WESTFIELD, Mass.—Gordon's depth was tested in the ECAC Championships, as the Fighting Scots rested its top finishers in preparations for next week's NCAA England Championships. The Fighting Scots finished 38^th on the men's side and 42^nd on the women's side with over 50 schools in attendance.
 
Junior Elizabeth Norcini was Gordon's top runner on the women's side, finishing in 181^st place with a time of 26:55 in the 6K race. Senior Stephanie Clark had her best race of the season by finishing in a time of 28:32. On the men's side, Matthew Nilan was the top Gordon finisher in 218^th place, while senior Ryan Wilkens has a career best 32:25 finish as the Fighting Scots' fourth-best scorer.
 
The Williams College men's and women's cross country teams swept both ECAC Division III Cross Country Championships Saturday afternoon at Stanley Park in Westfield, Massachusetts. The men's team out-ran 51 other teams to capture their second consecutive title, while the women beat out 56 squads to claim their first crown since 2008. 
 
The Ephs used four top-14 finishes to defeat runner-up, University of New England, by 12 points on the women's side. Three other NESCAC schools rounded out the top five with Middlebury College taking third place with 85 points and Tufts College (109 points) and Trinity College (178 points) earning fourth and fifth place, respectively.
 
Freshman Rebecca Delacruz-Grunderson (Lake Forest Park. Wash.) led the way for Williams, taking home the individual championship with a time of 22:15.27. Senior Anna Spiers (Chester, Va.), sophomore Michelle Buncke (Lake Osewgo, Ore.) and junior Meg Richardson (Iowa City, Iowa) also put together stellar performances for the Ephs. Spiers crossed the finish line fifth with a time of 22:20.59, while Buncke claimed 11th with a time 22:47.62 and Richardson finished 14th with a 6K of 22:57.58. The University of New England earned three spots in the top-six, with Tiana Thomas (Waterville, Maine) and Brittney Sorbello (Dover, N.H.) finishing second and third respectively.
 
In a dramatic finish, Thomas finished just tenths of a second behind Delacruz-Grunderson, while Sorbello recorded a time of 22:18.28.
 
On the men's side, Williams snagged four top-12 finishes, including two in the top five to edge second place, Tufts College, by 14 points. Three other NESCAC schools rounded out the top-five. Amherst College finished third with 111 total points, followed by Colby College with 117 total points in fourth place. Bates finished with 123 points to finish in fifth place.
 
Amherst's Steven Lucey (Villanova, Pa.) claimed the individual title, covering the 8K-course in a time of 27:37.40. The Ephs were led by junior Todd Ford (Glenview, Ill.), who crossed the finish line third with a time of 25:49.72. Sophomore Noah Williams (Norwich, Vt.) was next to complete the course for Williams, earning a fourth place finish with a time of 25:52.26. Senior Andrew Beaudoin (Dedham, Mass.) and freshman Griffin Colaizzi (Alexandria, Va.) were also vital in Williams' success, coming in back-to-back with 11th and 12th place finishes respectively.

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