This was the largest meet in the 12-year history of the event with 191 runners competing on the 5,000-meter campus course.

Sophomore Maura McCusker (Westford, MA ) led the Golden Bears by placing 49th with a time of 21 minutes, 41.41 seconds. Sophomore Alana Regan (Tewksbury, MA) was 52nd in 21:52.09 while junior Hannah Laviolette (Three Rivers, MA) took 58th in 22:03.88.

Westfield State had four runners finish in the top five to capture team honors with 30 points.

WSU freshman Amy Trainque (Fitchburg, MA) was the individual champion in 19:12.44. Freshman Olivia Marshall (North Andover, MA) was third (19:48.06) followed by senior Marissa Bonito (Rockland, MA) (19:57.34), and junior Rachael Cardin (Sutton, MA) (20:09.75).

WPI had three runners in the top 10 to finish in the second place with 42 points. Junior Vicky Hewey (Sanford, ME) led the Engineers with a second-place showing in 19:18.75.

Clark was third (97) with Roger Williams (101), and Gordon (136) rounding out the top five.

Complete Results courtesy of Cool Running

Team Scores
1. Westfield State 30, 2. WPI 42, 3. Clark 97, 4. Roger Williams 101, 5. Gordon 136, 6. Endicott 228, 7. Western New England 243, 8. Bard (NY) 244, 9. Colby-Sawyer 260, 10. Castleton State 280, 11. Norwich 288, 12. Framingham State 322, 13. Massachusetts College 383, 14. New England College 440, 15. St. Joseph (CT) 450, 16. Elms 473, 17. Bay Path 503, 18. Anna Maria 513, 19. Southern Vermont 546.

Top 15 (5,000 meters) (191 runners)
1. Amy Trainque, Westfield State, 19:12.44
2.  Vicky Hewey, WPI, 19:18.75
3.  Olivia Marshall, Westfield State, 19:48.06
4.  Marissa Bonito, Westfield State, 19:57.34
5. Rachael Cardin, Westfield State, 20:09.75
6. Amy Babeu, WPI, 20:13.44
7. Hannah McCallum, WPI, 20:15.62
8. Erika Roth, Clark, 20:18.69
9. Allison Lynch, Gordon, 20:19.97
10. Caila Walker, Colby-Sawyer, 20;25.03
11. Maria Grandoni, WPI, 20;26.53
12. Isabel Burgess, Clark, 20:27.91
13. Jamie Wandzilak, Roger Williams, 20:31.56
14. Julie Pattyson, St. Joseph (CT), 20;32.06
15. Emily Urquhart, Gordon, 20:34.62

Contact: Ken Cerino, Western New England athletic communications director (413) 782-1227
kcerino@wne.edu