PROVIDENCE, R.I. – JWU (Providence) junior
Amanda Intrieri and
Ben Finnigan have been named the Conference of New England (CNE) Women's Cross Country Runner and Coach of the Year, respectively, and headline the list of postseason award winners for the Wildcats.
Intrieri placed first at the conference championship meet at the University of Hartford on Saturday with a time of 21:59.9 – which was more than 10 seconds faster than the second-place finisher. For her efforts, she was named to the CNE First Team.
Junior
Caroline Carter took seventh place (24:03.8), followed by senior
Evelyn Eastman in eighth (24:08.6) and junior
Lulani Haslinger in ninth (24:09.5). All three earned a spot on the CNE Second Team.
Sophomore
Josie Spaulding (24:23.8) placed 11th overall and garnered a spot on the CNE Third Team. Finnigan, meanwhile, guided a program that finished eighth at last year's conference championship to the top spot in one year's time.