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FOR
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November 1, 2004
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Rhode Island College Men’s Cross Country
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Update #6
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Providence, RI--Head
Coach Kevin Jackson’s team placed fourth overall (12 teams)
with a score of 129 at the 2004 LEC/MASCAC Alliance Championships,
hosted by UMass-Dartmouth, on Saturday, Oct. 30. Keene State won the
Alliance Championship with a team score of 23. |
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RIC placed
third (five teams) in the Little East with a score of 76. Keene State
was the LEC Champion with a score of 19. |
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Sophomore
Eric Lonergan (North
Kingstown, RI)
earned
All-Alliance/Little East honors, placing 15th with a time
of 26:49 at the Alliance Championships. Lonergan was RIC’s top runner
at the Plansky Invitational, placing tied for 28th with a
time of 21:01 on Oct. 23. He was RIC’s top runner at the RWU
Invitational, placing first overall with a time of 28:39, on Oct. 9.
For his efforts, he was named the Little East Conference’s Men’s Cross
Country Runner of the Week. He was the Anchormen’s top runner
at the Ray Dwyer Invitational, placing first with a time of 29:10, on
Sept. 25. He was the Anchormen’s top runner, placing 85th
overall with a time of 27:35, at the UMass-Dartmouth Invitational, on
Sept. 18. |
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Junior
Manny Karngar (Providence,
RI)
earned
All-Alliance/Little East honors, placing 18th with a time
of 27:01 at the Alliance Championships. Karngar placed 102nd
with a time of 23:02 at the Plansky Invitational on Oct. 23. He
finished fourth at the Ray Dwyer Invitational with a time of 29:51 on
Sept. 25. He finished 180th at the UMass-Dartmouth
Invitational with a time of 30:02 on Sept. 18. |
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Junior
Tim Goodwin (Warwick,
RI)
placed 35th
with a time of 28:01 at the Alliance Championships. Goodwin placed 61st
with a time of 21:52 at the Plansky Invitational on Oct. 23. He placed
sixth at the RWU Invitational with a time of 29:58 on Oct. 9. He
finished fourth at the Ray Dwyer Invitational with a time of 30:06 on
Sept. 25. He finished 133rd at the UMass-Dartmouth
Invitational with a time of 28:47 on Sept. 18. He was the Anchormen’s
top runner placing fourth with a time of 30:07 at the Rhode Island
Collegiate Invitational on Sept. 9. |
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Freshman
Greg Clark (Pawtucket,
RI)
placed 34th with a time of 27:59 at the Alliance
Championships. Clark placed 71st with a time of 22:05 at
the Plansky Invitational on Oct. 23. He placed 17th at the
RWU Invitational with a time of 31:00 on Oct. 9. He finished 14th
at the Ray Dwyer Invitational with a time of 31:50 on Sept. 25. He
finished 172nd at the UMass-Dartmouth Invitational with a
time of 29:48 on Sept. 18. He placed 11th with a time of
32:18 at the Rhode Island Collegiate Invitational on Sept. 9. |
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Senior
Joe Parenteau (Smithfield,
RI)
placed 127th
with a time of 24:27 at the Plansky Invitational on Oct. 23. He placed
20th at the RWU Invitational with a time of 31:25 on Oct.
9. It was Parenteau’s first race since returning from knee surgery. |
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Sophomore
Andy Neil (Warwick,
RI)
placed 58th
with a time of 29:35 at the Alliance Championships. Neil finished 11th
at the Ray Dwyer Invitational with a time of 31:43 on Sept. 25. He
finished 173rd at the UMass-Dartmouth Invitational with a
time of 29:52 on Sept. 18. He placed 16th at
the Rhode Island Collegiate Invitational on Sept. 9 with a time of
33:24. |
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Freshman
Mike Van Gieson (Foster, RI) placed 46th with a time of
28:46 at the Alliance Championships. Van Gieson placed 93rd
with a time of 22:44 at the Plansky Invitational on Oct. 23. He
finished 10th at the Ray Dwyer Invitational with a time of
31:29 on Sept. 25. He finished 184th at the UMass-Dartmouth
Invitational with a time of 30:08 on Sept. 18. He finished 12th
at the Rhode Island Collegiate Invitational with a time of 32:37 on
Sept. 9. |
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Freshman
Mike Sarazin (Pawtucket,
RI)
placed 66th
with a time of 30:33 at the Alliance Championships. Sarazin placed 51st
at the RWU Invitational with a time of 33:56 on Oct. 9. He placed 23rd
at the Rhode Island Collegiate Invitational on Sept. 9 with a time of
35:21. |
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Freshman
Sam Gaye (Providence,
RI)
placed 67th
with a time of 30:42 at the Alliance Championships. Gaye placed 12th
at the Ray Dwyer Invitational with a time of 31:48 on Sept. 25. He
finished 208th at the UMass-Dartmouth Invitational with a
time of 32:00 on Sept. 18. |
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In upcoming
action, RIC will compete at the ECAC Div. III Championships, hosted by
Tufts University on Saturday, Nov. 6. |
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