Colby Cross Country 1990
Coach Debbie Aitken
Captain Leslie Eydenberg '91, Julie Eells '92
freshmen Michelle Severance (twice Maine State Champ), Christine Messier, Jennifer Hartshorn
also Colleen Halleck '91 and Candice Killmer '93
Coach Jim Wescott (thirteenth year)
Captains Dave Donnelly '91 and Marc Gilbertson '91
Kent Thompson, Ben Trevor '93, Greg Rideout '92 fill out top five
Kent Thompson missed all but one meet in 1989 with a foot injury
also sophomores Matt Isham and Pete Caruso
freshmen Brian Carlson, Ben Strong, Matt Dubel, Jason Bologna
15 Sep USM (w)
22 Sep SE Mass U Inv (w)
U New Brunswick (m)
29 Sep CBB + Smith (w)
Bowdoin, USM (m)
6 Oct Codfish Bowl @Franklin Park
15 September 1990, USM 21, Colby 40 @USM
rain-soaked course
1 Michell Severance Co 18:54 cr
22 September 1990, U New Brunswick 45, Colby 50 @UNB
3 Dave Donnelly Co 26:20
4 Marc Gilbertson Co 26:30
6 Ben Trevor Co 26:53
Greg Rideout Co
29 September 1990, CBB + Smith @Colby
hilly
Smith 49, Bowdoin 52, Colby 56, Bates 58
1 Gwen Young S 18:28
2 Michella Severance Co 18:53
3 Andrea Elder Ba 19:29
4 Ashley Wernher Bo 19:42
6 Jennifer Hartshorn Co 20:05
11 Christine Messier Co 20:38
17 Lesley Eydenberg Co 20:57
20 Polly Sheridan Co 21:01
22 Julie Eells Co 21:11
23 Colleen Halleck Co 21:15
25 Theresa Sullivan Co 21:24
29 Candace Killmer Co 22:24
33 Erin Minear Co 23:27
34 Susan Cummings Co 23:38
35 Sarah Inman Co 23:40
42 finishers
Colby 20, Bowdoin 35, USM 81, Maine Maritime 122, 5 miles
3 Sam Sharkey Bo 27:19
13 October 1990, NESCAC @Brunswick, 5.1 miles
Colby 34, Tufts 79, Bates 99, 10 teams
1 Joe Mahoney Ws 25:55
2 Kent Thompson Co 26:17
3 Marc Gilbertson Co 26:18
4 Dave Donnelly Co 26:18
5 Sam Sharkey Bo 26:25
Williams 36, Bowdoin 79, Middlebury 119, Bates 130, Colby 134, 11 teams, 3.1 miles
1 Michelle Severance Co 17:40
2 Anne Bokman Wm 17:41
3 Cecilia Pohorille Ws 18:07
4 Mieke Vanzante Bo 18:10
20 Jennifer Hartshorn Co 19:02
38 Polly Sheridan Co 19:51
40 Christine Messier Co 19:56
42 Julie Eels Co 19:59
52 Colleen Halleck Co 20:22
59 Theresa Sullivan Co 20:53
Severance outkicked Bokman to win after leading most of the race
Eydenberg, normal #4, dnr because of GREs
73 finishers
20 October 1990, Maine State @Waterville
Bates 40, Bowdoin 43, Colby 64, USM 70
1 Michelle Severance Co 19:05
2 Annemieke Van Zante Bo 19:31
3 Ashley Wernher Bo 19:34
4 Kristy Gould Ba 19:37
5 Margaret Clapper USM 20:00
14 Polly Sheridan Co 20:59
15 Colleen Halleck Co 21:12
16 Christine Messier Co 21:29
18 Leslie Eydenberg Co 21:39
19 Theresa Sullivan Co 21:40
23 Jennifer Walker Co 21:50
26 Erin Minear Co 22:09
30 Candace Killmer Co 22:29
32 Julie Eells Co 22:45
33 Karen Lipman Co 22:54
36 Susan Cummings Co 23:09
44 Sarah Inman Co 24:23
50 Karlene Burrell Co 25:59
52 finishers
Severance led the entire race and was not pushed
Jennifer Hartshorn out with ear infection
Bates 46, Colby 47, Bowdoin 48
1 Dave Donnelly Co
2 Marc Gilbertson Co
Kent Thompson dnr because of achilles problem
3 November 1990, ECAC Div 3 @Middlesex Fells (Tufts)
hilly wooded course, unseasonably warm, muddy from recent rains
Ithaca 38, Middlebury 109, Colby 170, Bowdoin & Williams 172, 22 teams
1 Tracy Nichols Vassar 19:43
2 Bonnie Gleason I 19:51
3 Anne Delsignore I 19:57
4 Michelle Severance Co 20:00
32 Colleen Halleck Co
41 Polly Sheridan Co
42 Jennifer Hartshorn Co
78 Christine Messier Co
89 Theresa Sullivan Co
RIT 26, Tufts 86, Bowdoin 107, 32 teams
1 Kent Thompson Co 26:16
8 Eric Gyuricsko Tu 26:41
10 November 1990, New England Div 3 Regional @SE Mass U, 5 miles
Colby 85, SMU 96, Brandeis 98, Bates 145, Bowdoin 166, 24 teams
1 William Weschrob SMU 25:36
6 Sam Sharkey Bo 25:49
8 Kent Thompson Co 25:55
12 Dave Donnelly Co
12 Ben Trevor Co
20 Marc Gilbertson Co
32 Brian Moore, so Wms 26:35
Greg Rideout Co 26:40
36 Brian Carlson Fr Co
Barrett Smith Sr Co 28:03
273 finishers
Williams 29, Bowdoin 92, Smith 151, 9 Colby 280
1 Gwen Young Sm 17:32
2 Jean Olds Br 17:48
3 Rebecca Adams Wm 18:11
4 Cherie Macauley Wm 18:14
5 Michelle Severance Co 18:19
6 Anne Platt Wm 18:26
7 Ann Bokman Wm 18:30
53 Jennifer Hartshorn Co
54 Colleen Halleck Co
73 Polly Sheridan Co
80 Lesley Eydenberg Co
90 Christine Messier Co
91 Theresa Sullivan Co
186 runners
17 November 1990, NCAA Div 3 @Grinnell, IA, 5km
1 Victoria Mitchell Sr Suny Cortland 17:24.7
2 Gwen Young Sr Smith College 17:42.4
12 Rebecca Adams Jr Williams 18:13.4
17 Michelle Severance Fr Colby 18:17.3
19 Jean Olds Jr Brandeis 18:20.3
20 Cherie Macauley Jr Williams 18:21.1
23 Ann Bokman Sr Williams 18:26.3
27 Anne Platt Sr Williams 18:34.2
128 finishers