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.

October 21, 2019

( FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 14 - 20 )

	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.
	WOMEN'S RUNNER OF THE WEEK Emily Manfra, Suffolk University (Sr., Stoneham, Mass.) 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.
	MEN'S ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Ian Turpel, Colby-Sawyer (Fy., Cohasset, Mass.) 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.
	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.

WEEK 8 HONOR ROLL

Peter Bakker, Colby-Sawyer (Sr, Barkhamsted, Conn.) - Peter Bakker paced the Colby-Sawyer men's cross country team with a personal 8k record time of 26:22.4 (5:18 pace) to finish fourth overall out of 245 at Saturday's Suffolk Invitational held at Franklin Park. Bakker was one of three Chargers to finish in the top-15 to help Colby-Sawyer place third overall out of 24 teams and finish as the top squad from the GNAC.

Zach Curry, Johnson & Wales (RI) (Fy., Beverly, Mass.) - First-year runner Zach Curry ran a personal-best at the the Suffolk University Invitational, running a 5:55-minute mile to cross the finish line of the 8K with a time of 29:25.0 to finish 84th in the 245-runner field.

Kaylan Dunham, Johnson & Wales (RI) (Jr., West Point, N.Y.) - Junior runner Kaylan Dunham ran a 6:57-minute mile to finish 60th in the 202-runner field at at the Suffolk Invitational with a time of 21:38.4.

Trenton Shimata, Norwich (Jr., Colorado Springs, Colo.) - Shimata led the squad with a 155th place finish in 26:38.0 on the 8k course at Conn. College. He led the Cadets for the second consecutive race.

Kelsey Kennedy, Saint Joseph's (Maine) (Fr., Cape Elizabeth, Maine) - Kennedy was the top SJC runner to cross the finish line and was 23rd with a 20:42 effort in the 5K Suffolk Invitational on Saturday.

Troy Hendricks, Saint Joseph's (Maine) (So., Hiram, Maine) - Hendricks placed sixth out of 245 runners with a 26:46 time in the 8K Suffolk Invitational on Saturday.

Cole Bolduc, Suffolk (Fr., Blackstone, Mass.) - Cole Bolduc was the Rams' runner up at the Suffolk Invitational, finishing the 8K course at Franklin Park in 28:10.2 good for 37th in the overall field of 245.

Marin Stamer, Suffolk (Fr., Big Bear City, Calif.) - Marin Stamer was Suffolk's second-place finisher with a 28th-place showing in a field of 202 at the Suffolk Invitational at Franklin Park. She clocked in her 5K time just over 20 minutes at 20:47.9.

GNAC CROSS COUNTRY WEEKLY ARCHIVE (2019)

WEEK	MEN'S RUNNER	WOMEN'S RUNNER	MEN'S ROOKIE	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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