Ravenna Neville '10 has 2nd-Place Finish in N.E. Div. III Meet, Women Qualify for 3rd NCAA Meet

Ravenna Neville '10 (left in photo) kicked it into high gear once again as she raced to a second-place finish among 315 runners during the annual New England Division III Championships, this year held in Cumberland, Me. Sat., Nov. 14. With her effort, Neville helped Wesleyan qualify for its third trip to the NCAAs as a team as the Cardinals were selected at-large for the NCAA field after placing fifth of 47 teams in the regional meet. It will be the first NCAA appearance for the squad since 2004. The team also made the national field in 2002. The NCAAs will be at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio Sat., Nov. 21.

Timed in 21:39 for 6k, Neville was four seconds out of first place and five seconds ahead of the third-place finisher, both from MIT which took the team title along with Middlebury as each had 63 points. As usual, the NESCAC dominated the regional results, capturing six of the top nine slots and nine of the first 15. Joining Neville as an all-New England Division III honoree with her 25th-place showing was Julia Mark '13 (right in photo), who came through in a time of 22:33. The top 35 finishers in the meet received all-New England laurels. Rosie Keogh '13 was 38th, Sarah White '11 claimed 41st and Tess Crain '12 was 53rd in rounding out the Cardinals' scoring five.

The men came in 11th in a field of 48 teams as the NESCAC was equally dominant with Williams and Amherst finishing one-two, and eight NESCAC squads placing among the top 12. Marc Whittington '13 paced the Cardinal contingent to the finish line with a 39th-place time of 26:24 for 8k. Wesleyan's entire scoring five hit the tape in a narrow span of just 27 seconds as Charles Lang '11 was 51st, Matt Katz '11 was 62nd, Bryan Marsh '13 was 65th and Jamie Lawrence '12 was 67th. All will be back for another year in 2010.

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