JWU Men's Cross Country Takes 18th At NCAA Regionals
November 14, 2009
Cumberland, Maine – The Johnson & Wales University men’s cross country teams competed at the 2009 NCAA Division III New England Regional at the Twin Brooks course, hosted by the University of Southern Maine on Saturday afternoon. For the men’s squad, the Wildcats finished with 566 points, good for an 18th place finish while Williams captured the team title with 53 points. On the women’s side, JWU recorded a 34th place finish with 945 points while MIT and Middlebury tied for first place in the team standings with 63 points.
Freshman Greg Redfield (Penfield, N.Y.) was spectacular once again for Johnson & Wales, notching a 13th place finish with a time of 25:45 over the 8,000 meter course. The talented rookie will wait to hear if he has qualified for the NCAA Division III National Championships, slated for next weekend. JWU Freshman James Hartman (Osseo, Minn.) notched a 99th-place finish, recording a time of 27:23 while sophomore James Vance (Newton, Mass.) followed close behind, finishing 110th with a time of 27:29. Sophomore Kyle Reiss (North Haven, Conn.) was in 159th place at 29:20 while sophomore Nathan Smith (Jamesburg, N.J.) rounded out the scorers for JWU, running a time of 29:51, good for 185th place.
Men’s Team Standings
Place Points Team
1. 53 WILLIAMS
2. 104 AMHERST
3. 132 KEENE STATE
4. 145 BRANDEIS
5. 153 BOWDOIN
6. 163 MIT
7. 164 MIDDLEBURY
8. 194 TUFTS
9. 200 SOUTHERN MAINE
10. 233 BATES
11. 284 WESLEYAN
12. 405 TRINITY
13. 425 SPRINGFIELD
14. 428 UMASS DARTMOUTH
15. 490 CONN COLLEGE
16. 503 WESTFIELD STATE
17. 546 WPI
18. 566 JOHNSON & WALES
19. 580 COAST GUARD
20. 591 GORDON
21. 616 BRIDGEWATER ST.
22. 634 FITCHBURG ST.
23. 636 ROGER WILLIAMS
24. 637 RIC
25. 748 COLBY
26. 770 EASTERN CONN. ST.
27. 810 SALEM STATE
28. 848 WHEATON (MASS.)
29. 858 BABSON
30. 890 NORWICH
31. 907 U. OF NEW ENGLAND
32. 1024 MAINE MARITIME
33. 1045 EMMANUEL
34. 1056 WESTERN NE
35. 1065 CLARK (MASS.)
36. 1071 MAINE-FARMINGTON
37. 1094 CASTLETON STATE
38. 1116 MASS. MARITIME
39. 1139 WORCESTER STATE
40. 1206 LASELL
41. 1234 LESLEY
42. 1256 ENDICOTT
43. 1368 JOHNSON ST.
44. 1390 SALVE REGINA
45. 1398 ST. JOSEPH'S (ME.)
46. 1405 SUFFOLK
47. 1424 NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE
48. 1432 UMASS BOSTON
JWU Individual Results
13th Greg Redfield 25:45.0
99th Jeff Hartman 27:23.5
110th James Vance 27:29.4
159th Kyle Reiss 28:20.4
185th Nathan Smith 28:51.4
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