Conference

Three NEC athletes won individual titles this weekend their cross country meets, and have subsquently been named NEC Athletes of the Week. Tommy Gruschow and Megan Kinsella of Mount St. Mary's led the way for the men and women at the Towson Invitational on Saturday. Gruschow bested the second-place finisher by 13 seconds with a time of 26:23.36, while Kinsella just edged out Towson’s Elizabeth Tauber by .74 seconds to capture the top spot. Alyssa Selmquist of Sacred Heart dominated the field at the Fairfield Invitational, clocking in at 18:27 to finish 21 seconds head of the second place finisher. Fairleigh Dickinson's Darrel Gooding had a succesful second race, as he was the top NEC finisher with a fifth place of 94 competitors at the Ted Owen Invitational, and earns NEC Rookie of the Week honors. Jazmin Booker of CCSU is the NEC Rookie of the Week for the women, running to 19th place at the Ted Owen Invitational with a time of :05.29, over 54 seconds faster than her performance at the Quinnipiac Invitational last week (20:00.01).