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Back to Back MAC Champions!!!
11/18/01
Almasi Competes in NAIA National Cross
Country Championship
Junior runner Brett Almasi put up a time of 29:22 on
the challenging national championship course in Kenosha, WI on
Saturday. Almasi is UMF's first male runner to compete in the national
championship.
11/6/01
Men's
and Women's
Cross Country Teams Continue Winning Tradition
In just four years of existence the
men’s and women’s cross country programs at the University of Maine at
Farmington have proven they will be a force to be reckoned with for many
years to come. This year,
coaches Arvid and Kelley Cullenberg have guided these hugely successful
programs and carried them further into the record books.
The women’s team, led by Academic All American Kate McGuire, has
compiled four Maine Athletic Conference Championships and on Saturday
November 3rd captured it’s second Regional Championship earning
a trip to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National
meet. Although this is the
first national bid for the team, the UMF women have sent individual runners
to nationals in each of the last four years. As
UMF prepares for a challenging national meet Coach Arvid Cullenberg
considers this team to be a contender for a top 20 finish.
“Our women have been having fun and running hard all season and I
am sure they will do more of the same in Wisconsin.
Kate has seen this chance slip away in the last 2 years.
Her drive to win is unmatched and hopefully she can summon another
lifetime personal record at nationals.”
In 1999 the #1 ranked women were edged out by Lyndon State College
when a team member was injured on the course.
Last year UMF won the regional race, however, there were not enough
teams competing in the meet to earn an automatic qualification to nationals.
Realizing this history, four of the seven women running for UMF on
Saturday set lifetime personal records.
“All of our women ran incredibly smart races.
This course had a couple of strategically placed hills.
We negotiated them extremely well, not going out too fast, gaining
places on other teams as the race progressed” commented Coach Cullenberg. The back-to-back Maine Athletic Conference Champions men’s
team overcame several setbacks this season to show they had the depth to
back up a number two regional ranking.
Finishing in second place, the Beavers drew on all of their resources
to stay close to a very strong Lyndon State team.
“We knew Lyndon would be fast. We were counting on our men to meet
the challenge, which they did,” noted Cullenberg.
The UMF men received a surprise breakout performance from first year
runner, junior Brett Almasi. Almasi’s
time of 28:31 captured 7th place overall and earned him the honor
of being UMF’s first male runner to compete at nationals.
“Brett has shown the potential to have this kind of performance all
year. It was nice to see him
step up when the team really needed it most,” said Cullenberg. The
national championship meet will be held in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Saturday
November 17th.
11/3/01
Men's Cross Country Places 2nd at Regional,
Almasi Qualifies for Nationals
The UMF men's cross country team had am inpressive showing
at the NAIA regional meet today, placing 5 runners in the top 25, but fell
short of overtaking Lyndon State College for the championship. Brett
Almasi was UMF's top finisher, placing 7th, earning an automatic individual
bid to nationals. Other times for UMF were: Sam Deland 13th (28:57),
Tim Wess 14th (29:01), Doug Pierce 22nd (29:33), Nick Scott 25th (29:45),
Scott Sinay 36th (30:48), Luc Roy 57th (34:05). Almasi will travel to
Kenosha, Wisconsin on Saturday November 17th to compete in the NAIA national
meet.
10/21/01
Men's and Women's
Cross Country Teams Win Conference Titles
In
Saturday’s conference championship race held at St. Joseph’s College in
Standish, both teams edged out the University of Maine at Presque Isle for
the titles.
The UMF women (34) received top finishes from all seven of its
runners to close out UMPI (39).
On the 3.5/5-ranked 5,000-meter course, junior Kate McGuire placed
first with a time of 20:10, her 4th win of the year. For the men,
UMF (35) utilized it’s “run as a pack” philosophy to get by UMPI (39)
placing seven runners between 3rd and 12th places.
The top finisher for UMF on the men’s side on the 5-mile course was
freshman Nick Scott in third with a time of 29:01.
All Conference runners for the UMF women were Kate McGuire, sophomore
Holly Chapdelaine 21:09 and freshman Jessica Ellingwood 22:55.
For the men, Nick Scott, junior Sam Deland 29:33 and sophomore Andrew
Sweeney 29:37 made the All Conference Team.
10/13/01
With seven runners finishing in the top twelve, the UMF Men's Cross
Country team was victorious at their home invitational, held at the difficult 4.0 rated Mt. Blue HS course. Fifth
year runner Tim Wess (5th, 30:23.0) and Freshman Nick Scott (6th, 30:26.8)
were the top two finishers for the Beavers for the second consecutive
meet. The next five UMF finishers came in one after another, with
Sophomore Andrew Sweeney
(30:38.4) in 8th, Junior Sam Deland (30:38.7) in 9th, Freshman Doug Pierce
(30:57.4) in 10th, Sophomore Tenney Noyes
(31:07.2) in 11th, and Junior Brett Almasi (31:16.2) in 12th. UMaine
Presque Isle Junior Evan Graves won the individual championship by a vast
margin, setting a course record of 28:48.1. Next Saturday, the
number two ranked team in NAIA Region 10 heads to St. Joseph's College in
Standish, ME for the Maine Athletic Conference Championships. The race
begins at 11:45 AM.
10/6/01
Men's
Cross Country Makes Strongest Showing Yet This Season at Maine State Meet
The UMaine Farmington Cross Country team had yet to have
more than three runners run under 30:00, but on Saturday, eight of the
harriers clocked in at under 29:30. Fifth Year runner Tim Wess finished
first for UMF in 28:22, closely followed by Freshman Nick Scott (28:34)
and Junior Brett Almasi (28:45). The team will host the UMaine Famington
Invitational on Saturday October 13 at Mt. Blue HS in Farmington. The
men's race begins at 10:45 AM.
9/29/01
The Men's Cross Country team placed two runners in the
top ten and five in the top twenty on their way to a third place finish on
Saturday. Sophomore Andrew Sweeney, 7th place, paced the Beavers with a
time of 29:00 with Freshman Nick Scott close behind on 10th place with a
time of 29:06. Next Saturday, October
6, the team travels to Bowdoin College for the Maine State Meet with the
meet set to start at 11:00 AM.
9/23/01
Cross Country
Team Has Strong Showing
at Pop Crowell Invitational
The UMF Men's
Cross Country team posted an impressive performance on Saturday, placing 3rd
at Gordon College. Andrew Sweeney lead the way with an 11th place
time of 29:15. He was followed by Nick Scott (18th, 29:51) and Tim
Wess (20th, 30:01). Next up for the Beavers will be at USM on Saturday
September 29th. Overall team results were:
Lyndon State (40), Westfield State (65), UMF (102),
Roger Williams (122), UMPI (153), Endicott (194), Gordon (206), UNE (253),
Saint Joseph's (260), Western New England (277), Franklin Pierce (290),
Nyack (311), Northern Essex (317), Johnson State (334), Daniel Webster
(382), Rivier (413)
9/16/2001
Men's Cross Country Places 2nd at UNE
Invitational
UMF, led by a third place finish by freshman Nick Scott
and 7th place finish by Andrew Sweeney captured 2nd place in Biddeford
yesterday. Final team results were:
1. UMPI 55 2.
UMF 59 3. Endicott College 95 4. St. Joseph's 104
5. UNE 106 6. Unity College 124
7. Maine Maritime 162 8. Husson 224
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