MELLO, BENTLEY REPEAT AS NORTHEAST-10 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS
March Captures NE-10 Freshman of the Year Honors
WORCESTER, Mass. Bentley College junior All-American Gary Mello (Woburn/Shawsheen Tech HS) became the first repeat individual champion in 15 years and the Falcons went on to capture their third straight team title at the Northeast-10 Conference men¿s cross country championships Saturday morning at Assumption College.
Bentley, which has four of the first seven finishers, had a score of 29 points to finish 15 in front of runner-up Merrimack. It was the Falcons¿ sixth championship of the nineties and their 12th in the meet¿s 19-year history.
Mello covered the 8,000-meter course in 26:48, seven seconds in front of freshman Tyler Bloom of Merrimack. Freshmen finished two-three with Falcon frosh Lou Raffetto (Wayside, N.J./Ocean Township HS) third with a time of 26:57.
Mello and Raffetto earned first team All-Conference honors, as did teammates Dan Yifru (Plymouth/Plymouth North HS) and Derek Watulak (Rutland, Vt./Rutland HS), a pair of sophomores. Yifru was sixth in 27:28 while Watulak was one spot and 12 seconds behind him.
In the women¿s race, Bentley¿s Allison March (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry HS) earned NE-10 Freshman of the Year honors after a strong showing. She was fourth overall with a 5,000-meter time of 20:23, 42 seconds off the winning time of Merrimack¿s Andrea Leonard.
The top ten also included Falcon sophomore Julie Doherty (So. Weymouth/Notre Dame Academy), who garnered second-team All-Conference kudos with a ninth place finish (20:55).
As a team, Bentley was fourth with 96 points. Finishing ahead were Merrimack (45), Stonehill (55) and Saint Anselm (76).
Next Sunday, Bentley will host the NCAA Division II East Regionals at Boston¿s Franklin Park.
Sports News
October 30, 1999
MELLO, BENTLEY REPEAT AS NORTHEAST-10 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS March Captures NE-10 Freshman of the Year Honors
Box Score
NORTHEAST-10 CONFERENCE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
at Assumption College, Worcester
MEN¿S TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Bentley 29, 2. Merrimack 44, 3. Stonehill 102, 4. St. Michael¿s 139, 5. Bryant 140, 6. Le Moyne 142, 7. Assumption 179, 8. Saint Anselm 207
MEN¿S INDIVIDUALS: 1. Gary Mello, Bentley, 26:48 (8,000 meters); 2. Tyler Bloom, Merrimack, 26:55; 3. Lou Raffetto, Bentley, 26:57; 4. Angelo Santitto, Merrimack, 26:59; 5. Eric Narcisi, Bryant, 27:10; 6. Dan Yifru, Bentley, 27:28; 7. Derek Watulak, Bentley, 27:40; 8. Ryan McCann, Saint Anselm, 27:42; 9. Matt Kacamburas, Merrimack, 27:46; 10. John Monahan, Stonehill, 27:47.
OTHER BENTLEY RUNNERS: 12. Damon Abanto, 27:50; 17. Rory Igo, 28:21; 19. Rob Perkins, 28:28; 20. Mike Merrill, 28:28; 21, John Brinegar, 28:29; 27. Jim Carbary, 29:00; 34. John Warren, 29:13; 35. John Sorenson, 29:15; 36. Bill McShane, 29:16; 37. Mike Griffin, 29:21; 39. Mike DeMella, 29:25; 56. Jesse Jakubiak, 30:32; 57. Nate Parsons, 30:35; 62. Kevin Mullin, 31:11; 65. John Wabiszczewicz, 31:37; 68. Bill Crawford, 31:54; 74. John Amara, 32:27
WOMEN¿S TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Merrimack 45; 2. Stonehill 55, 3. Saint Anselm 76, 4. Bentley 96, 5. St. Michael¿s 126, 6. Le Moyne 146, 7. Bryant 160, 8. Assumption 208, 9. Pace incomplete.
WOMEN¿S INDIVIDUALS: 1. Andrea Leonard, Merrimack, 19:41.4 (5,000 meters); 2. Katie Schroth, Merrimack, 19:44; 3. Laura Trull, Stonehill, 20:11; 4. Allison March, Bentley, 20:23; 5. Katie Lambert, Stonehill, 20:27; 6. Rachel Dow, Saint Anselm, 20:34; 7. Jennifer Ceolinski, Bryant, 20:39; 8. Kelly Thompson, Pace, 20:46; 9. Julie Doherty, Bentley, 20:55; 10. Chris Sweet, St. Michael¿s, 21:05.
OTHER BENTLEY RUNNERS: 17. Amanda Rohrer, 21:33; 25, Jessica Carmona, 21:54; 60. Erin Staunton, 23:10; 72. Julie Mullin, 23:42.
