GNAC Cross Country Report: Week 8
With the GNAC meet at Saint Joseph's less than two weeks away, Suffolk swept the Week 8 runner awards while Colby-Sawyer swept both rookie honors.
( FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 14 - 20 )
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MEN'S RUNNER OF THE WEEK Matyas Csiki-Fejer, Suffolk (So., Manchester, Mo.) Csiki-Fejer topped the 245-runner Suffolk Invitational at Franklin Park Saturday behind an 8K time of 26:03.7. |
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WOMEN'S RUNNER OF THE WEEK Manfra cruised by the other 201 racers at Franklin Park Saturday afternoon to capture the Suffolk Invitational individual title. Her pace of 6:00 had the senior come through the 5K finisher's chute in 18:39.0, nearly one minute faster than runner up Karena Garcia of Smith who clocked in at 19:27.7. |
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MEN'S ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Ian Turpel recorded a personal best 8k time of 28:03.9 (5:38 pace) to place 36th out of 245 runners at Saturday's Suffolk Invitational held at Franklin Park. Turpel was instrumental in helping Colby-Sawyer finish third out of 24 teams and as the top squad from the GNAC.
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WOMEN'S ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Shannon O'Connell, Colby-Sawyer (Fy., Peabody, Mass.) First-year Shannon O'Connell paced the Colby-Sawyer women's cross country team by finishing third out of 202 runners at Saturday's Suffolk Invitational held at Franklin Park. She covered the 5k course in 19:40.9 (6:20 pace) to help Colby-Sawyer finish third as a team out of 21 and be the top GNAC institution. |
GNAC CROSS COUNTRY WEEKLY ARCHIVE (2019)
| WEEK | MEN'S RUNNER | WOMEN'S RUNNER |
MEN'S |
WOMEN'S ROOKIE |
| 1 | Matyas Csiki-Fejer, SUF | Emily Manfra, SUF | Cole Bolduc, SUF | Marin Stamer, SUF |
| 2 | Adam Saucier, NOR | Maggie Mann, REG | Zach Curry, JWU | Remi Parker, NOR |
| 3 | Troy Hendricks, SJC | Camilla Grosso, SJC | David Kavanaugh, USJ | Camilla Grosso, SJC |
| 4 | Matyas Csiki-Fejer, SUF (2) | Emily Manfra, SUF (2) | Guilaume Glaudel, SUF | Zoe Utton, CSC |
| 5 | David Kavanaugh, USJ | Samantha Molinari, RIV | David Kavanaugh, USJ (2) | Morgan Hall, USJ |
| 6 | Matyas Csiki-Fejer, SUF (3) | Shannon O'Connell, CSC | Elijah Dillon, SUF | Shannon O'Connell, CSC |
| 7 | Ben Jones, CSC | Zoe Utton, CSC | David Kavanaugh, USJ (3) | Zoe Utton, CSC (2) |
| 8 | Matyas Csiki-Fejer, SUF (4) | Emily Manfra, SUF (3) | Ian Turpel, CSC | Shannon O'Connell, CSC (2) |
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