NCAA Regionals: Women's results

There are not enough superlatives to describe this performance, something that Chuck and I will remember for the rest of our lives. In horrendous conditions, the women did the following: 

--Improved 14 places from last year. Fourteen places!

--Powered to the best finish in school history -- by far -- eclipsing the 15th place finishes from a generation ago. And, just so those teams are not lost to memory ... those were damn good teams that placed 15th back in the day. Right, Phil?

--Had five runners in the top-100, an incredibly difficult feat in any conditions.

--Overcame the loss to injury of Ali Bartolotta, who was only our LEAD RUNNER at MAACs two weeks ago. Let that one sink in. How many teams can overcome THAT. Here's the answer: THIS TEAM CAN, because it might be the most mentally tough group of young ladies I have ever been around. Their pretty damn fast, too. 

I say tend to text in ALL CAPS a lot (because I tend to be an idiot) and I tend to say "nicely done" a lot, but gosh darn it, today it needs to be in caps: NICELY DONE!

NCAA Northeast Regionals

Friday, November 10, 2017

University at Buffalo host

Audubon Golf Course, Amherst, NY

Women’s team standings

1-Providence 82, 2-Dartmouth 115, 3-Syracuse 117, 4-Columbia 120, 5-Yale 131, 6-Iona 167, 7-Brown 194, 8-Cornell 221, 9-New Hampshire 251, 10-Buffalo 346, 11-Marist 354, 12-Harvard 401, 13-UMass Lowell 402, 14-Boston College 413, 15-UMass Amherst 438, 16-UConn 448, 17-Sacred Heart 475, 18-Stony Brook 504, 19-Army West Point 530, 20-Vermont 541, 21-Holy Cross 558, 22-Fordham 576, 23-Quinnipiac 617, 24-Albany 620, 25-Northeastern 636, 26-Binghamton 646, 27-Central Connecticut 692, 28-Boston University 694, 29-Canisius 718, 30-Manhattan 725, 31-Siena 853, 32-Bryant 976, 33-Hofstra 991, 34-Fairfield 1022, 35-Colgate 1058, 36-St. Bonaventure 1064, 37-St. John’s INC, 38-Hartford INC, 39-Wagner INC

Women’s individual results, 6km course

50. Gianna Tedeschi 22:50.0

52. Shea Bohan 22:51.9

73. Emily Burns 23:07.8

83. Mara Schiffhauer 23:18.8

96. Jordan Casey 23:26.4

132. Maria Smith 23:42.2

172. Hayley Collins 24:22.1

251 finishers