Estremera Places 41st, Cummings 42nd at NCAA New England Regionals

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Boston, Mass. – UAlbany’s Ricardo Estremera placed 41st and Laura Cummings finished 42nd to lead the Great Danes men’s and women’s teams at the 2007 NCAA Division I Cross Country New England Regional hosted by Harvard at Franklin Park on Saturday, Nov. 10.

In the men’s race, Estremera completed the 10K course in a time of 31:02.00 to place 41st. Junior Brian Yurkewecz placed 102nd in 32:06.90 as the only other Great Dane to complete the course.

On the women’s side, Cummings covered the 6K course in 21:49.30 to finish 42nd. Freshman Kristine Mun crossed the finish line in 23:08.00 to place 123rd and senior Jessica Chichester finished 152nd in 23:34.95 to round out the Great Dane finishers.

The UAlbany men return to action on Saturday, Nov. 10 at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y. for the IC4A Championships at 10:30 a.m., while the women compete in the ECAC Championships at 11:15 a.m.
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Men’s Championship (10,000 meters)
Team Scores:

1. Iona (37), 2. Providence (46), 3. Syracuse (132), 4. Brown (188), 5. Cornell (193), 6. Dartmouth (197), 7. Harvard (201), T8. Stony Brook (268), T8. Yale (268), 10. Columbia (275).

Individual:
1. Max Smith (Providence), 29:58.75, 2. Hayden McLaren (Providence), 30:00.95, 3. Abraham Ng’Etich (Iona), 30:01.10, 4. Harbert Okuti (Iona), 30:04.50, 5. Andrew Ledwith (Iona), 30:04.70, 6. Patrick Mellea (Boston College) 30:04.80, 7. John Mickowski (Army), 30:07.35, 8. Sage Canaday (Cornell), 30:13.25, 9. Jeff Scull (Syracuse), 30:14.35, 10. Ahmed Haji (Providence), 30:14.95.

UAlbany Finishers:
41. Ricardo Estremera (31:02.0), 102. Brian Yurkewecz (32:06.90).

Women’s Championship (6,000 meters)
Team Scores:
1. Providence (73), 2. Stony Brook (118), 3. Boston College (132), 4. Syracuse (139), 5. Brown (142), 6. Columbia (165), 7. Cornell (200), 8. Harvard (218), 9. Boston U. (225), 10. Yale (251).

Individual:
1. Danette Doetzel (Providence), 20:28.00, 2. McKayla Plank (Iona), 20:30.40, 3. Lindsay Donaldson (Yale), 20:31.30, 4. Katie DiCamillo (Providence), 20:35.35, 5. Carmen Ballard (Columbia), 20:42.50, 6. Krystal Douglas (Providence), 20:53.95, 7. Smita Gupta (Brown), 20:54.25, 8. Catherine Parker (New Hampshire), 20:57.30, 9. Nichole Lister (Boston College), 20:57.90, 10. Andrea Walkonen (Boston U.), 21:01.35.

UAlbany Finishers:
42. Laura Cummings (21:49.30), 123. Kristine Mun (23:08.0), 152. Jessica Chichester (23:34.95).