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2009
Caprice Cappucci Honored by the Great Northeast Athletic Conference
Emerson College Women's cross country runner Caprice Cappucci (Fr., Medfield, MA) has been honored by the Great Northeast Athletic Conference as the women's cross country Runner of the Week for her performance the week ending November 2nd. Cappucci led Emerson to a 1st place finish at the GNAC 20:52.
Caprice Cappucci Honored by the Great Northeast Athletic Conference
Emerson College Women's cross country runner Caprice Cappucci (Fr., Medfield, MA) has been honored by the Great Northeast Athletic Conference as the women's cross country Runner of the Week for her performance the week ending October 19. Cappucci's placed 12th out of 146 runners this past weekend at the Emmanuel Saints Invitational. She was the first GNAC finisher for the women and lead her team to a 5th place finish which was the highest of any GNAC team competing. This is Cappucci's second GNAC player of the week honor this season.
Caprice Capucci Honored by the Great Northeast Athletic Conference
Emerson College Women's cross country runner Caprice Capucci (Fr., Medfield, MA) has been honored by the Great Northeast Athletic Conference as the women's cross country Runner of the Week for her performance the week ending October 4. In Capacci's first meet as an Emerson Lion she finished 27th out of two hundred and ninety runners and was the top GNAC finisher. Her time in the Pop Crowell Cross Country Invitational was 20:26.
Capucci Places 27th out of 290 Runners at the Pop Crowell Cross Country Invitational
Cat Viglienzoni Honored by the Great Northeast Athletic Conference
Emerson College Women's cross country runner Cat Viglienzoni (Jr., Soquel, CA) has been honored by the Great Northeast Athletic Conference as the women's cross country Runner of the Week for her play the week ending September 27. So far this season the Emerson Lions women's cross county team has run in two meets and Viglienzoni has captured first in both. In her most recent race the Rivier Raiders Invitational she beat out 70 runners to place first with a time of 21:46.
Lion women Capture GNAC Championship
Nashua, NH – 60 degrees with a bit of a wind, but it was a great day for a run as 12 GNAC schools gathered on the campus of Rivier College to partake in the 2009 GNAC Cross Country Championship Race.
The women’s race got started at 11:00 AM with 88 runners in the starting box. 86 were able finish the race with Emerson’s Caprice Cappucci (FY, Medfield, Mass.) taking the top spot with a time of 20:52.04. Emerson crossed three runners in the top five spots to help take home the 2009 team title with a total of 48 points. Johnson and Wales took second with 56 points.
Cappucci earned the GNAC Runner of the Year for taking the top spot as well as the GNAC Rookie of the Year for being the top freshman. Cappucci was named to the GNAC All-Conference team as were teammates Cat Viglienzoni (Jr., Soquel, Calif.) and Dana Filek-Gibson (Gr., Raymond, Maine).
Lions Cop 5th at Emmanuel Invitational
Lions Place 15th at Westfield Invitational
Viglienzoni Cops Second Straight Individual Title as Emerson Wins at Rivier
NASHUA, N.H. - Cat Viglienzoni (Jr., Soquel, Calif.) ran to her second individual title of the season to lead the Emerson College women's cross country team to the championship of the 2009 Rivier Raiders Cross Country Invitational. Emerson placed five runners among the top seventeen finishers in the meet.
Viglienzoni, who won the Travis Fuller Invitational at Massachusetts Maritime two weeks ago, covered the 5,000 meter course in 21:46, finishing five seconds ahead of Katie Murphy of St. Joseph's College. Dana Filek-Gibson (Sr., Raymond, Maine) was the second Lion finisher, placing ninth. Grace Kaskie (So., Golf, Ill.) was one spot behind, while Courthey Carter (FY, Hudson, N.H.) placed 13th and Amanda Furrer (Sr., Inverness, Fla.) rounded out the Emerson scorers in 17th place.
In the meet which had nine scoring teams, Emerson scored 50 points besting St. Joseph's by seven points. Norwich University finished a distant third.
Emerson's next meet will be the Pop Crowell Classic at Gordon College on October 3.
Viglienzoni Captures Individual title at Fuller Invitational
2008
Compagna NAMED TO gnac sportsmanship TEAM
Emerson College women's cross country runner Lena Compagna (Sr., Boxford, Mass.) has been named to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Sportsmanship team for the 2008 season. The GNAC Sportsmanship Team consists of one runner from each of the Conference's 13 institutions that sponsor women's cross country. Compagna was selected by a vote of her teammates.
FUREY's focus leads Emerson harriers
BOSTON - It is great running weather for a mid-October Friday in the 2008 fall season. Head Coach John Furey shouts words of encouragement to the Emerson team at Franklin Park, considered the best cross country course in the state, as they maintain a solid group in their first lap. This is the Emmanuel College Saints Cross Country Invitational. Maintaining a solid pack of runners this early in the race is important. It is good for the morale of the team, and disheartening for competitors. It is in line with Furey’s coaching strategy.
Furey began working at Fitcorp a fitness center in Boston 24 years ago. He brings a unique understanding of personal fitness to the table as a coach. “I consistently stress hard work, preventative strategies, rest, foam roll, soft surface running and cross training to minimize impact, focusing on corrective and strength exercises.”
Furey maintains a strategy of injury free running and muscular skeletal integrity. With laser focus on strength and wellness training, this top tier health and fitness trainer integrates theoretical and practical knowledge into his overall coaching method. Furey has been coaching for 26 years. “If you run hard all the time, you will get injured, mentally exhausted or both.”
On a theoretical level he applies a master’s degree from Bridgewater State College, reinforced with constant study and reading. On a practical level he applies coaching stratagem from three championship seasons at Emerson, rooted in years of running experience. On a tactical level, where strategy meets reality, this has worked particularly well for the women’s team.
Team Captain Alleigh Marre appreciates the strategy, “Running is an individual sport and requires a lot of individual commitment.” Marre is recovering from an injury currently. The attention to detail from her coach in this case is particularly relevant. “He has always provided each of us with work outs and suggestions for work outs based on our own personal needs and abilities.”
The women have the most wins of any team at Emerson this season. Today the women add a few W’s to the record. They finish fourth out of 15 teams. Three of their runners are in the top 30 out of 115. Broken into a duel meet record the stats are quite impressive. The women are 46 and 21.
The men finish eighth out of 15. Team Co-captain Matt Sell, a senior, is not happy with the results. His team ran well, maintaining the pack integrity deep into the course,until the breakaways began. The team can recover. The strategy will keep them limber, and injury free, to whatever degree possible. Overall the day is a success. The runners from each team are guided, like aircraft to a carrier, into the chutes at the finish line. Their control tower is Head Coach John Furey’s vehement voice of encouragement.
Kaskie Earns GNAC Honor in First Meet for Lions
Grace Kaskie (So., Golf, In.) was named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week for her performance in the he Lt. Travis Fuller Invitational meet sponsored by Massachusetts Maritime Academy September 13. Kaskie placed sixth overall of 90 runners in the meet. She was the top finisher for Emerson and the third GNAC runner to cross the finish line. Her time over the 5K course was 20:36.
Lions win second straight meet
NASHUA, N.H. -- Emerson College placed five of the first 15 finishers in a cold driving rain to take first place in the Rivier College Invitational held on the Rivier campus.
Despite several runners taking a wrong turn and going a significant distance off course, Emerson's Grace Kaskie (So., Golf, Ind.) managed a fourth place finish to lead the Lions with a time of 22:05. Teammate Lauren Donahue (FY, Marshfield, Mass.) was right behind in fifth place only two seconds behind Kaskie.
Katie Eastman (So., Raymond, Maine) placed 12th overall and 11th among scoring runners, while Janine Seidel (So., Newcity, N.Y.)and Amanda Furrer (Jr., Inverness, Fla.) rounded out scorers for the Lions.
Emerson will next compete Friday afternoon October 3 at the Gordon College "Pop" Crowell Invitational.
Emerson Captures Fuller Invitational
From www.coolrunning.com - 09/13/08
Wareham, Mass. -- The light drizzle and fog Saturday morning along the Cape Cod Canal was just fine with Emmanuel College senior Cathryn Lariviere (Windham, N.H./Salem). Lariviere was the top finisher in a field of 88 women in the Lt. Travis J. Fuller Cross-Country Invitational held on the campus of Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Lariviere covered the 5K course in 18:52.
The winning team was Emerson College with 48 points.
Grace Kaskie (Golf, IL./Glenbrook South) was the top Emerson harrier across the line in sixth place overall in a time of 20:36. Lauren Donahue (Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield) of Emerson took eighth at 20:42.
Salve Regina University (51 pts.) finished in second, with Emmanuel College (71 pts.) third. Massachusetts Maritime Academy ran fourth with 81 pts. Framingham State rounded out the top five with 140 pts.)
Courtney Testa (Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton) of U-Mass Dartmouth finished second overall with a time of 19:09. Christine Gaspar (North Attleboro, Mass./Cumberland) ran third at 20:21.
Lauren Fograshy (Monson, Mass./Monson) led the Buccaneers taking 14th place in 21:26. Teammate Patricia Malagrino (Barrington, R.I./Barrington) finished 17th for the Bucs at 21:34 leading a pack of runners that included; Emily Rizzo (Milwaukee, WI./St. Joan Antida) in 19th at 21:40 and Emily Burbank (Yarmouthport, Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth) in 20th at 21:42.
2006
Tweto Doubly Honored by GNAC
Ariel Tweto ( FY, Anchorage, AK) has recently earned both the Rookie of the Year and All-Conference honors from the Great Northeast Athletic Conference by virtue of her second place finish at the Women's Cross Country Championship. Tweto covered the 5,000 kilometer course in 21:09 at a pace of 6:50 per mile. The top finisher among first-year runners, Tweto ended the race only six seconds behind the Conference champion. As a team, Emerson finished fourth in the eight team field.
Tweto Earns GNAC Rookie of the Week Honor
Ariel Tweto (FY, Anchorage, Ak.) has been named the women's cross country Rookie of the Week for the week ending October 8 by the Great Northeast Athletic Conference. Tweto finished seventh at the Roger Williams University Invitational out of a field of over 80 runners, covering the 5K course in 20:16.
Kitson Honored by GNAC
Emerson College cross country runner Amy Kitson (Sr., Media, Penn.) has been selected to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending October 1. Kitson covered the 5K course at the Rivier College Invitational in 21:46 finishing third in a field of 73 runners. Kitson led the Lions to a second place finish as a team.
Tweto Named GNAC Runner of the Week
Emerson College women’s cross country runner Ariel Tweto (first-year, Anchorage, Ak.) started her career with a bang as she was named the Runner of the Week for the week ending September 24 in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference in her first collegiate meet. Tweto finished seventh of 239 runners in the 5K course at the Gordon College “Pop” Crowell Invitational running a 6:32 pace.
