Adams Wins UMass-Dartmouth Invitational

NORTH DARTMOUTH, MASS. 9/15/07 - Jennifer Adams raced to a first place finish at the UMass-Dartmouth Invitational in North Dartmouth on Saturday.

The senior form Saratoga Springs, N.Y., posted a time of 17:45 on the fast UMD 5K course.  It was the second Invitational victory for Adams, who also raced to a win at the Bates College meet last year.  Adams earned All-American honors in 2005.

Adams and freshman Nicole Slane (Guilford, N.H.) led the Keene State women to a second place finish at the Invitational with 145 points.  Slane, who dropped out of last week's Dartmouth Invitational, made a strong debut with a fifth place finish (18:34).

Kate Carr (Scituate, Mass.) (36th/19:26), Rita Marcotte (Heath, Mass.) (46th/19:36), and Melissa Pelletier (Merrimack, N.H.) (65th/19:58) round out the scorers for the Owls.

Amherst College won the women's title with 42 points.

Junior Jason Garrity (Topsfield, Mass.) finished 13th (24:31) to pace the KSC men's team on the five mile course.  Other top finishers for the Owls included Jared Samuel (Londonderry, N.H.)  (26th/25:55), freshman Timothy Pipp (New Ipswich, N.H.) (30th/26:01), Patrick Davis (Wethersfield, Conn.) (32nd/26:05), and freshman Craig MacPherson (36th/26:14).

KSC placed sixth in team scoring with 137 points.  Trinity won the meet with 55 points.

The Owls will compete at the Iona Meet of Champions next Saturday.
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