Black runs to All-New England status

WESTFIELD, Mass. – Junior Eimear Black (Glengormley, Ireland) became the first runner in Bryant University history to earn All-New England status as the Bulldogs put together their best race of the season at the New England Championships on Sunday at Stanley Park.

Finishing fifth with a new personal-best time of 17:21.67, Black became Bryant's first-ever All-New England runner and helped the Black and Gold finish a program-best 10^th out of 37 teams. David Hurley (Ashaway, R.I.) paced the men with a time of 26:04.71 as the Bulldogs finished 31^st out of 37 teams.

Bryant placed two more runners inside the top 50 as freshman Annmarie Tuxbury (New Hartford, Conn.) and Martha Reynolds (London, England) finished 38^th and 48^th, respectively. Tuxbury finished with a time of 18:11.91 and Reynolds broke the tape with a time of 18:23.81. Bryant's next two runners were both freshman as Erin Svensen (Medway, Mass.) and Staci Rezendes (Ludlow, Mass.) finished 114^th and 150^th.

On the men's side, a trio of juniors finished behind Hurley. Christopher Chapruet (Danvers, Mass.) finished 155^th with a time of 26:26.39, Jeffrey Dorosh (Naugatuck, Conn.) finished 165^th with a time of 26:38.36 and Colin Gannon (Litchfield, Conn.) finished 168^th with a time of 26:42.02.

The Bulldogs will now begin preparations for the Northeast Conference Championships by competing in the CCSU Mini Meet on Oct. 19.