Women's Cross Country Competes at MASCAC Championships
Westfield, MA - Westfield State captured its fifth straight
Massachusetts State College Athletics Conference (MASCAC) women's
cross-country championship with a runaway victory on Saturday, Oct.
25, at Stanley Park.
Led by individual champion Kerry Arouca - a junior from Hanson,
Mass. - the Owls placed seven runners in the top 11 in posting the
fourth lowest total in the meet's 24-year history.
Westfield finished with 24 points in the seven-team meet, followed
by Bridgewater State (72) and Worcester State (90).
Arouca continued her strong running this season with a time of
18:44.64 over the 3.1-mile course. Westfield State senior Marianne
Mealey of Foxboro placed second in 19:13.04, followed by
Bridgewater sophomore Amanda Hauswirth (19:26.97) and hard-working
Westfield State senior Marlee Berg (19:53.69).
Worcester State freshman Maura Withington earned MASCAC Rookie of
the Year honors by placing fifth in 20:12.01.
Also earning all-conference honors were: Fitchburg freshman Katelyn
Page (6th), Worcester's Kara Antrim (7th), Westfield junior Ally
Brown (8th), Westfield freshman Marissa Benito (9th), and Westfield
freshman Nicole Brouwer (10th).
The Rams top finisher was freshman Meredith Hoban (Norwood, MA) who finished 29th in a time of 22:05.89. She was followed by classmate Heather Stumpf (Attleboro, MA) who finished in a time of 23:24.26 and sophomore Allison Wooler who finished in 24:02.74.