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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 10:30:33 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>UMass Women's Cross Country Named USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic Team</title>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:27:24 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[The UMass women's cross-country team was named a United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division I All-Academic Team which recognizes teams with grade-point-averages of 3.0 or higher. The Minutewomen ranked 36th of 159 colleges on the All-Academic Team list boasting a team GPA of 3.50. The Minutewomen are also one of four teams in the Atlantic 10 to make the All-Academic Team.]]></description>
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         <title>Cross Country Teams Finish Strong At ECAC/IC4A Championships</title>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:58:33 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Senior Christina DeRosa (Sound Beach, N.Y.) led the Minutewomen in an eighth-place finish in the women's ECAC Championship race, while sophomore Andrew McCann (Fayettville, N.Y.) headed the men's team and led them to a fifth-place finish in the men's IC4A Championship Race Saturday in the Bronx. Members of the men's team also participated in the Coach's Race on Saturday, another of the three races held in Van Cortlandt Park on Saturday. Kevin Johnson (Ludlow, Mass.) won the Coach's Race placing first overall and finishing the race in 26 minutes and 29 seconds.]]></description>
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         <title>Cross Country Teams Set For ECAC/ IC4A Championships In New York</title>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:58:31 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[The men's and women's cross country teams will head to New York on Saturday to compete in their last race of the 2007 season. Fordham University will host the ECAC women's championship as well as the IC4A men's championship races at local Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. Both teams are coming off strong performances towards the end of their seasons and a solid showing at the NCAA Regional Qualifier last weekend.]]></description>
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         <title>Christina DeRosa, Jesse Regnier Named Atlantic 10 Cross Country Student-Athletes Of The Year</title>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:17:43 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Christina DeRosa and Jesse Regnier of Massachusetts have been named the Atlantic 10 Student-Athletes of the Year in men's and women's cross country, respectively, in voting conducted among the Conference's sports information directors. Alongside DeRosa, redshirt junior Shiyi Zan was also named to the academic all-conference team.]]></description>
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         <title>Men' Cross Country Places 11th While Women Take 28th At NCAA Regional Meet</title>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:47:03 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-xc/stats/111007aab.html" class="pagelinks">Men's Results</a> | <a href="http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-xc/stats/111007aaa.html" class="pagelinks">Women's Results</a><br>The men's cross country team placed 11th while the women's team took 28th at the NCAA Regional Qualifier in Boston Saturday. Senior leader Christina Derosa (Sound Beach, N.Y.) led the way for the women while freshman Jeff Hill (Blackstone, Mass.) paced the men's team. The men improved greatly on their finish from last year moving up three places.]]></description>
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         <title>UMass Cross Country Teams Prepare For NCAA Regional Qualifier</title>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:10:45 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[<LI> <A HREF="http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=1287838&KEY="class="pagelinks">NCAA Regional Meet Information</a> <br>The UMass men's and women's cross country teams will head to Boston's Franklin Park this weekend for the NCAA Regional Qualifier hosted by Harvard University. Both teams are coming off of impressive performances in the last few weeks. The men's team tied for third at the A-10 Championships and placed third at the Albany Invitational. The women's team has been led in a big way by senior captain Christina DeRosa (Sound Beach, N.Y.). DeRosa has brought home numerous honors over the past few weeks including the A-10 Championship Cross Country Championship Individual Title on October 27th.]]></description>
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         <title>DeRosa, Lawrence Named UMass Athletes Of The Week</title>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:58:33 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[<li><a href="http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-xc/spec-rel/102707aaa.html" class="pagelinks">DeRosa Wins A-10 Championships</a><br><li><a href="http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/102707aaa.html" class="pagelinks">Lawrence Leads No. 4 UMass Past William & Mary</a><br>Senior Christina DeRosa and senior Matt Lawrence have been named the UMass/Dinn Bros. Co-Athletes of the Week after outstanding weekends. DeRosa won the Atlantic 10 Cross Country Championship Meet and was named the leagues Most Outstanding Performer, while Lawrence rushed for a career-high 186 yards and three touchdowns in UMass' win at William & Mary. The two will be honored on Wednesday afternoon at the UMass Sports Luncheon.]]></description>
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         <title>DeRosa Wins Championships While Men Tie For Third</title>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:45:47 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Senior leader Christina DeRosa (Sound Beach, N.Y.) finished first at the Atlantic 10 Championships today in Philadelphia. The women's team placed sixth overall at the Championships while the men's team tied for third. On top of being named the Championship's Most Outstanding Performer, DeRosa earned All-Conference honors along with teammate Shiyi Zan (Ottawa, Ontario). On the men's side, sophomore Andrew McCann (Fayetteville, N.Y.) and junior Jesse Regnier (Hampden, Mass.) earned All-Conference honors for their performances in today's race.]]></description>
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         <title>Men's and Women's Cross Country Prepare For Atlantic 10 Championships</title>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:09:01 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[The UMass men's and women's cross country teams will head to Pennsylvania this weekend for the Atlantic 10 Championships. Saint Joseph's University will hold the meet at Philadelphia's Belmont Plateau where all 14 Atlantic 10 teams will be competing. Both the men's and women's teams are coming off one week's rest and outstanding finishes the week before at the Albany Invitational.]]></description>
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         <title>Christina DeRosa Named A-10 Performer and Co-UMass Athlete Of The Week With Football's Jeromy Miles</title>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:13:39 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Christina DeRosa of the women's cross country team and Jeromy Miles of the football team have been named the UMass/Dinn Brothers Co-Athletes of the Week. DeRosa has also been named the Women's Atlantic 10 Performer of the Week after winning the Albany Invitational and helping the Minutewomen to a fourth-place team finish. Miles made several key defensive plays late in UMass dramatic four-overtime win over Villanova on Saturday.]]></description>
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         <title>DeRosa Wins Albany Invitational As Cross Country Teams Have Great Weekend</title>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:48:22 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[<li><a href="http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-xc/stats/101407aaa.html" class="pagelinks">Women's Results</a> | <a href="http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-xc/stats/101407aaa.html" class="pagelinks">Men's Results</a><br>Senior Christina DeRosa won the Albany Invitational leading the women's team to a fourth-place team finish on Saturday at Albany University. The men's team, led by junior Peter Fortunato, came in third among 26 teams capping off a terrific weekend for the UMass cross country teams. For DeRosa, this was the second time in her career that she won an event and her time of 17:21.7 was a personal-best time at the race.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:29:53 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[The men's and women's cross country teams will head to Albany, N.Y. this Saturday to compete in the Albany Invitational. Both teams are coming off solid performances last weekend at the New England Championships where the men's team placed third overall out of 43 teams, while the women place 26th of 44. There will be almost 30 teams competing in Albany this weekend where both UMass teams will look to improve on their performances last year.]]></description>
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         <title>Three UMass Harriers Earn A-10 Weekly Honors Following New England Championships</title>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:22:03 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Following strong performances last weekend at the New England Championships, three UMass Harriers have been earned Atlantic 10 weekly honors. Senior Christina DeRosa was named the women's Performer of the Week, while freshmen Kris Carle and Lauren Stocker were named Rookies of the Week. Carle helped the men's team to a third place finish - the highest mark since 1993, while DeRosa and Stocker led the Minutewomen to a 26th-place finish. Both teams will return to action this Saturday at the Albany Invitational.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:47:39 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA[Senior captain Christina DeRosa (Sound Beach, N.Y.) led the Minutewomen on Saturday as they took a 26th place finish at the New England Championships. Boston's Franklin Park hosted 44 teams and DeRosa finished fourth out of the 290 participants.]]></description>
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