Whalen paces women at NCAA Division III Regional Championship; Lyons match 2000 team finish
November 10, 2001
WESTFIELD, MA- Sophomore Stan Pyle (S. Portland, ME/S. Portland) became only the second Wheaton runner ever to qualify for the NCAA Division III National Championship meet, finishing 15th overall at the New England Regional meet this past weekend with a personal-best time of 25:34 at Westfield State College. Pyle will now travel to Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois for the national meet on Saturday, November 17th.
Pyle and the Wheaton men matched last year‚s team finish by placing 14th overall in the 35-team pool. Keene State was crowned team champion with 54 points. The Lyons and their 361 points were fourth among New England Women‚s and Men‚s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) teams. Senior co-captain Noah Hill (Templeton, MA/Narragansett Regional) was also impressive at the meet, nearly missing the qualifying mark with a 31st-place finish.
Rounding out Wheaton‚s top five runners was first-year Adam Paicos (Easton, MA/Oliver Ames), sophomore Brian Donoghue (Holyoke, MA/Holyoke Catholic) and junior Chris Scotti (Walpole,MA/Xaverian). Donoghue and Scotti finished the course almost simultaneously, completing the race a second apart with times of 27:49 and 27:50, respectively.
The Wheaton women also equaled last year‚s performance with a 17th-place finish and 498 points. Middlebury captured the team title with 65 points on the afternoon. Like the men, the Lyons completed the course as the fourth conference school to cross the finish line. Freshman Lindsay Whalen (Dedham, MA/Dedham) led the charge for Wheaton with a personal-best time of 19:11, a mark good enough to place among the top 55 runners.
Also posting strong performances was sophomore Jessica Jordan (Cape Elizabeth, ME/Cape Elizabeth), senior co-captain Danielle Huston (Plymouth, MA/Plymouth North) and first-year athletes Erin O'Brien (Easton, MA/Oliver Ames) and Jen Walter (Duxbury, MA/Duxbury). Similar to the men, Walter and classmate Linsey Degan (Palmer, MA/Palmer) placed within one second of another, finishing the race at 20:23 and 20:24, respectively.
For complete team and individual results, go to www.coolrunning.com.
Wheaton Men‚s Individual Results: 15. Stan Pyle 25:34, 31. Noah Hill 26:02, 82. Adam Paicos 27:03, 116. Brian Donoghue 27:49, 117. Chris Scotti 27:50, 131. Robert Monteiro 28:06, 187. Joe Chadwick 29:50.
Wheaton Women‚s Individual Results: 54. Lindsay Whalen 19:11, 90. Jessica Jordan 19:46, 109. Danielle Huston 19:59, 116. Erin O‚Brien 20:11, 129. Jen Walter 20:23, 130. Linsey Degan 20:24, 155. Nancy Nally 20:53.
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