| Only one member of the 2003 team
which missed going to the NCAA II Championship Meet by one team at the
qualifying meet (four points behind the third place team), was lost
via graduation. With four of the top five returning, the 2004
team should be Southern's best team in the past half dozen years.
Travis Gale (Ellington, CT.) was the
team's #1 runner last year in every meet except the season opener in which he
was our # 2 runner. Last year's #2 runner, Billy Preston - Jewett City, CT.;
#4 Scott Richnavsky - Torrington, CT.; #5. Greg Kalinka - Thomaston,
CT.; #6 Blake Helveston - East Hampton, CT.; and #7 A.J. Roy -
Danbury, CT. all return. Four of this group are juniors -
Preston, Richnavsky, Helveston, and Roy, with Gale and Kalinka
being seniors. The addition of senior Chris McCormack -
Montville, CT., and sophomore Steve Pretak - Torrington, CT., both
injury "redshirts" from last year's team, should have an
immediate impact on the top seven.
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