GENESEO, N.Y. - After having their last race at Lehigh University halted prior to its start because of heat, the Dickinson women's cross country team returned to action on Friday afternoon to take part in the Mike Woods Invitational hosted by SUNY Geneseo at Letchworth State Park. The Red and White battled all race long claiming 12th in the 17 team "Championship" 6k race.
Championship 6k
Liza Barbash led the team with a time of 23:12.5 which was good for 32nd.
Meghan Higgins-Haas and
Meghan McGinnis nabbed 60th (24:17.3) and 79th (24:51.3). The trio of
Roma Diak, Tess Nicholas and
Alicia MacMillan landed in spots 94 (25:10.9), 97 (25:13.8) and 100 (25:21.7). The group of Marley Kurey (25:33.7),
Breanna Franchak (25:34.9),
Natalia Krantz (25:39.8),
Ellie Drescher (25:50.2),
Devon Culberson (26:28.8) and
Claire Sieminski (26:51.7) also took part in the event.
New York University Josephine Dziedzic took the individual title by hitting the line in 21:17.7, which helped the Violets to win the race with only 20 points.
Open Race
The pair of
Sophia Austin and
Emma Lewis earned Top-20 results with times of 25:46.5 (19th) and 25:46.9 (20th). Jillian McNulty and
Grace Rushmer crossed the line within three seconds of each other at 25:56.7 (22nd) and 25:59.1 (23rd). Three other runners competed:
Jenna Kerns (26:44.1),
Margaret Randolph (26:47.3) and
Mariana Naser (27:43.6).Â
Up Next
Dickinson will take the next two weeks to prep for the Centennial Conference Championship on Saturday, October 31st at Haverford College.
