This past weekend, the Amherst College women’s cross country team traveled to Middletown, Connecticut to compete in the 2015 NESCAC cross country championship.
The team looked to build upon its third place finish in the race last year. While Amherst could only manage fourth place out of the 11-team field, the team’s performance indicated that the team would be in good hands for the next few years.
From conducting historical research in Kenya to piloting a Boeing 747 at 35,000 feet above sea level, Mark Vanhoenacker ’96 seems to have done it all. In between all of these endeavors, he has also cultivated a lifelong love of writing. Vanhoenacker has written articles for the New York Times and Slate, among other publications. This year, he published the critically acclaimed memoir “Skyfaring,” a product of his philosophical and poetic vision of flights.
The Dream to Fly
While the men’s tennis team culminated its fall season two weeks ago at Bates’ Wallach Invitational and the Dartmouth Invitational. The Jeffs sent the doubles pair of Aaron Revzin ’16 and Michael Solimano ’16 to the USTA/ITA national small college championships. The best small college doubles teams from across the nation descended on Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter, South Carolina to stake their claim in division three tennis.
At home this past Saturday, the Amherst women’s cross country team hosted the 2015 Little Three Championship.
In this meet, the Jeffs competed against the other two members of the Little Three: Williams and Wesleyan. Amherst’s final score of 59 earned them second place out of the three schools.
Williams earned first place with a score of 15, meaning each runner in the top-five came from Williamstown. Wesleyan finished third with a score of 69.
The Amherst College’s men’s cross-country team came in second at Little Three championships last Saturday, Oct. 17. Hosting bitter rivals Williams and Wesleyan in the 8-kilometer race, the Jeffs fell to the Ephs in a tight contest.
Men
The Amherst men’s golf team had a strong showing this past weekend at the 2015 ECAC New England Division III championship, finishing with a score of 648 over the two-day tournament.
This performance earned the purple and white sixth place out of 14 teams. Middlebury placed first in the tournament while fellow NESCAC competitor Trinity took second place overall. The Jeffs finished in third place among the competing NESCAC teams.
This past weekend at the Duke Nelson Invitational, the Amherst men’s golf team posted a 36-hole score of 650, good for share of 16th place, along with UMass Dartmouth, in the field of 25 teams.
At the Middlebury-hosted tournament, sophomore Danny Langa impressed with his two-day total of 156. This excellent performance earned him 17th overall among the field. He improved upon his 81 on Saturday with a 75 the next day, which was the best 18-hole score on the team.
