He writes ... Here is a photo of the Middlebury girls cross country team that won both the New England and National Div III Championships. Annie had a great season and ran 7th for the team, putting her on varsity and giving her the privilege to compete in the NCAA tournament as a freshman. They had horrible conditions on the course in West Chester Ohio, running in standing water and mud that was at times ankle deep. It was a very close race, with Middlebury's five finishing first but the Amherst team only 1 point behind! I saw Jason Hanrahan there, painted in Tufts colors, rooting for the "Jumbos."

Wondering what Charlie Stoebe('04) was doing during his summer at Dartmouth? It appears he was having fun while bonding with his classmates...Each student spends one summer at Dartmouth. One of the big weekends is called "fieldstock", and one of the events of the weekend is a chariot race. He was a puller on one of the chariot teams along with another track runner, - needless to say they won!

Conratulations to Layla Naficy('04)! She is a USTFCCCA XC Academic All American by having a GPA of 3.5 or above and finishing in the top 25% of her Regional Championship Meet.

Charlie Stoebe ran('04)49.91 at the Tufts Invitational on 4/1/06.

Pioneering the Anza Trail with Grant Burgess(04)

         This January, a group of six students from Williams College, located in Williamstown, MA, will travel to Nogales, Arizona, and trek the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail.  After a month of running and biking across the diverse terrain of desert expanses, forest trails, and California coastland, the group will arrive in San Francisco just as Anza did more than two centuries prior.  This is the first time a group has attempted to complete the trail in its entirety solely by running and biking.  Anza’s original expedition was a pioneering venture; in a similar manner, this group views themselves as pioneers in their unique endeavor.  The purpose of the journey is to observe and experience the culture of southern Arizona and the California coast by retracing Anza’s footsteps.  Through this goal, more significant effects will be achieved.  The group will come to appreciate the effect of the Anza expedition on the development of today’s culture, and subsequently be able to communicate this link back to the people living in these areas.  In this way, a multitude of communities will be able to reconnect with their heritage through an awareness of this historic trail.
                  In order to appreciate the impact of the historic trail on the area's culture today, the group decided that they must travel through the area without the support of a motorized vehicle.  By doing this, they will also most fully appreciate the difficulties of an overland journey by completing the trail solely under human power.  This will therefore engender a greater understanding of how the journey must have been like for Anza himself.

New! Williams Wins ECAC
Coming into Saturday's ECAC Championship hosted by Connecticut College, the men's cross country team's "second seven" runners knew they had a chance to make history. Despite the traditional strength of the squad’s 8th-14th runners, the Ephmen had never quite put together the right race at the right time to win this coveted Championship. This year, however, the group had trained and raced together so well all season that they felt the time had finally arrived. All of them had dreamed of a spot in Williams’ top-seven at some point during the season, and now, in their final race of the year, these seven Ephs wanted to show that they could hold their own as a Varsity squad. In a race Head Coach Pete Farwell called, "One of the best team races I've seen since we won the NCAA title in 1995", the Ephmen attacked from behind to capture the victory with 46 points. Bates College placed second with 71 points, while the College of New Jersey claimed third place with 149. The race had a total of 265 finishers on 38 scoring teams.

9/10/05 -
Congratulations to and the Dickinson Womens' XC Team! Layla Naficy ('04) ran a 20:12 5K to place 20th overall and 7th on the Dickinson Varsity XC team at the Towson Invitational. Dickinson swept DI, DII and DIII and was named invitational champions.
On September 2nd, Layla Naficy ('04) ran a 19:39 3 mile to place 22nd overall  and 6th on the Dickinson Varsity XC at the Bucknell Invitational.
Dickinson came in 2nd to Bucknell but first in DII & DIII.