Men's Cross The
cross
country
Country
team entered the
season
with
high hopes and goals. In spite of graduating three of its top five
from last year, the team had talent, experience and youth to build upon. The team would be lead by Senior co-captains Steve Neri and Steve O'Neill. The return of junior, Tim Dunn from injuries would add punch to the top three positions. Promising sophomores would fill out
runners
the team and add
As the
depth.
progressed, it became obvious would not go according to plan. Co-Captains Neri and O'Neill were sidelined with mononucleosis and a recurring hip injury respec that this
season
season
tively. The team was, however, running competi tively and suffered losses to Dartmouth, Boston University, Yale, and New Hampshire. The youn runners had shown tremendous improvement. Tim Dunn was running step for step with some of the best runners in the area. While the loss of Neri and O'Neill could not be overcome during the
ger
Championship
season, the emergence of some of younger runners brought a smile to the Coach's face as they began to show promise for the future. Kevin Flood established himself as the team's number 2 runner and ran within one minute of Dunn at the ICAAAA. Jamie Harvie and Ken Channel! had good performances at the champion
the
ship meets. They were followed by Jeff Buyak and Chris Goslin who both showed improvement. The highlight of the season came when junior, Tim Dunn finished as the ICAAAA College Divi sion Champion. Earlier in the season, Dunn had showed good potential while running against sev eral AH Americans. At the ICAAAA, he traversed the 10,000m race course in 30:57 to defeat a field of 145 runners from the East. With two years of cross
country remaining, Dunn has shown his tal should be considered a possible NCAA
ent and
qualifier for
the future. While five members of the
Class of '90 graduate, the future of the looks bright. Good Luck.
URI
Central Connecticut Boston University Holy Cross
70
New
46
Hampshire
Bowden
team
still
Opp.
70
86
70
15 74 23 79
46
Central Conn. State
46
98
Dartmouth
Western Ontario Yale
90 90 90
50
MIT
90
22 83 117
New
England Championships 1 7th (University Division) 6th NCAA Champion hips n D qualifi-
IC4A
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ers
Overall: 5-4
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