Boots Wins NEWMAC Title; Team Takes 2nd Place

BOSTON, Mass. – Led by individual champion, Randelle Boots, the Wellesley College cross country team took second place at the 2011 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship on Monday afternoon at Franklin Park.

MIT took top honors for the fifth straight year, as the Engineers recorded 22 team points, dominating the All-Conference team with 10 top-14 finishers. Runner-Up Wellesley totaled 50 points with two on the All-Conference team, while Coast Guard took third with 102 points and one All-Conference performer. Smith took fourth overall with 142 points, followed by Springfield in fifth with 163 and Babson in sixth with 168. Mount Holyoke (192), WPI (196), Clark (215) and Wheaton (243) rounded out the team finishes. 

Individually, Wellesley's Boots earned NEWMAC Runner of the Year honors, competing in her first race of the season. The junior completed the 5K course in 18:45, for her second-straight individual title. MIT junior Brooke Johnson took runner-up honors in 18:50, while MIT's Elaine McVay earned NEWMAC Rookie of the Year honors with a time of 18:52 and a third place finish. 

Blue senior Leah Clement took fifth place overall in a time of 19:07, earning her second appearance on the All-Conference team and improving on last season's sixth place finish. Narrowly missing All-Conference honors, senior Molly Shanley was third across the line for the Blue, taking 15th in 19:40. 

Also for Wellesley, junior Camille Basurto took 18th in 19:53, while Ada Smith also notched a top-25 finish, taking 22nd in 20:02.  Rounding out the top runners for Wellesley, first-year Nicole Chui took 30th in 20:29 and senior Andrea Gumushian placed 31st in 20:29. 

 

2011 NEWMAC Women's Cross Country All-Conference
Randelle Boots, Wellesley 
Brooke Johnson, MIT
Elaine McVay, MIT
Claire O'Connell, MIT
Leah Clement, Wellesley
Martina de Geus, MIT
Dacie Manion, MIT
Beth Gollin, Coast Guard
Stephanie Marzen, MIT
Tania Morimoto, MIT
Sarah Sprague, MIT
Shivani Kaushal, MIT
Maggie Lloyd, MIT
Caroline Kimball-Katz, Smith

2011 NEWMAC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year
Randelle Boots, Wellesley

2011 NEWMAC Women's Cross Country Rookie of the Year
Elaine McVay, MIT