When and Where: September 17, 2022 – North Dartmouth, Mass. (UMass Dartmouth) - UMass Dartmouth Cross Country Invitational
Distance: Women's race, 5K
Results: Southern New Hampshire University – 3rd of 38 (121)
The Southern New Hampshire women's cross country team finished 3rd of 38 teams competing Saturday at UMass Dartmouth, billed as the largest on-campus cross country meet in New England. Graduate student Ashley Corcoran (East Longmeadow, Mass.) finished second overall among 284 runners competing.
TOP PERFORMANCES
- Corcoran ran the 5k in a new PR of 17:56.58, finishing second in the race to Lauren Selkin of Mount Holyoke, who raced the course in 17:49.26.
- Corcoran's run was the fastest in program history - the first time an SNHU runner has eclipsed 18 minutes. Emma Lundberg ran 18:16 at the UMass Dartmouth meet in 2010.
- All seven SNHU runners set or established new marks for the distance. The top five performers all ran marks which ranked in the top-20 all-time for the SNHU program.
- Junior Kaitlyn O'Rourke (Braintree, Mass.) clocked in at 18:42.42, finishing 26th, and second among the SNHU runners.
- Junior Hannah Bradbury (Seekonk, Mass.) was 28th overall at 18:48.16.
- Not far behind O'Rourke were both senior Sarah Zarakotas (Deerfield, N.H.) with 18:52.03 (31st) and junior Kelsey Seamans (Methuen, Mass.) with 18:53.67 (34th).
NOTES
- This was the 49th annual running of the UMass Dartmouth Invitational.
- UMass Lowell finished in first place with 54 points. Stonehill College was next with 120 points, just one point ahead of SNHU, the top Div. II school at the meet.
UP NEXT
- The Penmen will next compete at the New England Championships (NEICAAA) on Saturday, October 8 in Boston.
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