Ephs Second at Plansky Invitational
The Williams men’s cross country team finished second
behind MIT at the Plansky Invitational at Mount Greylock High
School today. Led by a first place finish from sophomore Edgar
Kosgey, who finished the 6K course in 19 minutes 10 seconds, the
Ephs scored 41 points to MIT’s 34.
It was a chilly but sunny afternoon at the Eph’s home
course, just a few miles south of campus on Cold Spring Road. Since
this is the team’s final invitational meet before
championship season begins next weekend, assistant coach Mitchell
Baker ’04 advised the harriers to race conservatively.
“Let’s run the first 2K at tempo pace and then race the
last 4K,” Baker told the runners in a pre-race meeting.
Despite this somewhat cautious strategy, the Ephs placed their
scoring five in the top 15 and put 11 racers in the top 25.
The starting gun fired at 1:04 pm, a few minutes behind schedule,
and the Williams runners settled into the middle of the pack
according to plan. After coming around the first baseball loop,
about 5 minutes into the race, Kosgey, Brendan Christian ’09,
and Morgan Seybert ’08 led the Ephs behind a couple of MIT
runners. By the 1.5 mile mark on the straightaway by the grass
track, Christian had a solid third place standing, with Kosgey and
Morgan on his heels. Tri-captains Corey Levin ’08 and Grant
Burgess ’08, Mack Chaffee ’09, Corey Watts ’10,
Jeff Stenzel ’10, and Sam Jackson ’10 made up the
Ephs’ chase pack.
After the second baseball field loop, at about two miles into the
race, Christian had moved into first place. Meanwhile, Burgess and
Jim Clayton ’08 had made significant advances to join the top
runners. About 800 meters later, Kosgey joined Brendan and the two
Ephs led the race stride for stride. Seybert was about ten meters
back, followed by Levin and a slew of purple and white jerseys.
The Ephs charged up the final long hill in the woods by the
Sweetwood nursing home, and at the top Kosgey found himself in
second place. Seybert was fourth and Christian dropped to sixth.
Relaxing somewhat in the slipstream behind the race leader from
MIT, Kosgey regrouped for the final 400 meters around the grass
track. With long fluid strides, he passed his MIT opponent and
sprinted to the finish to win with a comfortable margin. Seybert
battled valiantly with a Tufts runner on the finishing stretch to
capture seventh place in 19:22. Christian finished in eighth in
19:27, and Levin was tenth in 19:32. Connor Kamm ’10 and
Watts dueled with an MIT runner down the finishing stretch, but
only Kamm was victorious to secure fifteenth place and the last
cherished Plansky Invitational t-shirt. Sam Jackson ’10 was
18th to complete the Ephs’ top seven runners.
“I felt easy. Today was easy,” Kosgey mused after the
race. Originally from Kenya, Kosgey has developed keen race
instincts this season to match his impressive physical talents.
Seybert also had a breakout race, coming back from a slightly
discouraging finish last weekend at Franklin Park.
Next Saturday Williams travels to Wesleyan for the Little Three
Championships, one of the most highly anticipated meets of the
season. Since 1970 Williams has won the traditional Little Three
rivalry with Amherst and Wesleyan 35 of 37 years.
Plansky Invitational at Mt. Greylock High School, hosted by
Williams College
Oct. 13, 2007 cool, sunny, course dry
Men’s 6k Team Results
1) MIT 34
2) Williams 41
3) Tufts 81
4) RPI 178
5) Assumption 360
6) Babson 466
7) Johnson and Wales 494
8) Hartwick 531
9) MCLA 655
10) Sullivan CC Inc
11) St. Anselm’s Inc
1) Edgar Kosgey Williams 19:10
2) Jake Ruzevick MIT 19:13
3) Yermie Cohen MIT 19:18
4) Joe Roy-Mayhew MIT 19:20
5) Dave Sorensen Tufts 19:20
6) Jesse Faller Tufts 19:21
7) Morgan Seybert Williams 19:22
8) Brendan Christian Williams 19:27
9) Nick Welch Tufts 19:30
10) Corey Levin Williams 19:32
11) Greg Pallotta Tufts 19:33
12) Trevor Rundell MIT 19:34
13) Gihan Amarasiriwardena MIT 19:34
14) Chris Bruce MIT 19:35
15) Connor Kamm Williams 19:36
16) Paul Welle MIT 19:36
17) Corey Watts Williams 19:36
18) Sam Jackson Williams 19:41
19) Hemu Arumugam MIT 19:43
20) Richard Prevost MIT 19:45
21) Grant Burgess Williams 19:47
22) Jim Clayton Williams 19:50
23) Mack Chaffee Williams 19:53
24) Steve Van Wert Williams 19:54
25) Jack Bourbonnais MIT 19:58
26. Wong MIT 19:59
27. Abrams MIT 20:00
28. Stenzel W 20:00
29. Spicer MIT 20:02
30. Williams RPI 20:03
31. Wyler RPI 20:03
32. Geary WMS 20:07
33. Gaidus WMS 20:08
34. Udelsman WMS 20:10
35. Donais ROI 20:12
36. Schwartz WMS 20:12
37. Pavlosky RPI 20:13
38. Cole WMS 20:14
39. Kleingueil MIT 20:15
40. Oubre WMS 20:18
41. O’Day Assum 20:19
42. Bienosek MIT 20:20
43. Keshian Bab 20:22
44. Palmer WMS 20:24
45. Saberski RPI 20:25
46. R.Ford WMS 20:25
47. Frank RPI 20:27
48. Repetski MIT 20:31
49. Gura WMS 20:32
50. Tilton Tufts 20:34
51. Langendorf RPI 20:34
52. Phipps MIT 20:37
53. Swimm WMS 20:37
54. Kagazzini Tufts 20:40
55. Lena Tufts 20:41
56. Durham WMS 20:41
57. Roberts WMS 20:42
58. Pearson RPI 20:43
59. Rapaport WMS 20:44
60. Grosskurth RPI 20:45
61. McDermott Assum 20:46
62. Nicholson MIT 20:47
63. Eisenberg-G Tufts 20:52
64. Rodriguez WMS 20:55
65. O’Brien Bab 20:56
66. Mitchell ? 20:57
67. Hale Tufts 20:58
68. Pellett Tufts 20:59
69. Huwe MIT 20:59
70. Ferguson Assum 21:00
71. Franck WMs 21:01
72. Mulligan MIT 21:03
73. Alander Tufts 21:04
74. Vance JW 21:04
75. St Jackson WMS 21:08
76. Simonson WMS 21:08
77. Lee Tufts 21:11
78. Abrams RPI 21:12
79. Goetzman Tufts 21:16
80. Debronsky RPI 21:16
81. Sattlek Hart 21:18
82. Densmore RPI 21:22
83. Gordon Tufts 21:23
84. Brunquell Tufts 21:25
85. Rireel Tufts 21:29
86. Stack Assum 21:31
87. Dorsey-G WMS 21:31
88. Ryan RPI 21:32
89. Rodewald MIT 21:41
90. Oehlberg JW 21:42
91. Brickley WMS 21:43
92. Hutchinson Tufts 21:43
93. Geisler JW 21:46
94. Rotkowitz Hart 21:47
95. Zampi RPI 21:47
96. Parker RPI 21:47
97. Montalvo JW 21:48
98. Brass RPI 21:48
99. B.Ford WMS 21:50
100. Smythe WMS 21:55
101. Socorro Bab 21:56
102. Danaher Assum 22:00
103. Jacques Tufts 22:00
104. Nickerson TPI 22:02
105. Daum MIT 22:04
106. Hanrahan Tufts 22:07
107. Sattler Hart 22:09
108. Nunns WMS 22:10
109. Raby MCLA 22:11
110. Parel Assum 22:12
111. Melnick Tufts 22:12
112. Krumholz Tufts 22:13
113. Berger Sull 22:16
114. Kolesar WMS 22:20
115. Levinsohn WMS 22:25
116. Kundkulam MIT 22:27
117. Callman Hart 22:28
118. Curelop MCLA 22:32
119. Brower Assum 22:35
120. Shanley Tufts 22:36
121. VanBenschoten M 22:39
122. Prins WMS 22:44
123. Copelas WMS 22:45
124. Blaney Tufts 22:45
125. Marsan RPI 22:49
126. Scola Tufts 22:55
127. Bartlett Bab 22:56
128. Peletieri Tufts 22:57
129. Dupont Assum 23:02
130. Cornelius Bab 23:07
131. Bonsoms Bab 23:14
132. Jeremy W Hart 23:29
133. Kourthikov Bab 23:38
134. Schuck WMS 23:38
135. Kelley MCLA 23:40
136. McKenzie WMS 23:46
137. Ralph St. A 23:51
138. Pruitt WMS 23:59
139. Terbush Hart 24:22
140. Tsosie JW 24:26
141. Steinbrecher St.A 24:28
142. Burns JW 24:30
143. Mangarella Tufts 24:36
144. Tappin MCLA 24:40
145. Saruch Bab 24:41
146. Brenden Assum 24:47
147. Roberts Hart 25:09
148. Ramos Sull 25:35
149. ? 25:45
150. Hollingsworth JW 25:47
151. Bray Bab 26:10
152. Roods Hart 26:27
153. Belardo JW 26:27
154. Butera Bab 26:37
155. Schilling Hart 26:43
156. Dorf WMS 27:13
