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DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Highlighted by four top-15 finishes and another top-three showing by sophomore
Katherine Ferrara, the Merrimack College women's cross country team took home some more hardware after placing third at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational on Saturday.
The Basics
Results: 3
rd/45
Top Finisher: Katherine Ferrara (3rd – 18:19.44)
Location: Robert Dowd Course / Dartmouth, Mass.
What They Said:
Head coach
Chris Cameron: "Most of the girls had personal records today, which was great. A very good effort by our top-four runners and really the entire roster. We still need to get a little healthy as we were missing some key contributors still, but I think we're right on the road to doing big things, which is obviously a great sign."
How It Happened:
- After winning the Shacklette Invitational two weeks ago, Ferrara placed third overall at a race with a much bigger field and was the fastest Warrior runner for the second straight event, finishing with a time of 18:19.44 that smashed the old school record of 18:43.
- Sophomore Kate Fisher and senior Tia Foglietta were neck-and-neck in 10th and 11th place, respectively, with times of 18:48.54 and 18:52.00.
- Rounding out the top four runners for Merrimack was senior Sophie Gorton, who ended the day with a time of 19:04.99 and was the 15th-best finisher in the individual leader board.
- Underclassmen Sarah Tierney – a freshman – and sophomore Julia Dempsey also put together strong showings by finishing inside the top half of the nearly 160-person field. Tierney posted a time of 20:03.01, while Dempsey crossed in 20:11.57.
- The Warriors were the top Division II program at the meet and were two points back of Trinity for second place. Merrimack topped Division I Holy Cross and five other Northeast-10 Conference schools.
Up Next
Merrimack will return to action next Saturday when it visits Franklin Park in Boston for the first of back-to-back races, as the Warriors compete in the Codfish Bowl on Sept. 22.
