Saturday, October 31
Hamilton, N.Y.
12 p.m.
Lehigh University
at
Patriot League Championships
Photo by: Don Paul
Women’s Cross Country Places Seventh at Patriot League Championships
10/31/2015 6:10:00 PM | Women's Cross Country
Complete Results (TFRRS)
HAMILTON, N.Y. - The Lehigh women's cross country team turned in a seventh place performance on Saturday afternoon at the Patriot League Championships. Bucknell captured its first team championship since 2009 with 34 points, placing three runners in the top five and six in the top 14 overall. Navy came in second with 51 points, while the Mountain Hawks finished the day with 176 points, two behind sixth place American. Junior Amanda Ruschel led the way for Lehigh with a 24th place time of 22:28.6.
Sophomore Laura Barnes was the next Lehigh runner across the finish line, placing 34th overall with a time of 22:46.6. Grad student Shannon Wright (23:15.6) and freshman Ashleigh Thurston (23:16.0) placed back-to-back in 45th and 46th place, respectively. Senior Arielle Weiner and junior Marissa Karl followed close behind with Weiner taking 50th place (23:21.7) place and Karl finishing 51st (23:23.1). Freshman Stacie Nadel rounded out the Lehigh top seven with a 53rd place tally of 23:26.4.
"I think we ran better than we did at Princeton two weeks ago," head coach Debbie Utesch said after the race. "It was right on course with what we've seen throughout the season," she added of her team, which has battled a number of key injuries throughout the year. "Amanda Ruschel was aggressive on the downhills. Ashleigh Thurston and Stacie Nadel also did a nice job. The whole pack behind Amanda ran pretty well with each other today."
Junior Ashley Strysko (65th) also competed for the Mountain Hawks, completing the hilly 6K course in 23:46.7. She was followed closely behind in 69th place by sophomore Sarah Spring, who finished in 23:55.4. Sophomore Jennifer Burke (97th/25:06.4), sophomore Samantha Lerner (101st/25:18.5) and junior Anne Birkenmaier (104th/25:46.8) also made contributions for the Mountain on Saturday.
Next up, Lehigh will send its top seven runners to the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals on the campus of Princeton University on Friday, November 13.
HAMILTON, N.Y. - The Lehigh women's cross country team turned in a seventh place performance on Saturday afternoon at the Patriot League Championships. Bucknell captured its first team championship since 2009 with 34 points, placing three runners in the top five and six in the top 14 overall. Navy came in second with 51 points, while the Mountain Hawks finished the day with 176 points, two behind sixth place American. Junior Amanda Ruschel led the way for Lehigh with a 24th place time of 22:28.6.
Sophomore Laura Barnes was the next Lehigh runner across the finish line, placing 34th overall with a time of 22:46.6. Grad student Shannon Wright (23:15.6) and freshman Ashleigh Thurston (23:16.0) placed back-to-back in 45th and 46th place, respectively. Senior Arielle Weiner and junior Marissa Karl followed close behind with Weiner taking 50th place (23:21.7) place and Karl finishing 51st (23:23.1). Freshman Stacie Nadel rounded out the Lehigh top seven with a 53rd place tally of 23:26.4.
"I think we ran better than we did at Princeton two weeks ago," head coach Debbie Utesch said after the race. "It was right on course with what we've seen throughout the season," she added of her team, which has battled a number of key injuries throughout the year. "Amanda Ruschel was aggressive on the downhills. Ashleigh Thurston and Stacie Nadel also did a nice job. The whole pack behind Amanda ran pretty well with each other today."
Junior Ashley Strysko (65th) also competed for the Mountain Hawks, completing the hilly 6K course in 23:46.7. She was followed closely behind in 69th place by sophomore Sarah Spring, who finished in 23:55.4. Sophomore Jennifer Burke (97th/25:06.4), sophomore Samantha Lerner (101st/25:18.5) and junior Anne Birkenmaier (104th/25:46.8) also made contributions for the Mountain on Saturday.
Next up, Lehigh will send its top seven runners to the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals on the campus of Princeton University on Friday, November 13.
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