STANDISH, ME - The Saint Joseph's College Cross Country teams kicked off the 2009 season by hosting a relay against University of New England and a 5K event with Newbury, UNE, Southern Maine and Mount Ida on Friday afternoon.

St. Joe's and UNE each made two mixed teams of eight runners for the relay event, which consisted of eight different groups running 5K with three minute intervals on a wave start. The Nor'easters defeated the Monks, 51-29, on a point system based on individual finishes within the pairings. Mary Casinghino '10 (Manchester, NH) (23:52), Katie Murphy '11 (Baileyville, ME) (24:06) and Shannon Marden '10 (Dover-Foxcroft, ME) (24:24) paced the Royal Blue in the relay competition.

Allison Pearsall '12 (West Newbury, MA) paced the SJC women in the 5K open event with a 25:05 time and was followed by Ashley Condon '13 (Sumner, ME) (29:00), Ashley Mead '11 (York, ME) (29:29) and Mary Jo Stanton '10 (Roslindale, MA) (29:47).

The Monks will travel to Biddeford, ME on Saturday, September 12th to compete against University of New England at 11:30 PM.

5K Results

Relay Results