The Holy Cross men's and women's
track and field teams wrapped up their indoor season and
are preparing for a tough outdoor season that features trips
to the Penn Relays, Patriot League Championship and New England
Championships.
The Crusaders' men's team placed eighth at the
Patriot League Championships held at the United States Military
Academy. Dan Conti '03 (Hubbardston, Mass.) was the
Crusaders' highest placing finisher, taking second
place in the indoor pentathlon and setting a new College
record with 3,545 points. A.J. Thibeault '02 (East
Providence, R.I.) placed third in the men's 35 lb.-weight
throw with a toss of 17.00 meters. Dwayne Henclewood '04
(Jamaica) also placed with a throw of 14.85 meters in the
shot put while Sean McCarthy '03 (Chelmsford, Mass.)
placed fifth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:55.00.
On the women's side, Holy Cross also placed eighth,
led by Kaitlyn Wright '04 (Londonderry, N.H.) who placed
fourth in the one-mile run with a time of 5:14.62. Emily
Hogan '02 (Northboro, Mass.) and Bethany Miczek '05
(Leicester, Mass.) also joined Wright as point scorers with
a sixth-place finish in the 5,000-meter run and the indoor
pentathlon respectively. Hogan finished in a time of 18:01.47
while Miczek scored 2,786 points. The Crusaders also placed
fifth in the 4 x 800 meter relay with a time of 9:35.23.
The Crusaders began the outdoor season on March 30 with
the Worcester City Championship. The team then traveled to
Albany for a tri-meet with Albany and Williams before heading
to the Blue Devil Invitational. The Crusaders' multi-event
meet was up next for the team before it hosted Maine, Vermont
and Central Connecticut in a quad-meet on April 20. The Patriot
League Championships took place the first weekend of May
while the New England Championships at Northeastern were
held May 9-11.
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