Dartmouth Cross Country Teams Sweep to Victory

September 10, 2005

HANOVER, N.H. - The Big Green men's and women's cross country teams kicked off the 2005 campaign with impressive victories at the Dartmouth Invitational contested Saturday.

Running in near perfect weather at Hanover Country Club, the men started the day with a near perfect win over eight other schools. Dartmouth earned 18 points, followed by Brown with 43 and Keene State with 96.

The Big Green's top runner was sophomore Ben True (Yarmouth, Maine) who posted a time of 25:05.80 on the 8-K course. Three seconds back was junior Alec Wall (Portland, Ore.) in 25:08.90.

Brown's Nick Neely was third before Dartmouth wrapped up the scoring with the fourth, fifth and sixth places. Junior Ian Marcus (Amherst, Mass.), senior Dave Burnham (Shelburne Falls, Mass.) and sophomore Harry Norton (Exeter, N.H.) rounded out Dartmouth's top five in 25:19.40, 25:23.40 and 25:29:10, respectively.

The Big Green women duplicated the men's finish at the top, as senior Melanie Schorr (Suffield, Conn.) and junior Hilary Dionne (Cumberland, R.I.) went one-two in 19:19.10 and 19:21.40, respectively, on the 5-K course.

The top five included sophomore Susan Dunklee (Barton, Vt.), fourth in 19:41.20; freshman Caitlin Cunningham (Simsbury, Conn.), 11th in 20:15.00; and senior Susan Abramczyk (Lancaster, Pa.), 20th in 20:52.20.

That gave Dartmouth 31 points as Boston College was second with 44 and Brown third with 71 in the nine-school field.

The teams resume action on Saturday, September 24, traveling to the Iona Invitational.

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