Ephs outrun competition at Purple Valley Classic
The Ephs showed a great team effort to win the title at the
Purple Valley Classic, the first home meet of the season. The
Varsity race was a 6 kilometer course, the same one that will be
run for NCAA Regionals later in the season. Four Williams women
slipped into the top ten, giving the Ephs a score of 38 points,
handily beating second place Middlebury (with 66 points). Arch
rival, Amherst, finished 3rd in the team competition.
For the second time in a row, captain Lauren Philbrook finished
first for the Williams harriers, in a time of 22 minutes, 32
seconds. Philbrook ran a smart race, in the leading pack from the
very beginning and keeping a steady pace all the way through the
line. “We won all four races by a good margin [Men’s
and Women’s JV and Varsity]," noted Philbrook. "And the
fact that we beat Amherst was really exciting. I’m pretty
impressed with how the freshman did in both races too, especially
Mary Brunelli, who did great in her first 6k.”
Not far behind Philbrook was Junior Bret Scofield, finishing 5th,
who moved up nicely throughout the race, passing opponents left and
right. Junior Jess Clarke had a breakthrough, feeling great over
the longer course and finishing in 9th place. First year Mary
Brunelli was 10th, and Meghan Shea rounded out the scoring five
harriers, in 14th place.
The Junior Varsity women ran a 5k race earlier in the day, showing
some promising talents. Lauren Goldstein-Kral ran most of the race
with the men, finishing comfortably in first with a time of
20:13.
The Ephs take next weekend off and look forward to Division I New
England’s on October 11th at Franklin Park in Boston.
