Friday, September 30, 2011

Mimic Takes Paul Short Title as Reid-less Cats are Runners Up

The #5 ranked Villanova women may have put a bit of a scare in the rest of the top national teams today at the Paul Short Run in Bethlehem, PA. Running without the defending NCAA champion Sheila Reid, Gina Procaccio's squad finished a mere 3 points behind national #3 Providence, and in the process Villanova's #2 Bogdana Mimic defeated Providence's #1, transfer Emily Sisson (as well as national contender Neely Spence). Also making a statement was sophomore Emily Lipari who came home 11th overall.

Of course, the issue confronting the Villanova women this year as they attempt to win their third consecutive national championship is how well their #4 and #5 finishers can replace the two 2010 All Americans (Amanda Marino and Ali Smith) lost to graduation earlier this year. Today provided a bit more evidence that Villanova's back end may be stronger than some have predicted. Following a 2nd place finish last week at the Main Line Invitational at Haverford, Nicky Akande again showed that she is intent on taking on a top 5 role this season. Akande trailed Emily Lipari by a mere two seconds and came home 15 seconds ahead of expected #4 Callie Hogan. Two freshman, Courtney Chapman and Stephanie Schappert, made additional statements that they belong in the top 7. For now, Villanova's "A" team looks to be Sheila Reid, Bogdana Mimic, Emily Lipari, Callie Hogan, Nicky Akande, Courtney Chapman and Stephanie Schappert. Prize recruit Megan Venables, one of the top high school harriers in the country last year, finished 122nd in 22:25. While last year the team depended on freshman Emily Lipari at #5 to rise to the challenge, the 2011 edition of the Villanova women's team seems to have cast sophomore Nicky Akande in the make-or-break spot.

2. Villanova University
1 Bogdana Mimic, Sr* 20:10
11 Emily Lipari, So* 20:56
14 Nicky Akande, So* 20:58
31 Callie Hogan, Sr* 21:13
47 Courtney Chapman, Fr* 21:25
54 Stephanie Schappert, Fr* 21:34
77 Summer Cook* 21:55
122 Megan Venables, Fr* 22:25
173 Meghan Smith 22:48
286 Shannon Browne 23:48


The team race was won by the Providence Friars, who entered the meet ranked 3rd nationally. National #1 Georgetown played possum, holding out Emily Infeld and running a mixed squad. The Hoyas finished 4th overall. Duke, entering with the #9 national ranking, finished 11th, while #12 Syracuse was 3rd.



Here are the top 12 teams:

1. Providence College 101 3 6 9 12 71 97 110 20:55 1:30
2. Villanova University 104 1 11 14 31 47 54 77 20:56 1:15
3. Syracuse 125 5 7 24 44 45 56 65 21:01 0:53
4. Georgetown University 141 8 18 19 21 75 88 93 21:10 1:05
5. University of Virgini 152 10 17 36 40 49 67 70 21:11 0:32
6. Yale University 205 22 23 46 53 61 123 147 21:21 0:36
7. Cornell University 209 13 28 38 58 72 78 100 21:23 0:54
8. Dartmouth College 301 4 50 59 92 96 120 131 21:33 1:49
9. Boston College Women 314 37 43 57 86 91 113 142 21:41 0:50
10. University of Guelph 341 34 62 79 81 85 87 101 21:47 0:48
11. Duke University 343 20 27 60 112 124 140 177 21:45 1:30
12. Brown University 393 33 39 69 82 170 183 200 21:51 1:40


Here are the top 20 finishers:

1. Bogdana Mimic, Sr* 5:29 20:10 Villanova University
2. Neely Spence, Sr* 5:28 20:19 Shippensburg University
3. Emily Sisson, So* 5:28 20:20 Providence College
4. Abbey Dagostino, So* 5:29 20:22 Dartmouth College
5. Lauren Penney, Sr* 5:29 20:32 Syracuse
6. Laura Nagel, So* 5:29 20:36 Providence College
7. Sarah Pagano, Jr* 5:29 20:38 Syracuse
8. Emily Jones, Jr* 5:29 20:48 Georgetown University
9. Hannah Davidson, Sr* 5:29 20:51 Providence College
10. Morgane Gay, Jr* 5:33 20:55 University of Virginia
11. Emily Lipari, So* 5:29 20:56 Villanova University
12. Shelby Greany, Jr* 5:28 20:57 Providence College
13. Katie Kellner, Jr* 5:28 20:57 Cornell University
14. Nicky Akande, So* 5:29 20:58 Villanova University
15. Ashley Schnell, Sr* 5:29 20:58 UNC-Greensboro
16. Elaina Balouris, So* 5:31 20:59 William and Mary
17. Barbara Strehler, Jr* 5:37 21:01 University of Virginia
18. Claire Richardson, 5* 5:30 21:01 Georgetown University
19. Annamarie Maag, Fr* 5:30 21:02 Georgetown University
20. Suejin Ahn, Sr* 5:30 21:03 Duke University


2010 graduate Amanda Marino, a volunteer assistant coach this year, ran in the Open Race at Paul Short and won the race in 20:47. Amanda Borroughs and Anna Francis also competed in the open race. Borroughs was 68th in 23:52, while Francis was 117th in 24:43.

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