Despite the loss of Clark University women’s cross country ace Emily Tremaine to injury this season, the experienced and solid group of returnees led the Cougars across the trails this fall. In fact, the Clark squad concluded its season by sending seven runners to the NCAA New England Regional Championships held at Veteran’s Golf Course at Springfield College in Springfield, Mass., a trip the Cougars had not made since 2004.
Senior Becky Mayer, junior Ellen Durand, sophomore Kaitlyn Sephton, junior Kerri Powers, sophomore Allison Camp, junior Vera Simon-Nobes and sophomore Amanda Haimes represented Clark at the NCAA Regional Meet, placing 21st in the 48-team field. Mayer, who finished first for Clark in all but one race this fall, led the Cougars in the 6k competition. She finished 92nd in a time of 24.35. Durand was 137th (25.48), Sephton took 157th (26.25), Powers placed 191st (27.11), Camp was 201st (27.36), Nobes was 204th (27:45) and Haimes finished 258th (29.14). They were the top pack for the Cougars all this season.
For the second consecutive year, the Cougars placed third at the Worcester City Invitational and ninth at the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championships. Mayer recorded a season-best fifth place performance (19:55) at the Worcester Meet, while Durand, who finished second in seven of eight races this season, posted a personal-record (20:50) at the Roger Williams Invitational. Sophomore Liz Gomez also shined for the Cougars in a pair of races this fall. She placed third (23:11) at the UMass-Dartmouth Invitational and raced a PR 23:02 at the Western New England College Invite.
In addition to their on the trail accolades, the Cougar cross country teams excelled in the classroom as well. The Clark men’s and women’s cross country teams combined for 10 NEWMAC academic all-conference selections. Allison Camp ’09 (3.79), Rebecca Dash ’09 (3.76), Emily Lescak ‘07 (3.80), Kaitlyn Sephton ’09 (3.64), and Elizabeth Waste ’07 (3.71) made up the women’s cross-country recipients.
The Clark University women's cross country team concluded the 2005 season under the direction of fourth-year head coach Chris D'Aniello and third-year assistant coach Michelle Walmsley. This year's squad tied local rival WPI for ninth place at the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship at Smith College.
Led by co-captains Amber Cochran '06 (Wolcot, VT/Peoples Academy) and Kristina Siladi '06 (Danbury, CT/Danbury), the Cougars recorded another season of growth for the program. A very successful recruiting effort brought on 13 new team members. Emily Tremaine '07 (Spokane, WA/Lewis & Clark) had an outstanding season and led the Cougars in every race. Tremaine placed 64th (24:37) of 227 runners at the ECAC Championship. Tremaine ran a season-best time of 20:55 at the Roger Williams meet placing 3rd out of 112 runners. Clark also came home with a third-place finish from the meet. The Cougars also brought home a third-place finish at the Worcester City Meet behind Tremaine's 4th-place effort of 20:17.
Joining Tremaine at the ECAC Championship were teammates Ellen Durand '08 (Billerica, MA/Billerica Memorial) who ran a 26:38 and finished 133rd, Becky Mayer '07(Arvada, CO/Arvada West) finishing 82nd in 25:05, Stephanie Oleksyk '07 (Foxboro, MA/Foxboro) in 109th place in 25:53, and Kaitlyn Sephton '09 (Shutesbury, MA/Amherst Regional) in 26:03 for 115th place. Their efforts earned Clark 14th place in a field of 29 teams.
Other top finishers for this year's Cougars included Elizabeth Waste '07 (Lyme, NH/Thetfard Academy), Jenna Glazer '08 (Billerica, MA/Billerica Memorial), Kerri Powers '08 (Juneau, AK/Juneau Douglas) and first-year Amanda Haimes (Atlanta, GA/Grady). Waste ran her season best at the NEWMAC Championships where she finished the fifth fastest Cougar in a time of 22:43 for 88th-place. Glazer finished as the fifth-fastest Clark runner with her season-best effort of 23:00 in 22nd-place at the Worcester City Meet. Powers ran her fastest race of the season in 23:16 finishing 197th at the UMass Dartmouth Meet. Haimes' 23:08 effort, earning her 189th-place at the UMass Dartmouth race, was her best finish of the season.
The Clark University women’s cross country team concluded the 2004 season under the direction of third-year head coach Chris D’Aniello and second-year assistant coach Michelle Walmsley.
The women’s team started out the season with a dual-meet victory against Eastern Connecticut State University behind Emily Tremaine’s ’07 (Spokane, WA/Lewis & Clark) first-place effort. The next week Ellen Durand ’08 and Tremaine led the Cougars to sixth place out of 20 teams in the Connecticut College Invitational. Durand placed 66th (21:36) and Tremaine finished in 21:45 time (69th). Co-captain Kristina Siladi ’06 (82nd, 22:22), Jenna Glazer ’08 (88th, 22:33) and Elizabeth Waste ’07 (90th, 22:42) completed the scoring for the Cougars.
Clark hosted the Worcester City Meet and placed second to Assumption College and defeated WPI and Worcester State College. Durand placed 11th (22:58), followed closely by Tremaine (12th, 23:06). Stephanie Oleksyk ’07 (14th, 23:11), Kerri Powers ’08 (17th, 23:16) and Rebecca Voss ’08 (19th, 23:28) completed Clark’s top five finishers. Highlighting the year for the Cougars was the team’s win at the Tri-State Meet. Tremaine led the way, finishing in 10th place with a time of 21:20. Durand (14th, 21:23), Glazer (17th, 21:40), Oleksyk (23rd, 21:58) and Siladi (25th, 22:10) all placed in the top 25 of the 95 runners competing.
Clark ended the season tied for 9th place at the NEWMAC Championship and 29th at the NCAA DIII New England Regionals. Tremaine once again led the way for the Cougars at both meets, placing 56th with a time of 20:36 at the conference championship and 129th at the regionals.
The women started the 2003 season defeating Elms College behind first-year runner Emily Tremaine’s first-place finish and a 21:10 time. Tremaine started her career by finishing first against Eastern Connecticut State University, her first collegiate cross country meet and finished second at the Worcester City Meet, her first invitational. Later in the season the Cougars finished 5th out of 11 teams at the Roger Williams University Invitational and 6th out of 16 teams at the Regis College Invitiational. Tremaine was Clark’s top runner at both invitationals, finishing 5th at Roger Williams (21:23) and 26th at Regis (22:18).
The Cougars finished 10th at the NEWMAC Championship and concluded the season finishing 21st out of 31 at the ECAC Championship. Tremaine finshed 59th out of 122 runners (21:13.51) at the NEWMAC Championship and 69th out of 240 (25:30) at the ECACs. First-year Elizabeth Waste placed 83rd (22:17) at the NEWMAC Championship.
In 2002 the women’s cross country team’s best meet was a second-place finish out of seven teams at the Western New England Invitational. Clark’s top runner, senior captain Jen Ericson finished eighth with a time of 23:30. At the NEWMAC Championship, Ericson finished 98th posting a 22:59.56 time. Graduate student Beate Born had a solid season as well. She finished as Clark’s top runner at the NEWMAC Championship placing 75th (21:49).
In 2000, Sarah Gagne-Hall '01 was named to the NEWMAC All-Conference Team after finishing fourth in a field of 132 runners at the NEWMAC Championship. At the ECAC New England Championship, Gagne-Hall finished an impressive 11th of 237 runners Gagne-Hall finished first in the Shaklette Invitational and the Worcester City Championship.
The women's team had several major accomplishments during the 1999 season. The team went undefeated in dual meets (3-0) for the first time. The team placed second at the Worcester City Championship and Jen Cooper '01 finished sixth in the race. The women had a solid showing at the ECAC race, placing 19th/35 teams. Beate Born '02 finished as Clark's top runner in seven meets and won the race against Eastern Connecticut State University.
In 1997, Sarah Pierce '98 was named to the all-conference team for the third consecutive year. She also won the Worcester City Championship three years in a row.
Sarah Pierce '98 was selected as the Massachusetts Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (MAIAW) October 1996 Athlete of the Month as she ran undefeated in Clark's first four meets of the season and won the Worcester City Meet.
The 1995 season saw the Cougar women win the Worcester City Championship for the first time in eight years.