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Saturday, November 11, 2000

For Immediate Release
Women's College Cross Country

NCAA Division III New England Regional
Hosted by University of Massachusetts Dartmouth  --  5,000 meters

Team Results:  1. Middlebury College  60;  2.  Williams College  61;  3.  
Amherst College  150;  4.  Colby College  161;  5.  Brandeis University  164;  
6.  Connecticut College  169;  7.  Tufts University  216;  8.  Bowdoin College  
266;  9.  Wellesley College  278;  10.  Keene State College  290;  11.  Trinity 
College  324;  12.  Wesleyan University  339;  13.  Coast Guard Academy  378;    
14.  Springfield College  389;  14.  Mount Holyoke College  389;  16.  Bates 
College  438;  17.  Wheaton College  470;  18.  Roger Williams University  511;  
19.  Smith College  568;  20.  Massachusetts Institute of Technology  607;  21.  
Gordon College  624;  22. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth  672;  23.  
Worcester Polytechnic Institute  764;  24.  Westfield State College  784;  25.  
Bridgewater State College  791;  26.  University of Southern Maine  792;  27.  
Clark University  805;  28.  Babson College  808;  29.  Western New England 
College  840;  30.  Rhode Island College  854;  31.  Eastern Connecticut State 
University  866;  32.  Endicott College  897;  33.  Framingham State College  
930;  34.  University of New England  1024;  35.  Elms College  1056


Individual Results:  1.  Barbara Swallow, Springfield  17:26.43;  2.  Leslie 
Crofton, Tufts  17:31.75;  3.  Jessica Johnson, Middlebury  17:42.78;  4.  Maria 
Mensching, Colby  17:44.40;  5.  Joey Shapiro, Williams  17:49.01;  6.  Mary 
Proulx, Keene State  17:51.40;  7.  Julia Bensen, Williams  18:04.94;  8.  Kasie 
Wallace, Middlebury  18:07.01;  9.  Courtney Benngston, Williams  18:10.10;  10.  
Marik Tansley-Holbroo, Brandeis  18:11.47;  11.  Molly Yazwinsky, Middlebury  
18:12.40;  12.  Maura Danahy, Conn. College  18:17.39;  13.  Ember Brosius, 
Gordon  18:18.63;  14.  Michela Adrian, Middlebury  18:20.08;  15.  Jennifer 
Steig, Conn. College  18:21.27;  16.Katie Scangos, Amherst  18:25.25;  17.  Mary 
Phelps, Colby  18:31.05;  18.  Marissa Clapp, Springfield  18:32.69;  19.  Katie 
Shariff, Williams  18:33.33;  20.  Meredith Godreau, Bowdoin  18:34.50


USM Runners:  104.  Kristy Wechter,  19:49.39;  149.  Tiffany Cook,  20:52.29;  
150.  Andrea Lambrecht,  20:56.27;  203.  Jessie Cotton  22:32.06;  232.  
Kristine Ward  23:52.51


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Saturday, October 28, 2000

Huskies Take Third at LEC-Alliance Championships

	WARWICK, R.I.  --  Freshman Kristy Wechter (South Berwick, Maine) crossed 
the line in eighth place overall to help the University of Southern Maine 
Huskies women's cross country team finish third at the fourth annual New England 
Alliance Women's Cross Country Championship run Saturday at Goddard Memorial 
State Park in Warwick, R.I.
	The Alliance championship race involves schools from the Little East 
Conference, of which Southern Maine is a member, and the Massachusetts State 
College Athletic Conference (MASCAC).
	In the 13th annual Little East Conference Championship scored from the 
same meet, Southern Maine also finished third behind Keene State and the 
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
	Keene State won its first Alliance and LEC crowns scoring 17 points in 
both meets.  UMass Dartmouth edged the Huskies by two points in both meets.
	Wechter covered the 5,000-meter course in a time of 20:29.06.  By virtue 
of her seventh place finish in the Little East scoring, she earned All-Little 
East honors.  
	The other scoring USM runners included sophomore Tiffany Cook (Leesburg, 
Fla.) in 13th place (20:45.48), freshman Lauren Lohmeyer (Portland, Maine) in 
18th place overall (21:04.27), sophomore Andrea Lambrecht (Norwood, Mass.) in 
24th place (21:53.80), and freshman Jessie Cotton (South Portland, Maine) in 
47th place overall (22:59.67).  Wechter, Cook and Lohmeyer all earned All-
Alliance honors.
	Sophomore Mary Proulx (Ashland, N.H.) of Keene State took home the 
individual title with a time of 19:10.20.

New England Alliance Championship
Team Scores:  1.  Keene State  17;  2.  UMass Dartmouth  87;  3.  Southern Maine  
89;  4.  Eastern Connecticut  122;  5.  Bridgewater State  131;  6.  Westfield 
State  136;  7.  Rhode Island College;  8.  Framingham State  185;  9.  Mass. 
Maritime  265:  Non Team Scores - Salem State, Fitchburg State, Worcester State, 
UMass Boston

Individual Finishers:  1.  Mary Proulx (KS)  19:10.20;  2.  Meaghan Matthews 
(KS)  19:44.59;  3.  Hannah Horton (KS)  19:45.09;  4.  Carolyn Conroy (UMD)  
20:17.67;  5.  Katey DeVillez (KS)  20:22.15;  6.  Amelia Bentley (KS)  
20:26.39;  7.  Kim Gagliardi (Fram)  20:26.79;  8. Kristy Wechter (SM)  
20:29.06;  9.  Nicole Gagliardi (Fram)  20:32.27;  10.  Charity Lower (SS)  
20:32.64;  11.  Marissa Petrillo (SS)  20:32.95;  12.  Jackie Gorski (UMD)  
20:35.23;  13.  Tiffany Cook (SM)  20:45.48;  14.  Starr Hockenberry (West) 
20:45.90;  15.  Christie Galindez (Fit) 20:47.67;  16.  Julie Paradis (Wor) 
21:00.04;  17.  Kelly O'Driscoll (UMD) 21:02.46;  18.  Lauren Lohmeyer (SM)  
21:04.27;  19.  Laura Karns (BS)  21:22.55;  20.  Erin McDermott (EC)  21:29.98.

Other USM Runners:  24.  Andrea Lambrecht  21:53.80;  47.  Jessie Cotton  
22:59.67;  60.  Cheri Dymond 24:16.82;  61.  Jen Snyder 24:19.29;  67.  Kristine 
Ward  25:04.74;  70.  Lauren McPartlin  25:46.96.


Little East Conference Championships
Team Scores:  1.  Keene State  17; 2.  UMass Dartmouth  67; 3.   Southern Maine  
69;  4.  Eastern Connecticut  90;  5.  Rhode Island College  101;  No Team Score 
- UMass Boston.

Individual Finishers: 1.  Mary Proulx (KS)  19:10.20;  2.  Meaghan Matthews (KS)  
19:44.59;  3.  Hannah Horton (KS)  19:45.09;  4.  Carolyn Conroy (UMD)  
20:17.67;  5.  Katey DeVillez (KS)  20:22.15;  6.  Amelia Bentley (KS)  
20:26.39;  7. Kristy Wechter (SM)  20:29.06;  8.  Jackie Gorski (UMD)  20:35.23;  
9.  Tiffany Cook (SM)  20:45.48;  10.  Kelly O'Driscoll (UMD) 21:02.46;  11.  
Lauren Lohmeyer (SM)  21:04.27;  12.  Erin McDermott (EC)  21:29.98;  13.  Amber  
Webster (KS) 21:41.94;  14. Marcy Johnston (EC)  21:42.68;  15.  Andrea 
Lambrecht (SM)  21:53.80.

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Friday, October 13, 2000

New England Championship Results

	BOSTON, Mass.  --  Freshman Kristy Wechter (South Berwick, Maine) was the 
first University of Southern Maine Husky runner across the finish line at the 
annual New England Women's Collegiate Cross Country Championship held at 
Franklin Park on Friday.
	Wechter covered the 5,000-meter course in a time of 20:05 to take 147th 
place overall among the 254 finishers.  Other USM runners included sophomore 
Jessica Short (Bennington, Vt.), freshman Lauren Lohmeyer (Portland, Maine), 
sophomore Tiffany Cook (Leesburg, Fla.) and sophomore Andrea Lambrecht (Norwood, 
Mass.).
	The Huskies finished 34th among the 36 teams competing.
	Yale University sophomore Laura O'Neill edged out twin sister Kate and 
senior Rachel Hixson of Providence College for the individual championship.  All 
three runners were given a time of 17:35.  Yale took the team title by placing 
its first five runners among the top seven finishers for 20 points.  Providence 
was second.
	Southern Maine will take next weekend off before returning to action on 
October 28 when the Huskies travel to Rhode Island to compete in the Little East 
Conference Championship.

Team Scores:  1.  Yale  20;  2.  Providence  57;  3.  Rhode Island  133;  4.  
Middlebury  179;  5.  UMass  181;  6.  Harvard  237;  7.  New Hampshire  250;  
8.  Williams  257;  9.  Brown  280;  10.  Vermont  315;  11.  Connecticut  333;  
12.  Brandeis  399;  13.  Amherst  404;  14.  Boston College  435;  15.  Maine  
442;  16.  Connecticut College  450;  17.  Dartmouth  461;  18.  Sacred Heart  
515;  19.  Colby  525;  20.  Holy Cross  527;  21.  Trinity  576;  22.  Tufts  
606;  23.  Wesleyan  617;  24.  Bowdoin  656;  25.  Central Connecticut  679;  
26.  Wellesley  699;  27.  Quinnipiac  728;  28.  Bates  739;  29.  Stonehill  
756;  30.  Keene State  769;  31.  Bentley  885;  32.  Southern Connecticut  
907;  33.  Smith  945;  34.  Southern Maine  962;  35.  M.I.T.  997;  36.  
Assumption  1060

USM Runners:  147.  Kristy Wechter  20:05;  198.  Jessica Short  20:39;  203.  
Lauren Lohmeyer  20:47;  225.  Tiffany Cook  21:34;  242.  Andrea Lambrecht  
22:30.

Open (JV) Race:  231.  Jessie Cotton  23:19;  260.  Cheri Dymond  24:32;  276.  
Kris Ward  25:43.

Top Ten Finishers:  1.  Laura O'Neill, Yale  17:35;  2.  Rachel Hixson, PC  
17:35;  3.  Kate O'Neill, Yale  17:35;  4.  Katie Rigney, Yale  17:44;  5.  
Lindsay Mitchell, Yale  17:46;  6.  Roisin McGettigan, PC  17:50;  7.  Barb 
Swallow, Springfield  17:55;  8.  Katherine LaFrance, Yale  17:56;  9.  Francine 
Darroch, PC  18:00;  10.  Abigail Anthony, Bates  18:05.

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Saturday, October 7, 2000

Huskies Finish Fifth in Maine State Meet

	WATERVILLE, Maine  --  Freshman Lauren Lohmeyer (Portland, Maine) was the 
top finisher for the University of Southern Maine women's cross country team as 
the Huskies placed fifth among eight schools competing in the Maine State 
Women's Championship Saturday afternoon at Colby College.
	Lohmeyer covered the 5000 meter course in a time of 20:20 to finish 11th 
overall among 103 runners.  Sophomore Jessica Short (Bennington, Vt.) placed 
21st at 20:46 and freshman Kristy Wechter (South Berwick, Maine) ran a 20:51 to 
take 23rd.  Sophomores Tiffany Cook (Leesburg, Fla.) and Andrea Lambrecht 
(Norwood, Mass.) finished 46th (22:07) and 49th (22:10) to close out USM's 
scoring.
	Bates sophomore Abigail Anthony (Jamestown, R.I.) captured individual 
honors with a time of 18:34.
	Colby junior Maria Mensching (South Windsor, Conn.) finished second at 
18:41 to lead five Colby harriers among the top seven.  The Mules dominated the 
meet scoring 24 points.
	The Huskies travel to Boston Friday (October 13) for the New England 
Championship at Franklin Park.

Team Results:  1.  Colby  24;  2.  Bowdoin  58;  3.  Bates  87;  4.  UMaine 
Farmington  108;  
5.  Southern Maine  122;  6.  Univ. of New England  203;  7.  UMaine Presque 
Isle  215;  8.  St. Joseph's College  233;  9.  Unity, UMaine Fort Kent, UMaine 
Machias, Maine Maritime Academy  ns.

Individual Results:  1.  Abigail Anthony, Bates  18:34;  2.  Maria Mensching, 
Colby  18:41;  3.  Corrie Pietras, UMF  19:42;  4.  Tiffany Frazar, Colby  
19:57;  5.  Sarah Getchell, Colby  20:05;  6.  Mary Phelps, Colby  20:06;  7.  
Katie MacDonald, Colby  20:06,  8.  Meredith Boudreau, Bowdoin  20:07;   9.  
Jesse Gray, Bowdoin  20:12;  10.  Libby Barney, Bowdoin  20:17;  11.  Lauren 
Lohmeyer, USM  21:15;  12.  Kate Mcguire, UMF  20:27;  13.  Julie Dutton, Bates  
20:30;  14.  Kala Hardacker, Bowdoin  20:31;  15.  Megan Hoar, Colby  20:32.

Other USM Runners: ;  21.  Jessica Short,  20:46;  23  Kristy Wechter,  20:51;  
46.  Tiffany Cook,  22:07;  49.  Andrea Lambrecht,  22:10;  70.  Jessica Cotton  
23:21;  80.  Cheri Diamond,  24:27;  87.  Jen Snyder  25:12;  90. Kris Ward  
26:18;  93.  Lauren McPartlin  27:40.

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Saturday, September 30, 2000

Huskies Edge Beavers in St. Joseph's Invitational

	STANDISH, Maine  --  Freshman Lauren Lohmeyer (Portland, Maine) finished 
third overall to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a one-point 
victory over the University of Maine at Farmington Beavers in the five-team 
Saint Joseph's College Women's Cross Country Invitational Saturday morning.
	Lohmeyer covered the 4950-meter course in 21:15 to pace five Huskies' 
harriers finishing in the top eleven.  Sophomore Jessica Short (Bennington, Vt.) 
placed fourth in 21:24 followed by freshman Kristy Wechter (South Berwick, 
Maine) who ran a 21:43 to grab fifth.  Sophomore twin sisters Allison and Andrea 
Lambrecht (Norwood, Mass.) finished ninth (21:56) and eleventh (22:08) overall 
to round out USM's top five.
	Freshman Corrie Pietras (Lincoln, Maine) of UMaine Farmington captured 
individual honors with a time of 19:55.  Sophomore teammate Kate McGuire 
(Holden, Maine) followed 15 seconds later to finish second.
	Southern Maine tallied 30 points to UMF's 31 points.  The University of 
New England finished third, followed by Babson College and host Saint Joseph's 
College.  Maine Maritime Academy, Unity College and the University of Maine 
Machias also competed but did not field full squads.
	The Huskies next meet is Saturday October 7 at the Maine State 
Championship in Waterville.  Colby College is the host institution.  

Team Results:  1.  University of Southern Maine  30;  2.  University of Maine 
Farmington  31;  3.  University of New England  87;  4.  Babson College  103;  
5.  Saint Joseph's College  107.

Individual Results:  1.  Corrie Pietras,  UMF  19:55;  2.  Kate McGuire,  UMF  
20:10;  3.  Lauren Lohmeyer,  USM  21:15;  4.  Jessica Short,  USM  21:24;  5.  
Kristy Wechter,  USM  21:43;  6.  Martha Harris,  UMF  21:50;  7.  Krystal Aube,  
UMF  21:53;  8.  Lisa Ferrisi,  Unity  21:53;  9.  Allison Lambrecht,  USM  
21:56;  10.  Valerie Moreau,  UNE  21:58;  11.  Andrea Lambrecht,  USM  22:08;  
12.  Rebecca Romanoski,  Unity  22:18;  13.  Earlene Neureuther,  SJC  22:20;  
14.  Michelle Charest,  SJC  22:31;  15.  Tiffany Cook,  USM  22:41.

Other USM Runners:  23.  Jessica Cotton  23:49;  30.  Kris Ward  26:18.

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Saturday, September 23, 2000

Huskies Finish in Middle of the Pack

	NEW YORK, N.Y.  --  Freshman Lauren Lohmeyer (Portland, Maine) was the top 
finisher for the University of Southern Maine women's cross country team as the 
Huskies placed 20th among the 37 teams competing at the New York University 
Cross Country Invitational run at Van Cortland Park in New York City.
	Lohmeyer covered the 5,000-meter course in a time of 20:47.73 to place 
68th overall among the 263 runners that finished the race.  Sophomore Jess Short 
(Bennington, Vt.) was USM's second finisher coming in 87th with a time of 
21:04.42.
	Sophomore Alex Forte of Dickinson University captured individual honors 
with a time of 18:44.20.  The College of New Jersey took the team title scoring 
68 points.

Team Results:  1.  College of New Jersey  68;  2.  Moravian  73;  3.  Dickinson  
91;  4.  Haverford  99;  5.  Wesleyan  156;  6.  Rowan  204;  7.  Bowdoin  207;  
8.  Mary Washington  260;  9.  Oberlin  293;  10.  Johns Hopkins  305;  11.  
Wheaton  365;  12.  Susquehanna  406;  13.  Christopher Newport  411;  14.  
Salisbury State  413;  15.  Vassar  418;  16.  Scranton  426;  17.  NYU  479;  
18.  Lynchburg  499;  19.  Albright  509;  20.  Southern Maine  565;  21.  
Elizabethtown  638;  22.  Southwestern U.  661;  23.  Ramapo  698;  24.  Widener  
711;  25.  Augsburg  749;  26.  New Paltz  765;  27.  Georgian Court  768;  28.  
William Paterson  775;  29.  Drew  882;  30.  St. Joseph's, Montclair State  
889;  32.  Hunter  919;  33. Bard  958;  34.  Kean  964;  35.  New Jersey City 
U.  994;  36.  John Jay  1025;  37.  Pace  1078.

Individual Results:  1.  Alex Forte, Dickinson  18:44.20;  2.  Emily Shertzer, 
Moravian  18:52.27;  3.  Kristen Wilson, Haverford  18:57.70;  4.  Julie 
Corbitt, CNJ  19:09.48;  5.  Erjn Boyle, Moravian  19:13.01;  6.  Claire 
McGuire, CNJ  19:20.29;  7.  Rachel Leverenz, Dickinson  19:21.21;  8.  Karen 
Petouvis, CNJ  19:22.91;  9.  Aimee Gibbs, Christopher Newport  19:24.88;  10.  
Mary Mayes, Southwestern  19:25.44;  11.  Terry Hasting, Rowan  19:25.95;  12.  
Hannah Wood, Moravian  19:29.28;  13.  Kim Jaick, Moravian  19:30.46;  14.  
Prentiss Clark, Haverford  19:33.43;  15.  Jessica Ellerman, Dickinson  
19:39.41;  16.  Suzy McCulloch, Salisbury State  19:41.44;  17.  Sinn Fernas, 
Dickinson  19:44.66;  18.  Catlin Converse, Wesleyan  19:51.34;  19.  Lori 
Tuchfeld, Oberlin  19:52.60;  20.  Jessica Edberg, Mary Washington  19:56.34.

USM Runners:  68.  Lauren Lohmeyer  20:47.73;  87.  Jessica Short  21:04.69;  
119.  Allison Lambrecht  21:36.25;  153.  Andrea Lambrecht  22:19.28;  168.  
Kristy Wechter  22:47.67;  .195.  Jessie Cotton  23:33.29;  215.  Cheri Dymond  
24:23.94;  241.  Kris Ward  26:17.22.

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