Williams WomenRun to Third at Purple Valley Classic

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WILLIAMSTOWN - Williams College hosted the annual Purple Valley Classic meet on Saturday, Sept. 22, held at the Mount Greylock Regional High School home course. The meet featured 6-kilometer and 5-kilometer races. Most varsity runners in attendance raced the 6K course, while the 5K was dominated by Williams runners easing into the cross country season. The individual winner of the 6K was Plattsburgh University's Toni Wiszowaty in a time of 21:52. Wiszowaty led an impressive Plattsburgh team, which finished second with 50 points, only two points behind team champion Amherst College (48 points). Williams finished third with 67 points. Williams' first current runner to finish the 6k race was junior Rachel Asher in a time of 22:35. Asher was impressed by the results turned in by her teammates, despite hot weather conditions and a difficult week of training. "I thought our team looked really strong considering the hard week of workouts," Asher said. In the 5K, former Williams coach Karina Johnson ran away with the title in a time of 19:29, followed by Eph junior Gillian Tedeschi (19:41). Tedeschi led a string of 12 Williams runners through the top 13 places, which secured Williams' victory with a score of 20 points. The performance in the 5K race, combined with the results from the 6k event, led Asher to praise the team's ability to race together. Throughout both races, the harriers maintained tight groups on the challenging course. "We had some good pack running going on," Asher said. In addition to the solid results turned in by Williams runners, the afternoon also was marked by the presence of Eph runners from years past. The presence, according to Asher, created exciting feelings throughout the meet. "The energy and atmosphere today were awesome," Asher said. The Ephs hope to carry their momentum further through the season as they prepare for the Division I New England Championships, held at Franklin Park in Boston on Oct. 6. Women's 6k 1) Wiszowaty - 21:52 - Plattsburgh 2) Tropiano - 22:04 - Amherst 3) Krieg - 22:14 - Middlebury 4) Campbell - 22:22 - Alumni 5) Wilson - 22:29 - Amherst 6) Recny - 22:32 - Plattsburgh 7) Asher - 22:35 - Williams 8) Busby - 22:53 - Plattsburgh 9) Galleher - 22:54 - Amherst 10) Bezjian - 22:56 - Plattsburgh 11) Dunklee - 23:00 - Dartmouth 12) Philbrook - 23:03 - Williams 13) Yoe - 23:09 - Williams 14) Meier - 23:27 - Middlebury 15) McDermott-Murphy - 23:31 - Amherst 16) Robie - 23:36 - Williams 17) Partez - 23:39 - Amherst 18) Spar - 23:40 - Middlebury 19) Teitsworth - 23:41 - Williams 20) Meade - 23:44 - Williams 21) Anderson - 23:46 - Amherst 22) Clarke - 23:50 - Williams 23) Moser - 23:52 - Dartmouth 24) Moravec - 23:53 - Amherst 25) Schaffhower - 23:53 - Plattsburgh Team Scores: 1) Amherst - 48 2) Plattsburgh - 50 3) Williams - 67 4) Middlebury - 94 5) Dartmouth - 169 6) Dowling - 305 7) Springfield - 306 8) Susquehanna - 339
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Williamstown Planning Board Narrowing in on Subdivision Bylaw Changes

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board late last month discussed specific features of what it plans to pass as a new subdivision control bylaw this year.
 
The board long has discussed the complex set of regulations as being out of date and cumbersome to both potential developers and the board itself, which has needed to hear requests for waivers of outdated rules for the handful of residential subdivisions that have been proposed in town in recent years.
 
This spring, the town engaged consultants from Northampton's Dodson and Flinker Landscape Architecture and Planning to go through the existing bylaw, compare it to more contemporary regulations in other communities and help craft a revised bylaw.
 
Unlike the zoning bylaw, where amendments require approval of town meeting, the subdivision control bylaw is a creation of the Planning Board, which can make changes on its own after a public hearing process it hopes to complete this year.
 
At a special Planning Board meeting on May 26, Dillon Sussman of Dodson and Flinker and his colleagues walked the board through a dozen different decision points that the board must resolve — either by leaving the bylaw as is or making a change — and offered suggestions based on best practices.
 
All of the issues are technical and ranged from the fundamental, like how the bylaw will define types of subdivisions, to the highly specific, like what turning radii will be required in new streets that are constructed to serve planned developments.
 
One example of a topic that came up in the recent approval of a four-home subdivision off Summer Street is stormwater management.
 
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