BOWDOIN COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY men and womens teams recently competed at the New England Division III Championships. The mens team placed ninth while the women raced to 10th. Seniors Sarah Kelly (L) and Ben Torda (R) were tops for the Polar Bears. Torda has been chosen as an at-large selection to the NCAA Division II Men’s Cross Country Championships in Illinois.
The Polar Bear men were led by junior Ben Torda’s seventh place individual finish while the women’s team saw Sarah Kelley’s 19th-place showing.
Torda has been chosen as an at-large selection to the NCAA Division III Men’s Cross Country Championship.
Torda will make the trip to Elsah, Illinois this weekend to compete in the 8K championship race at the North Farm Facility on Saturday Nov. 18.
The Bowdoin men’s team finished with 280 points, as MIT took the team title with 81. The Polar Bears’ average time on the 8K course was 26:27 with a total time of 2:12.19 from their scoring finishers.
Torda recorded Bowdoin’s top individual finish at New England D-III’s since Coby Horowitz took fourth at the 2013 championship, ending with a time of 25:40.0.
Sean MacDonald was 24th for Bowdoin (26:00.6), Naphtali Moulton was 59th (26:26.8) and Connor Rockett was 85th (26:57.1) for the Polar Bears.
The women’s squad collected 354 points to take 12th overall with MIT completing the sweep by winning with 58 points. The Polar Bears averaged 22:49 on the 6K track with a total time of 1:54.06.
Kelley’s finish led the way in 21:45.9, followed closely by Caroline Shipley’s 27th-place showing in 22:10.5.
Julia O’Rourke took 71st (22:55.7) while Anne McKee finished 105th (23:24.5).
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