by 1 seconds, as G would finish in his best XC time ever and Alec was faster then last year. Patrick Grimes had his best race of the year, as he seems to be making the transition to XC and took his miling ability to the line and ran 27:31, while rounding out the Top 7 for the race, without a doubt, his best race of his college XC career was Jack Seaver. After just barely breaking 30 minutes last year on this course, he came through big time running 27:40 - over a minute faster then any race he has done to this point. First year Adron Pitmon got his feet dirty for the first time this season, as he tempoed through under 28 minutes finishing in the same time as Kevin Hanley - both in 27:52, while Dillon Buckley dipped under the 28 minute mark, finishing 2 seconds behind the pair. Eli Howe was just above the 28 minute mark - running 28:05, his fastest time of the yea and Ben Klein returned to racing for the first time since last fall, going 28:36 in his first race in over a year.