Skyler Cummins ’13 finished fourth in a field of 129 runners at the annual NESCAC championship at Amherst this past Saturday. The team co-captain finished the five-mile course in an outstanding 26 minutes and 19 seconds, just 28 seconds behind the individual winner, Middlebury’s Michael Schmidt.
Cummins’ exceptional performance contributed to the Cardinals’ seventh-place finish amongst 11 teams. It was also the best result by a Wesleyan runner at the NESCAC meet since 2005, when Owen Kiely ’06 finished in second place.
The next Cardinal finisher was Cummins’ co-captain, Bryan Marsh ’13, who came in 21st place with a time of 26:47. Austin Cotant ’13, Seth Hafferkamp ’12, and Sam Roth ’13 also contributed points to the Cardinals’ team score.
On the women’s side, the Cardinals put up a decent team effort, finishing eighth out of the 11 schools. Junior co-captains Julia Mark and Hannah Zimmerman, along with Tess Crain ’12, finished 36th, 37th, and 39th in a 121-runner field. Nellie Triedman ’13 and Shivani Kochhar ’14 were the next two finishers for Wesleyan.
Both Cardinal B-teams will travel to Williams to run in the ECAC Division III meet on Saturday, Nov. 5.
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