Johnson & Wales Takes Top Spot of 2009 Men's GNAC Cross Country Championship
Nashua, NH – 60 degrees with a bit of a wind, but it was a
great day for a run as 12 GNAC schools gathered on the campus of
Rivier College to partake in the 2009
GNAC Cross Country Championship Race.
On the Men’s side, 81 runners began the race with 79
finishing. Johnson & Wales freshman Greg Redfield took the top
spot with a time of 27:14.81. The win also gave Redfield the GNAC
Runner and Rookie of the year award. Johnson & Wales took the
top three spots on their way to their second straight GNAC
Championship, scoring a total of just 17 points. Norwich University
came in second with 80 points followed by Emerson with 80 points.
Norwich took the tie breaker with their 6th runner finishing just 1
minute ahead of Emerson’s 6th runner.
Team Results - Men
1 Johnson & Wales University 17 1 2 3 5 6 9
14
Total Time: 2:20:01.86
Average: 28:00.37
2 Norwich University 80 8 15 17 18 22 26 32
Total Time: 2:28:33.82
Average: 29:42.77
3 Emerson College 80 4 7 13 25 31 34 39
Total Time: 2:29:21.16
Average: 29:52.24
4 Emmanuel College 82 10 11 16 21 24 35 46
Total Time: 2:29:09.90
Average: 29:49.98
5 Lasell College 123 19 20 27 28 29 30 33
Total Time: 2:33:26.90
Average: 30:41.38
6 St. Joseph's College (Me) 165 12 36 37 38 42 44
49
Total Time: 2:45:40.53
Average: 33:08.11
7 Suffolk University 192 23 40 41 43 45 47 48
Total Time: 2:51:29.17
Average: 34:17.84
8 Rivier College 265 50 51 52 53 59 60 61
Total Time: 3:46:35.12
Average: 45:19.03
9 Albertus Magnus College 280 54 55 56 57 58
Total Time: 4:13:04.39
Average: 50:36.88
2009 GNAC Men’s All Conference Team
1 Redfield, Greg FR Johnson & Wales 27:14.81 1
2 Vance, James SO Johnson & Wales 27:24.41 2
3 Smith, Nathan SO Johnson & Wales 28:14.56 3
4 Oppenheimer, Kyle FR Emerson College 28:24.49 4
5 Hartman, Jeff FR Johnson & Wales 28:30.33 5
6 Reiss, Kyle SO Johnson & Wales 28:37.74 6
7 Fox, Brandon SO Emerson College 28:51.21 7
8 Pomeroy, John SR Norwich University 28:54.33 8
9 Guenard, Ron SR Johnson & Wales 29:03.69 9
10 Armstrong, Stephen SO Emmanuel College 29:07.89 10
Courtesy: Rivier College Athletic Communications
