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Just
before the mile mark, Lindsay Donaldson (left) and Christine Laakso
ran together.
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Donaldson
had gone unchallenged in Eastern Mass and Laakso had gone unchallenged
in Central Mass.
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Amherst's
Amber Sayer leads teammates Spring Greeney and Amanda Rinderle (with
Danvers' Heather Wilson).
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Just
past the two-mile mark, Donaldson began to put some distance on
Laakso.
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Lincoln-Sudbury's
Donaldson, a former soccer player, was running her first season
of cross country.
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She
was not new to running though, she's also a state champion in track.
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Fitchburg's
Laakso, another soccer player turned runner, runs in second place.
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Amherst's
Amber Sayer runs in third place just past the two-mile mark.
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Donaldson
cruised to the finish in 18:46 on the hilly, slow Northfield Mountain
course.
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Laakso
hung on to second place, finishing in 19:11.
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This
was Laakso's first season of cross country as well.
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Amherst's
Spring Greeney entered the home stretch in third, but finished fourth
in 19:24.
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After
battling pneumonia for two weeks, Amber Sayer gamely held on here
to finish fifth in 19:36.
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Amanda
Rinderle (7th, 19:44) helped Amherst to its second-straight DI
title with a score of 39 points.
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Natick's
Ashley Davidson (left, 10th, 19:57) and Oliver Ames' Katy O'Brien
(9th, 19:56).
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Lexington's
Jill McNabb (15th, 20:15).
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Newton
South's Liz Bacon (21st, 20:41).
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Bacon
led her team to a fifth place finish.
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Salem
freshman Katie Jinks finished 22nd in 20:42.
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Northampton's
Carolyn Clayton (in yellow) finished 34th in 21:05.
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