SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Of the 317 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) student-athletes from 10 institutions recognized on the Fall CCC Academic All-Conference list, 43 of those came from Endicott including 10 who also earned All-CCC honors for their athletic achievements this past semester.
WESTFIELD, Mass.- Kim Shepherd (Essex, Conn.) capped off her career by taking the top finish for Endicott in every meet. Shepherd finished 169th out of 367 women runners in the NCAA DIII New England Regional meet. Her time of 24:59 was just four minutes off the winning race time. The women were able to record a team place with their finishes and ended their season with a 35th place out of 51 teams at the NCAA Regionals.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.- Kim Shepherd (Essex, Conn.) was once again the top runner as the senior finished less than two minutes off the winning time. With 284 runners in the field, Shepherd finished in 35th with a time of 24:28 to lead the Gulls to a 19th place finish out of 41 teams. Shepherd has now finished as the top female runner in every meet this season.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.- Kim Shepherd (Essex, Conn.) and Erin Haynes continued to be the top runners for the Gulls as both runners finished in the top 20 to lead Endicott to a fifth place finish as a team. Shepherd finished in a time of 24:26 as Haynes crossed in a time of 24:51 to finish in 13th & 19th place respectively. Jillian Mendes (Waterbury Center, Vt.) finished 20th as the junior was just a half-second behind Haynes with a time of 24:52.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.- The women's cross country team was able to register a team score of 163 which placed them fifth out of 23 teams. Kim Shepherd (Essex, Conn.) was the highest finisher for the Gulls as the senior finished in 26th place with a time of 20:26.28, just one minute and 24 seconds off the winning time. First year runner Erin Haynes was close on Shepherd's heels as she finished in 29th place with a time of 20:31.78.
WESTFIELD, Mass.- The women's team was once again led by Kim Shepherd (Essex, Conn.) as the senior finished 72nd out of 453 runners on the 6K course. Shepherd was able to log a time of 24:40.
WENHAM, Mass.- On a day where the weather didn't exactly provide ideal conditions to race, the cross country teams competed at the Gordon Cross Country Invitational in Wenham, Mass. Both teams continued to see improvement in their runners as Kim Shepherd (Essex, Conn.) was the top runner for the women.
NORTH DARTMOUTH, MASS.- The Endicott Cross Country teams went into this weekend looking to see improvement from all runners across the board. When the results came in, Head Coach Michael Twomey was pleased with the outcomes and happy to see multiple runners improve on their personal bests.
BIDDEFORD, Maine - The Endicott men's and women's cross country teams raced at the UNE Invitational on Saturday and both teams got off to a solid start with the women placing fifth and the men having strong individual finishes.
We are under two months away from the start of the 2012-13 season and plans have been put into place to accommodate the more than 300 student-athletes who will arriving at our beautiful campus for preseason.