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Cross Country
The Holy Cross men’s and women’s cross country
teams have kicked off the 2002 season with eyes towards capturing
the Patriot League Championships. The Crusaders men’s
team placed second at the Central Connecticut State Invitational
while the women’s team placed 10th overall in the season
opener.
The men’s team finished behind Boston College in the
final team score. Sean McCarthy ’03 (Chelmsford,
Mass.) led the way for a fourth place overall finish in a
time of 26:22. Matt Karatkewicz ’03 (Middlefield,
Conn.) and John Nieskens ’05 (Peterborough, N.H.)
finished in ninth and 10th place overall with times of 27:19
and 27:31 respectively.
On the women’s side, Julia Gillis ’04 (Cornwall,
N.Y.) led the way for the team, finishing in 40th place overall. Elizabeth
Desmond ’05 (Portland, Maine) placed 48th while Brittany
Chapman ’06 (Haddonfield, N.J.) finished in 80th
place.
Holy Cross then headed to West Point to compete in the West
Point Invitational. Once again, the teams had a good showing
with each squad placing fifth. Karatkewicz led the men’s
team effort while Nieskens was close behind. Karatkewicz
finished in 27th while Nieskens placed 41st overall. Owen
Speer ’03 (Hudson, N.H.), and Randy Brodeur ’04 (Lowell,
Mass.) and Matt Zogg ’03 (North Syracuse, N.Y.)
rounded out the top five for the Crusaders .
On the women’s side, Desmond led the way placing 31st
with a time of 25:09.15. Gillis finished second for the Crusaders
while Chapman, Andrea Aris ’04 (Fayetteville,
N.Y.) and Michela Byrne ’05 (Portland, Ore.)
rounded out the top five. The two teams then competed at
the National Catholic Championships where the men’s
team placed 13th and the women placed 14th overall. The Crusaders’ men’s
squad placed seventh out of 11 Division I schools that competed
while the women placed ninth out of 11 teams.
For the second straight meet, Karatkewicz, Nieskens and
Speer led the men’s charge. James Clifford ’05 (Tenafly,
N.J.) finished fourth for the College, his best performance
of the year, while Brodeur rounded out Holy Cross’ top
five.
On the women’s side, the Crusaders were led once again
by Desmond, who finished in 21st place with a time of 19:57.
She has now been the College’s top finisher in two of
the three matches. Gillis and Byrne were the next two Holy
Cross finishers placing 27th and 47th overall. For Byrne,
it marked her best showing of the young season. Colleen
Curran ’05 (Wakefield, Mass.) and Brittany Chapman
placed 57th and 59th to account for the team’s top five
runners.
The Crusaders continue their stretch run towards the Patriot
League Championships with meets at New Hampshire, Murray
Keatinge and Boston before the conference championship which
will be held at Army.
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