Teams: Women's Cross Country: Press Releases

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

BECK NAMED ECAC CROSS COUNTRY PLAYER OF THE WEEK

MEDFORD -- With a stunning performance at the Connecticut College Invitational in Waterford, Connecticut on Saturday, Tufts University junior Catherine Beck (Brookline, NH/Hollis-Brookline) set a course record and has been honored as the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Player of the Week.

The junior tri-captain finished the 5K course at Harkness Memorial State Park in 18 minutes, 6 seconds, breaking the previous record by 17 seconds. She beat second-place finisher Kathleen Henry of Division II Sacred Heart University by seven seconds. The victory was the first of Beck's cross country career and helped the Jumbos lead the 26-team field, with a team score of 55 points, 14 better than second place College of New Jersey.

Beck led head coach Kristen Morwick's Jumbos to their first NCAA Championship Race berth since 1999 last fall. She was the first Jumbo across the finish line eight times. Tufts was ranked among the top 10 all season and took fifth at the NCAA New England Championship Race. Beck was also a regular scorer for Tufts as a freshman in 2004 when the team placed sixth in New England.

Tufts was ranked 20^th in the 2006 Pre-Season NCAA Cross Country Poll. The Jumbos race at UMass Dartmouth this Saturday.

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