Vs. Belchertown
(Tuesday, October 23rd, @ Whiting Reservoir -- cool, pleasant -- 50-55 degrees, perfect running weather!)

HC 17, Belchertown 39


The Lady Gaels closed out the dual meet season with a resounding victory over Belchertown, with 7 team members running personal best times on the home course at Whiting Reservoir. As good as last Thursday's meet with Frontier and Turners Falls was, today's meet was even better, as the team captured the top four spots, and six of the top ten, against a Belchertown team that arrived at the course looking to win. Evelyn Powell picked up her fifth individual win of the season, but right behind her were Rose, Marissa, and Laura J. Rose returned from a 2 week layoff to post a sparkling time of 18:42, her best by over thirty seconds. The Lady Gaels' top four looked sensational from the start of the race until the end, running stride for stride throughout the race and finishing within seven seconds of one another. Vickie Cavanaugh continues to close out the team scoring in the fifth position, and although Vickie did not run her best time today, she has certainly proven to be as reliable and consistent a fifth runner as there is in the league. Meghan Lynch continued her late season comeback with a return to the top ten, finishing tenth overall despite starting 15 seconds behind. Laura MacDonald solidified her varsity status, finishing as the team's seventh runner in a personal best time of 21:43. Jessica Tallman, Katie Parsons, and Lauren Urbanski also ran season-best times. The Lady Gaels finish the regular season with a final record of 8-4 (5-2 in the Eastern Division). Although the team lost several tough races during the season, they are running their best races of the season now, and look to be in great shape both physically and mentally as the biggest races of the season approach.

(sorry there's no picture -- Mrs. Lynch took some good ones, but the batteries in the camera went, so they didn't come out. But, I've changed them now, so more pictures should be coming soon!!)(If you'd like to see some pictures from this meet, check out www.harriers.org -- thanks to the Springfield Harriers)

Results:
  • 1.Evelyn Powell (HC) 18:39
  • 2.Rose Casavant (HC) 18:42
  • 3.Marissa Lapointe (HC) 18:45
  • 4.Laura Jedrzejewski (HC) 18:46
  • 5.Lydia Lindhuit (B) 19:11
  • 6.Veronica Lee (B) 19:28
  • 7.Vickie Cavanaugh (HC) 19:46
  • 8.Lindsey Sullivan (B) 20:19
  • 9.Angela Reid (B) 21:03
  • 10.Meghan Lynch (HC) 21:12 ***** (started :15 behind)
  • 11.Jen Bannick (B) 21:25
  • 12.Sara Maniatti (B) 21:42
  • 13.Laura MacDonald (HC) 21:43
  • 14.Bridget Barcomb (HC) 22:15
  • 15.Liz Carter (B) 22:39
  • 16.Lauren Formaleri (B) 23:10
  • 17.Melissa Budzinski (B) 23:17
  • 18.Jess Bourbeau (B) 23:18
  • 19.Alecia Lepage (B) 23:32
  • 20.Liz Lequin (B) 23:37
  • 21.Jessica Tallman (HC) 23:43
  • 22.Anne Micah (B) 23:52
  • 23.Jenna Hess (B) 24:13
  • 24.Kara Kampora (B) 24:19
  • 25.Katie Feldman (B) 24:46
  • 26.Allison Lemoyne (B) 25:00
  • 27.Eleni ? (B) 25:55
  • 28.Sharon Cole (B) 26:00
  • 29.Katie Parsons (HC) 27:24
  • 30.Lauren Urbanski (HC) 27:27