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Freshman Kelly O'Toole earned first-team All-Northeast-10 honors after her sixth place finish at the Northeast-10 Championships. |
North Easton, Mass. - Kristina Coriaty (Brockton, Mass.) led a foursome of Skyhawk runners to cross the finish line in the top 10 as Stonehill repeated as Northeast-10 Conference Champions on Sunday morning.
The Skyhawks ended the race with 38 points, followed by UMass-Lowell (48), Bentley (67), Southern Connecticut (149), and Merrimack (170).
Coriaty finished third with a time of 18:46, behind only the individual champion, Bryant's Nicole Radzik (18:28) and Bentley's Melissa Nash (18:40).
Freshman Kelly O'Toole (Nashua, N.H.) completed the course in 19:12, good for sixth place, just behind the first freshman to finish, UMass-Lowell's Lyra Clark.
Leslie Clunie (Newburyport, Mass.) crossed the line at 19:16, right on O'Toole's heels, while junior Jenny Gardynski (Everett, Mass.), rounded out the top 10, with a 19:34 finish.
The parade of Skyhawk runners didn't end there as, freshman Andrea Topalis (Simsbury, Conn.) grabbed 12th place with a 19:46 finish. After three Bentley runners crossed the line, sophomore Megan Murphy (North Conway, Mass.) and junior Jackie Oates (South Easton, Mass.) completed the course in 19:51 and 19:54, respectively, good for 16th and 17th place.
Meanwhile, Amanda Tripoldi (Darien, Conn.) was the eighth Stonehill participant to finish, coming in 21st place with a time of 20:00.
Coriaty, O'Toole, and Clunie all earn first-team All-Northeast-10 honors for their effors, while Gardynski and Topalis collect second-team accolades. Murphy, Oates and Tripoldi garner third-team recognition.
The other teams finished as follows: Saint Rose (187), St. Michael's (196), St. Anselm (216), Bryant (221), LeMoyne (238), Assumption (267), Southern New Hampshire (338), Pace (413) and Franklin Pierce (433).
Individual Champion
Nicole Radzik, Bryant
First-Team All-Northeast-10
Nicole Radzik, Bryant
Melissa Nash, Bentley
Kristina Coriaty, Stonehill
Christina DeLomba, UMass-Lowell
Lyra Clark, UMass-Lowell
Kelly O'Toole, Stonehill
Lesley Clunie, Stonehill
Second-Team All-Northeast-10
Whitney Dunbar, Southern Connecticut
Amanda Sousa, UMass-Lowell
Jenny Gardynski, Stonehill
Sarah Bonomo, UMass-Lowell
Andrea Topalis, Stonehill
Barbara Powell, Bentley
Caroline Sheedy, Bentley
Third-Team All-Northeast-10
Samantha Robbins, Bentley
Megan Murphy, Stonehill
Jackie Oates, Stonehill
Kelsey Ryan LeMoyne
Elizabeth Carr, UMass-Lowell
Katelyn Meagher, Merrimack
Amanda Tripoldi, Stonehill