At right: Amanda Quinones
CUMBERLAND, Maine -- First-year sophomore Amanda Quinones (Trumbull) paced seven Warriors at the finish line at the 2009 NCAA Division III New England Regional qualifer over 6,000 meters at the Twin Brook Recreation Center.
A Division I transfer, Quinones led all Eastern runners for the fifth straight race in which she has competed, finishing 139th overall in a field of 315 of the most accomplished New England Division III runners. She was timed in 25:11 in a race won by Jacqui Wentz (21:35) of MIT, who helped the Engineers share first place with Middlebury College.
Behind Quinones for Eastern was senior Alexis Cavanaugh (Cheshire), freshman Cora Gingras (East Hampton), juniors Becky Knapp (Naugatuck) and Melissa Healy (Naugatuck), freshman Denica Gagnon (Colchester), and juior Amanda Ericson (Bolton). Cavanaugh was 100th, Gingas 211th, Knapp 252nd, Healy 264th, Gagnon 275th and Ericson 279th.
