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10 2012 Stags Cross Country
Meet TheStags
2011: MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... Had a strong
freshman debut consistently finishing in the top-five ...
Made collegiate debut at the Marist Meet as the Stags top finisher in 21:47…
Posted a time of 24:40.59 at the Iona Meet of Champions (6K) ... Had a time
of 19:43.32 at the Leeber Invitational (5K) ... Clocked a time of 24:21 at the
Paul Short Invitational (6K) ... Fastest 5K
came at the O’Neil Invitational with a stan-
dard of 19:37 ... Ran a time of 24:22.3 at the
MAAC Championships ... Posted fastest 6K at
the NCAA Regionals, finishing in 23:58.3 ...
Closed out the year at the ECAC
Championships with a time of 19:39 in the
5K, the ninth-fastest time ever by a Stag at
Van Cortlandt Park.
High School: Four-year varsity letterwinner in
both cross country and track at La Salle
Academy ... Helped cross country team to
four-straight state titles ... Also helped La
Salle to a second-place finish at the Nike
Cross Northeast Regional Championship ...
Two-time All-Class and All-Division selection
... Named Second Team All-State in 2009 ...
Also a state qualifier in both indoor and out-
door track, earning All-Class honors ... 2011
La Salle Senior Female Sportsmanship Award
winner ... Member of the National Honor
Society and the Spanish National Honor
Society ... Member of the La Sallian Youth
group.
Personal: Daughter of Mark and Donna Renzi
... Mother ran track at URI .... Has three sib-
lings ... Major is biology.
Danielle
Renzi
Freshman
Johnston, R.I.
LaSalle Academy
5K PR: 19:37
6K PR: 23:58.3
High School: A four-year varsity letterwinner in cross
country, indoor track, and outdoor track ... Helped the
Stanners to four BA Championships ... Named team MVP all four seasons ...
Served as team captain.
Personal: Daughter of Buddy and Trish Woods ... Has three siblings ... Major is
undecided.
Kathleen
Woods
Freshman
Belle Harbor, N.Y.
Archbishop Molloy
High School: A four-year varsity letterwinner in cross
country, indoor track, and outdoor track ... Served as
team captain during junior and senior seasons ... A Hockomock League All-Star
... A
Brockton Enterprise
All-Scholastic selection ... Named team MVP in 2009
... Holds school record in the two-mile ... Received Stoughton’s Scholar-Athlete
Award in both indoor and cross country ... Member of the National Honor
Society.
Personal: Daughter of Fred and Orla Simms ... Has one sibling ... Major is unde-
cided.
Deirdre
Simms
Freshman
Stoughton, Mass.
Stoughton
High School: A four-year varsity letterwinner in cross
country and indoor track, and a three-year letterwinner
in outdoor track ... Helped the Rebels to a pair of Class M State Championships
in 2008 and 2009 ... A two-time All-State honoree ... A three-time All-Southwest
Conference selection ... A four-time All-SWC selection in indoor track and a
three-time All-SWC pick in outdoor track ... Named New Fairfield’s Athlete of the
Year as a senior captain ... Also named the Jim Perkins Memorial Student-
Athlete of the Year Award in 2012.
Personal: Daughter of Robert Thoms and Karen Zackeo ... Has two siblings ...
Major is nursing.
Allie
Thoms
Freshman
New Fairfield, Conn.
New Fairfield
High School: A four-year letterwinner in cross country,
indoor track and outdoor track ... Named Western
Mass All-Academic as a senior captain ... An All-Western Mass selection in
2010 ... Also lettered in lacrosse ... A member of the National Honor Society
and served as a senior representative ... Also a member of the Community
Council, Respect for Life and the Current Events Club.
Personal: Daughter of Patrick and Carol Garrity ... Has one sibling ... Major is
psychology.
Nora
Garrity
Freshman
Springfield, Mass.
Cathedral