11/21/01

Women's Cross Country Coach, Kelley Cullenberg, Named High School Cross Country Coach of the Year

While helping to guide the UMF women to a national championship appearance this year, Coach Cullenberg was also coaching her Mt. Blue High School teams as she has done for the last nine years.  In her last year as a high school coach, Cullenberg was named high school cross country coach of the year for a third time.  UMF looks forward to having Coach Cullenberg next year as they attempt to repeat as conference and regional champions.

11/18/01

Women's Cross Country Finishes Season 27th in NAIA National Championship

UMF captain Kate McGuire led the team with at time of 19:37 and a 71st place finish out of 238 runners.  Three UMF runners set personal records in the championship;  Holly Chapdelaine (20:22), Megan Roy (22:38) and Jessica Ellingwood (22:16).  This marks UMF's first trip as a team to the NAIA national championship after several years of sending individual qualifiers.

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 3^rd 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 7^th 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 17^th.

11/3/01

Women's Cross Country Wins Regional Meet, Qualifies for Nationals

The UMF women's cross country team has sent individual runners to nationals in each year of it's existence.  This year by winning the NAIA Regional meet, the Beavers will be going as a team.  Junior Kate McGuire (19:23) led UMF with her 5th individual win of the year.  Holly Chapdelaine followed in 4th place with a strong 20:26.  Other UMF times were: Megan Roy 16th (22:40), Jessica Ellingwood 17th (22:42), Maryella Collins 35th (23:55), Tracy Demuth 41st (25:18), and Kim Sweeney 44th (25:51).  UMF will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin on Saturday November 17th to compete in the NAIA national meet.

9/29/01

Women's Cross Country Continues to Run Strong, Finishing 2nd at USM Invitational

Junior Kate McGuire set a new course record of 19:48 at the Twin Brooks Recreation Center on Saturday to lead the UMaine Farmington Women's Cross Country team to a second place finish at the USM Invitational. Sophomore Holly Chapdelaine kept her streak of top ten finishes alive, placing 4th with a time of 21:04. Next Saturday, October 6, the team travels to Bowdoin College for the Maine State Meet with the women's race beginning at 11:00. Final team results were:

USM 27, UMF 55, Babson 69, UNE 105, St. Joseph's (ME) 122

9/23/2001

Women's Cross Country Teams Has Strong Showing at Pop Crowell Invitational

The UMF Women's Cross Country team posted an impressive performance yesterday placing 2nd. Kate McGuire paced the Beavers with a 2nd place finish overall running an exciting 19:55, 14 seconds behind the winner.  Finishing in 6th place, Holly Chapdelaine extended her stretch of top 10 finishes with a time of 21:03. Next up for the Beavers will be at USM on Saturday September 29th. Final team results were:

Roger Williams (38), UMF (113), Westfield State (130), Endicott (147), Nyack (197), UNE (205, Gordon (210), UMPI (222), Salve Regina (240), Lyndon State (247), Western New England (273), Emerson (283), Saint Joseph's (353), Framingham State (369), Lasell (416), Regis (417), Mt Ida (442), Franklin Pierce (454), Johnson State (482), Eastern Nazarene (527), Newbury (562)