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DiFrancesco Leads Marist Women To Second Place Finish At UAlbany Invitational
Oct. 17, 2009
ALBANY, N.Y. - Led by a sixth-place finish by sophomore Addie DiFrancesco (Waterbury, Conn.), the Marist women's cross country team finished second out of 24 teams at the UAlbany Invitational on Saturday. The Red Foxes' 109 points put them 21 points behind Middlebury for the team title. DiFrancesco finished sixth overall, covering the 5K course in a time of 17:56.9. Her time is the second-fastest in program history. Marist had seven runners finish with times under 19 minutes and 15 runners finish in less than 20 minutes, both program records. The Red Foxes top-five average time of 18:24.1 was the fastest in team history. Sophomore Kathryn Sheehan (Wading River, N.Y.) finished in 17th place in a time of 18:21. Brittany Burns (Watertown, N.Y.) ran a time of 18:25 and placed 23rd. Freshman Katie Messina (Queensbury, N.Y.) ran the 5K course in 18:35.8, finishing in 29th place. Erin O'Reilly (East Patchogue, N.Y.) rounded out Marist's scoring pack, placing 34th overall in a time of 18:41.7. Freshman Laura Lindsley (Bristol, Conn.) was the Red Foxes' top finisher in the junior varsity race, finishing third in a time of 19:22.6. Sarah Parsloe (Farmingville, N.Y.) also had a top-ten finish, placing ninth in 19:38.1. Marist will next compete at the 2009 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships at Van Cortlandt Park on Friday, Oct. 30.
Team Results 1. Middlebury 88 2. Marist 109 3. Sacred Heart 139 4. UMass Amherst 141 5. Colgate 143 6. UAlbany 167 7. Canisius 171 8. Brandeis 212 9. Binghamton 228 10. Harvard 287 11. Springfield 318 12. RIT 334 13. Plattsburgh State 340 14. Bryant 397 15. NYIT 403 16. SUNY New Paltz 459 17. Siena 524 18. Niagara 534 19. St. Francis College 572 20. UMass Dartmouth 577 21. Long Island University 577 22. St. Thomas Aquinas 655 23. St. Bonaventure 691 24. Dowling 706 Varsity Results JV Results
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