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         <title>Rebecca Donaghue Places 8th In 5K At U.S. Olympic Trials</title>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:30:41 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[<li><a href="http://www.centredaily.com/sports/story/685815.html" class="pagelinks">Donaghue Featured In Centre Daily Times</a><br><li><a href="http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-TF/schedule.asp" class="pagelinks">Complete Results, Quotes, Photos From Olympic Trials</a><br>Despite overcoming a broken wrist in March, University of Massachusetts alum Rebecca Donaghue placed eighth in the 5,000 meter run at the U.S. Track & Field Olympic Trials on Friday at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus. Donaghue had qualified for the July 4th final in the event which was televised live nationally with a 10th place effort the previous Monday in the preliminary race. Representing the New Balance Boston running club, Donaghue clocked a time of 15 minutes, 35.48 seconds in the 5K finals which was nearly three seconds faster than her time in Monday's prelim race.]]></description>
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         <title>Christina DeRosa Places 18th In 10K At NCAA National Track Championships</title>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:28:03 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[A story-book senior season came to a close on Thursday night as UMass' Christina DeRosa placed 18th in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Track & Field National Championships hosted by Drake University. DeRosa was just the fourth UMass women's track and field performer to compete at the NCAA Championships. She entered the 27 competitor field ranked 25 and moved up seven spots with her time of 35:33.33 on Thursday evening.]]></description>
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         <title>Christina DeRosa Qualifies For NCAA Championships In 10,000 Meters</title>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:58:22 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[The field for the 2008 NCAA Women's Track & Field National Championship Meet hosted by Drake University was announced Tuesday afternoon with University of Massachusetts senior Christina DeRosa (Sound Beach, N.Y.) qualifying for the 10,000 meter race. The meet will be held in Des Moines, Iowa, at Drake Stadium beginning Wednesday, June 11 and finishing on Saturday, June 14. <b><i>DeRosa will compete on Thursday night (6/12/08) at 8:10 PM. She is seeded 25th of 27 total competitors.</b></i>]]></description>
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         <title>Track Foursome Turn In Strong Performances At NCAA East Regional Meet</title>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:03:32 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Redshirt junior Kristen Bakanowski (Northboro, Mass.), senior Christina DeRosa (Sound Beach, N.Y.), junior Jesse Regnier (Hampden, Mass.) and Lisa Wilson (Holden, Mass.) each turned in strong performances on Friday and Saturday night as they represented the UMass track and field teams at the NCAA East Regional Meet hosted by Florida State University. DeRosa will now wait to hear if she qualifies for the NCAA Championships in the 10,000 meters. She is currently ranked 28th nationally in the event. Last season, the NCAA took 27 competitors in the 10K field.]]></description>
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         <title>UMass Quartet Tracks Down To Florida State For NCAA East Regionals</title>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 16:33:36 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[<li><a href="http://seminoles.cstv.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/08-ncaa-east-regional.html" class="pagelinks">Complete NCAA East Regional Information</a><br><li><a href="http://www.halfmiletiming.com/Datafiles/Spring2008/NCAAEast08/Results/" class="pagelinks">Live Results From NCAA East Regional</a><br>Four University of Massachusetts track and field student-athletes will head to Florida State this Friday and Saturday for the NCAA East Regional Meet. Kristen Bakanowski (pole vault), Christina DeRosa (5,000 meters), and Lisa Wilson (discus) will represent the UMass women's team, while Jesse Regnier (3,000 meter steeplechase) represents the men's team. Each will be competing to qualify for the NCAA National Championship Meet.]]></description>
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         <title>DeRosa &amp; Zan Named A-10 Women's Track Academic All-Conference</title>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 11:39:20 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Christina DeRosa and Shiyi Zan were each named to the 2008 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Women's Track & Field Academic All-Conference Team as announced by the league office. For DeRosa, this was her third academic honor for track. This was Zan's first track academic honor after earning academic honors during the fall cross country season as well. DeRosa, a kinesiology major, has had a career senior year for UMass as she prepares for the NCAA Regional Meet which begins this Friday in Tallahassee, Fla., and will be hosted by Florida State. DeRosa ranks 28th nationally in the 10,000 meters and 24th in the East Region in the 5,000 meters.]]></description>
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         <title>Lisa Wilson Breaks School Record In Discus Throw At ECAC Championships</title>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 14:14:42 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[<li> <A HREF=" http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-track/stats/051808aaa.html" class="pagelinks">Men's Results </A> | <A HREF=" http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-track/stats/051808aaa.html" class="pagelinks">Women's Results </A><br>The UMass track and field teams traveled to Princeton University over the weekend where the men competed in the IC4A Championships and the women competed in the ECAC Championships. Sophomore Lisa Wilson (Holden, Mass.) had the top performance of the weekend after placing sixth in the discus throw. Wilson broke the UMass school record with a throw of 155 feet, 9 inches. Wilson surpassed Natalie Hart's throw of 153 feet, 8 inches that was set back in 1993. In addition, Wilson now qualifies for the NCAA Regional Meet in two weeks.]]></description>
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         <title>UMass Track And Field Teams Place Seventh At New England Championships</title>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 13:53:20 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[<li> <A HREF=" http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-track/stats/051108aaa.html" class="pagelinks">Men's Results </A> | <A HREF=" http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-track/stats/051108aaa.html" class="pagelinks">Women's Results </A><br>This weekend, both the men's and women's track and field teams placed seventh at the New England Outdoor Championships. The top performance of the day came from red-shirted freshman Shiyi Zan who placed seventh in the 5K. With a time of 17:08.64, Zan now holds the fifth fastest time at UMass and qualified for the ECAC Championships. For the men, the top performance of the day came from the trio of sophomore Nicolai Naranjo, senior Nils Fischer, and sophomore Jonathan Pierce. Naranjo took first place in the 5K with a time of 14:22.57, while Fischer took third place in 14:29.40. Pierce finished sixth with a time of 14:36.84. Together, the three scored half of the total points for UMass and all qualified for the IC4A Championships.]]></description>
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         <title>DeRosa and McCann Named UMass/Dinn Bros. Athletes of the Week</title>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 14:24:12 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Senior distance runners Christina DeRosa (Sound Beach, N.Y.) and sophomore Andrew McCann (Fayetteville, N.Y.) have been named the UMass/Dinn Bros. Athlete of the Week for the week of May 4 for their performances at the Atlantic 10 Track and Field Championships last weekend. DeRosa and McCann will be honored at the weekly Sports Luncheon on Wednesday at Noon in room 1009 of the Campus Center.]]></description>
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         <title>Men Take Fourth And Women Take Sixth At 2008 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships</title>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 15:52:10 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[<li> <A HREF=" http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-track/stats/2007-2008/a10_men_results.html" class="pagelinks">Men's Complete Results </A> | <A HREF=" http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-track/stats/2007-2008/a10_women_results.html" class="pagelinks">Women's Complete Results </A><br>Following the second day of competition, UMass wrapped up the regular outdoor track season at the 2008 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships. Overall, the men placed fourth out of eleven teams, while the women placed sixth out of twelve teams. Both the men and women improved on last year's finish of eighth place for the men and tenth for the women. Overall, Rhode Island took first for both the men and women. UMass scored 62 points for the men and 60 points for the women. Next weekend, both teams will head back to the University of New Hampshire for the New England Championships.]]></description>
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         <title>DeRosa And McCann Both Take First Place in 10K At Atlantic 10 Championships</title>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 17:57:09 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[<li> <A HREF=" http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-track/spec-rel/041108aaa.html" class="pagelinks">Championship Information </A> | <a href="javascript:window.open('http://all-access.cstv.com/cstv/player/player.html?code=atl10&sport=c-otrack&category=live&media=67543','VideoBroadcast','toolbar=no,resizeable=no,scrollbars=yes,width=1000,height=700'); void('');" class="pagelinks">Watch Live</a> | <a href="http://www.flashresults.com/2008_Meets/outdoor/A10/" class="pagelinks">Live Results</a><br><li> <A HREF=" http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-track/stats/2007-2008/a10_men_results.html" class="pagelinks">Men's Day One Results </A> | <A HREF=" http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-track/stats/2007-2008/a10_women_results.html" class="pagelinks">Women's Day One Results </A><br>After the first day of competition at the 2008 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships, UMass currently sits in fourth place for both teams with the women being tied with La Salle. Overall, Rhode Island is presently in first place for both the men and women. Christina DeRosa and Andrew McCann had the top performances of day after both took first place in the 10K run. DeRosa set an Atlantic 10 record with a time of 35:40.68 and broke the A-10 record of 36:07.62 that she set last year. McCann also set an Atlantic 10 record with a time of 30:04.87 to qualify for the New England and IC4A Championships. In addition, McCann now holds the third fastest time at UMass and set a new facility record at the UMass Track and Field Complex. Tomorrow, UMass will wrap up the Championships with the second day of competition set to begin at 8:45 A.M.]]></description>
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         <title>Christina DeRosa Ranks Nationally In 5K And 10 K</title>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 11:59:15 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Since shattering the UMass record in the 10K at the Stanford Invitational, Christina DeRosa is now ranked nationally according to the NCAA. After placing third at the Invitational with a time of 34:26.95, DeRosa is now ranked 22nd in the nation. DeRosa also ranks 55th in the 5K after placing second at the Larry Ellis Invitational with a time of 16:41.49. Red-shirted junior Kristen Bakanowski (Northboro, Mass.) also ranks ninth in the East Region in the pole vault competition.]]></description>
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         <title>UMass To Host 2008 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track and Field Championship This Weekend</title>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:57:38 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[<li> <A HREF=" http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-track/spec-rel/041108aaa.html" class="pagelinks">Championship Information </A> | <a href="javascript:window.open('http://all-access.cstv.com/cstv/player/player.html?code=atl10&sport=c-otrack&category=live&media=67543','VideoBroadcast','toolbar=no,resizeable=no,scrollbars=yes,width=1000,height=700'); void('');" class="pagelinks">Watch Live</a> | <a href="http://www.flashresults.com/2008_Meets/outdoor/A10/" class="pagelinks">Live Results</a><br><li> <a href=" http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-track/spec-rel/032808aab.html" class="pagelinks">UMass XC/Track Alumni Weekend Information</a><br><li><A HREF=" http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-track/spec-rel/050108aac.html" class="pagelinks"> Christina DeRosa Ranks Nationally In 5K And 10 K</A><li> <A HREF=" http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-track/stats/2007-2008/a10_men_results.html" class="pagelinks">Men's Day One Results </A> | <A HREF=" http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-track/stats/2007-2008/a10_women_results.html" class="pagelinks">Women's Day One Results </A><br>This weekend, UMass will host the 2008 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the UMass Track and Field Complex. The two day event will begin Saturday and conclude on Sunday with both days beginning at 9:30 AM. This will be the first time that UMass has ever hosted the Atlantic 10 Championships. Live video streaming of the Championship will be available through UMass and the Atlantic 10 web site's All-Access package. UMass will look to improve on last season's results after the men placed eighth and the women finished tenth.]]></description>
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         <title>UMass Track And Field Competes in UNH Pre-Conference Meet</title>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:05:17 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[<li> <A HREF="http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-track/stats/042608aaa.html"> Men's Results </A> | <a href="http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-track/stats/042608aaa.html "> Women's Results </a><br>On Saturday, the UMass track and field teams traveled to the University of New Hampshire to participate in the UNH Pre-Conference Meet. UMass took first place in seven events, while senior Nathan Barksdale had the top performance of the day after placing second in the 200 meter dash to qualify for the New England Championships with a time of 22.31 seconds. The meet served as a final tune up for the athletes before UMass plays host to the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships next weekend. Stay tuned to umassathletics.com for more information regarding the Championship.]]></description>
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         <title>UMass To Compete In UNH Pre-Conference Meet</title>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:39:35 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[<li> <A HREF="http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-track/recaps/042008aaa.html">Larry Ellis Invitational Recap</A> |<a href="http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-track/recaps/042308aaa.html">Holy Cross Multi Event Meet Recap </a><br>On Saturday, the UMass track and field teams will travel to the University of New Hampshire to compete in the UNH Pre-Conference Meet. The meet will serve as the final tune up for both teams before the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships, which will be hosted by UMass, May 3-4. Stay tuned to umassathletics.com for more information.]]></description>
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