NCAA East Regional: Michelle places a gutty 25th

Just getting back to the hotel from the meet, where Michelle Gaye closed out her brilliant career with a gutty effort in the 10,000-meter run at the NCAA East Regional. She placed 25th out of 48 in 35:13.64, the second fastest time in school history. For the past week or so, Michelle has been battling a head cold. She would never, ever use that as an excuse. However! About halfway through the race, she was literally gasping for air. Breathing was labored. She was scared, almost to the point of panic. To her credit, she regained her composure, kept battling and represented herself and our program as she has for the past four years -- with grace, grit, toughness, pride. Here are the final, official results. Will update in a bit with splits and more thoughts, but I'll leave you with this: There will never be another runner like Michelle in school history, and we will miss her in ways that simple words cannot describe or fathom.

1	Molly Seidel	JR	Notre Dame	33:38.48	Q		1 (1)
2	Chelsea Blaase	SO	Tennessee	33:47.20	Q		1 (2)
3	Emily Stites	JR	William and Mary	33:47.27	Q		1 (3)
4	Margo Malone	JR	Syracuse	33:49.45	Q		1 (4)
5	Katie Gillespie	SR	West Virginia	33:56.69	Q		1 (5)
6	Mara Olson	SR	Butler	34:02.53	Q		1 (6)
7	Sinead Haughey	SR	Furman	34:05.80	Q		1 (7)
8	Laura Nagel	SR	Providence	34:11.65	Q		1 (8)
9	Megan Curham	SO	Princeton	34:14.85	Q		1 (9)
10	Joanna Thompson	SR	North Carolina St.	34:19.72	Q		1 (10)
11	Erin Osment	SR	Davidson	34:27.86	Q		1 (11)
12	Amanda Behnke	SO	Indiana	34:31.86	Q		1 (12)
13	Brooke Tullis	JR	Toledo	34:36.85			1 (13)
14	Alexis Wiersma	SO	Michigan State	34:40.09			1 (14)
15	Caroline Kellner	JR	Cornell	34:41.75			1 (15)
16	Gina Sereno	SO	Michigan	34:47.40			1 (16)
17	Melanie Brender	SR	Michigan State	34:54.06			1 (17)
18	Bethany Sachtleben	SR	George Mason	34:55.64			1 (18)
19	Emily Durgin	SO	Connecticut	34:59.25			1 (19)
20	Sarah Rapp	SR	Virginia Tech	35:03.86			1 (20)
21	Minori Minagawa	JR	Ohio State	35:05.30			1 (21)
22	Jessie Petersen	SR	Syracuse	35:11.21			1 (22)
23	Jessie Rubin	SR	Duke	35:12.42			1 (23)
24	Abbey Kelto	SR	Central Michigan	35:12.70			1 (24)
25	Michelle Gaye	JR	Marist	35:13.64			1 (25)
26	Sarah Fakler	SO	Virginia	35:18.23			1 (26)
27	Kathleen Darling	JR	Wake Forest	35:20.78			1 (27)
28	Cassandra Vince	SO	Toledo	35:23.41			1 (28)
29	Claudia Pham	SR	Dartmouth	35:26.01			1 (29)
30	Dylan Hassett	SR	William and Mary	35:30.53			1 (30)
31	Eden Meyer	FR	North Florida	35:30.61			1 (31)
32	Ednah Kurgat	FR	Liberty	35:45.87			1 (32)
33	Nicole Lucas	SR	Indiana State	35:49.66			1 (33)
34	Mary Alex England	SO	Mississippi	35:50.63			1 (34)
35	Courtney Smith	FR	Harvard	35:52.28			1 (35)
36	Whitney Thornburg	SR	Harvard	35:59.51			1 (36)
37	Tristin Van Ord	SO	Appalachian State	36:03.34			1 (37)
38	Sakiko Minagawa	JR	Ohio State	36:14.57			1 (38)
39	Shaylyn Tuite	JR	Syracuse	36:32.01			1 (39)
40	Melissa Fairey	SO	Georgia Tech	36:37.03			1 (40)
41	Letitia Saayman	SR	Coastal Carolina	36:45.92			1 (41)
42	Maura Linde	JR	Syracuse	36:51.39			1 (42)
43	Katie Townsend	SR	Georgia Tech	36:54.05			1 (43)
44	Kelly Meyer	JR	Georgia Tech	37:09.22			1 (44)
45	Lauren Brasure	FR	Florida	37:49.91			1 (45)
46	Elizabeth Hutchins	SR	Sacred Heart	38:09.99			1 (46)
	Madeline Perez	FR	Georgetown	DNF			1,
	Olivia Pratt	SO	Butler	DNS			1,