2008 Woodie Awards
Marist women's cross country beats out Manhattan in race for second place
Rich Arleo
Issue date: 11/2/06 Section: Sports
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The Marist women's cross country team beat out Manhattan College in the race for second place on Friday at the 2006 MAAC Cross Country Championship at Van Cortland Park in the Bronx.
Manhattan had placed three runners ahead of Marist, but the Red Foxes then had seven runners cross the line before Manhattan's fourth and fifth runners finished to seal second place.
Sarah Domermuth, Brittany Burns, and Kerry Mannino finished 13th 14th and 15th respectively; with Domermuth and Burns finishing back to back at 23:08 and Mannino finished right behind them at 23:10. All three were named All-MAAC for their top-15 finishes.
Juniors Caitlin Garrity and Christine Wahl finished out the scoring for Marist, finishing 23rd and 24th with times of 23:51 and 23:53, respectively. The top five women for Marist all set personal bests at Van Cortland Park for the 6K, along with six other Marist runners.
Commenting on each individual runner's performances, Coach Phil Kelly said that they all did what they had to do.
"Sarah didn't have her greatest race, but she did what she had to do." Kelly said. "A lot of the girls in the back of the race did particularly well."
Kelly went on to mention that junior Christine Snyder, who had been struggling lately, came up with a nice individual performance on Friday.
Marist was able to pull out the second place finish, which was its goal heading into the race knowing that Iona was the favorite, and they were basically untouchable. According to Kelly, their strategy going in was just to run solid as a group and to edge out Manhattan for second place, and they succeeded.
Marist led the MAAC once again with 11 MAAC All-Academic Team selections, something Coach Kelly referred to as, "business as usual…over the last 10 to 12 years, the guys and the women have won [this honor] more than any other school."
The team is now looking forward to its next meet - the Northeast Regional. Coach Kelly had much to say on how he felt heading into the regional.
"We'd love to come in the top 20…we'll have to run really well," Kelly said. "Running in a pack won't cut it. We need one person, or two people, in the top 20 or 40. Our goal is to have a few girls over 100 and a few girls under 100."
Coach Kelly went on to say that the Northeast Region is extremely tough, so they have set reasonable goals, and he has confidence that his group can perform reasonably well given the circumstances.
The Northeast Regional Cross Country Qualifier will take place at 10 a.m. on Sat., November 11.
Manhattan had placed three runners ahead of Marist, but the Red Foxes then had seven runners cross the line before Manhattan's fourth and fifth runners finished to seal second place.
Sarah Domermuth, Brittany Burns, and Kerry Mannino finished 13th 14th and 15th respectively; with Domermuth and Burns finishing back to back at 23:08 and Mannino finished right behind them at 23:10. All three were named All-MAAC for their top-15 finishes.
Juniors Caitlin Garrity and Christine Wahl finished out the scoring for Marist, finishing 23rd and 24th with times of 23:51 and 23:53, respectively. The top five women for Marist all set personal bests at Van Cortland Park for the 6K, along with six other Marist runners.
Commenting on each individual runner's performances, Coach Phil Kelly said that they all did what they had to do.
"Sarah didn't have her greatest race, but she did what she had to do." Kelly said. "A lot of the girls in the back of the race did particularly well."
Kelly went on to mention that junior Christine Snyder, who had been struggling lately, came up with a nice individual performance on Friday.
Marist was able to pull out the second place finish, which was its goal heading into the race knowing that Iona was the favorite, and they were basically untouchable. According to Kelly, their strategy going in was just to run solid as a group and to edge out Manhattan for second place, and they succeeded.
Marist led the MAAC once again with 11 MAAC All-Academic Team selections, something Coach Kelly referred to as, "business as usual…over the last 10 to 12 years, the guys and the women have won [this honor] more than any other school."
The team is now looking forward to its next meet - the Northeast Regional. Coach Kelly had much to say on how he felt heading into the regional.
"We'd love to come in the top 20…we'll have to run really well," Kelly said. "Running in a pack won't cut it. We need one person, or two people, in the top 20 or 40. Our goal is to have a few girls over 100 and a few girls under 100."
Coach Kelly went on to say that the Northeast Region is extremely tough, so they have set reasonable goals, and he has confidence that his group can perform reasonably well given the circumstances.
The Northeast Regional Cross Country Qualifier will take place at 10 a.m. on Sat., November 11.
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