Endicott among runners at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational

September 18, 2010

Men's Varsity Results
Women's Varsity Results
Women's Subvarsity Results

Dartmouth, Mass. – The Endicott men’s and women’s cross country squads raced among nearly 300 other competitors at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational this past Saturday and with several strong finishes, the Gulls gave a strong showing against some of the toughest NCAA Division III running programs in the region.

In the women’s 5K varsity race, the freshman duo of \#Jillian Mendes\# (Waterbury Center, Vt.) and \#Kira DiCaprio\# (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) clocked in under 20 minutes for the first time in their collegiate racing careers. Mendes, who finished in 59^th place overall, was the first Gulls runner to cross the finish line at 19:53 while DiCaprio followed six seconds later in 66^th place.

Rounding out the top five for the women were \#Holly Davis\# (20:43, 124^th, Guilford, Conn.), \#Kim Shepherd\# (21:17, 166^th, Essex, Conn.), and \#Brittaney Plante\# (21:44, 192^nd, Nashua, N.H.). The Blue and Green as a team finished in 22^nd place in the 290 runner race.

In the men’s varsity race, a short-staffed Gulls team ran hard amongst 272 runners with junior \#Greg Payne\# (North Attleboro, Mass.) leading the way with a time of 26:19.40, shaving 40 seconds off his previous time at this course, for the 8K race. He finished in 68^th place overall.

\#Tom Rofrano\# (33:44.11, 249^th, Sayville, N.Y.), \#Alan Daniels\# (34:54.27, 258^th, Mexico City, Mexico) and \#Alex Dinola\# (35:17.58, 260^th, Westford, Mass.) all ran hard. Daniels had his best finish this season.

The Gulls will be off until October 2 when they go to the Gordon Invitational in Wenham. The men will race at 10:00 am while the women start at 10:45 am.