BIDDEFORD, Maine – The University of New England invitational began as a cloudy drizzly day that matriculated into a ray of sunshine that hovered over the skyline of rolling hills in the valley of Biddeford, Maine.  The athletes competed in a race of narrow brushes on several intervals of slippery mole hills, after a torrential down pour the proceeding night.  Curry competed at the UNE race for the first time and placed 7^th out of a field of 15 highly competitive championship teams, placing the top scorers in top 51^st places out of a field of 137 runners.

Leading the pack was Curry's sophomore Leigha Sweeney (Braintree, Mass.) who finished 32^nd, with a time of 22:49, followed by a trail of three consecutive runners that ran in a pack.  Following Sweeney was junior Jessica Leary (Pembroke, Mass.), 43^rd, with a time of 23:55, coupled with freshman Abigail Ceresi (North Kingstown, R.I.), 44^th, with a time of 23:49, followed by sophomore Megan Erickson (West Brook, Conn.), 45^th, with a time of, 24 minutes flat.  The final team scorer within close proximity in the field was freshman Lydia Hixson (West Hartford, Conn.), 51^st, with a time of 24:48.  The final finishers that competed with great effort were freshmen Emilee Purdy (Franklin, Mass.),58^th, with a time of 26:05, along with Shannon Hickey (Salem, N.H.), 62^nd, with a time of 26:51.

The Colonels next meet is on Saturday, September 21, at the Pop Crowell Invitational  on the campus of Gordon College at 10:45am. (Written by Head Coach YaSheka Taylor)

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