WATERFORD, Conn. – Junior Abby Wozniak (Blackstone. Mass.) led the Wheaton College (Mass.) women's cross country team with a fourth-place finish in the White Race of the Connecticut College Invitational this morning at Harkness Memorial Park in Waterford, Conn.
The Lyons scored 690 points as a team to place 26th in the race. Williams College runners placed first, third, fifth, seventh and ninth to take all the odd numbered spots in the top 10 to give the Ephs the team title with 25 points in the race. Williams sophomore Ginger Long (Montpelier, Vt.) crossed the finish with a winning time of 22:10.5.
Wozniak shaved 31 seconds off her personal-best six kilometer time with a mark of 22:31.0 for Wheaton. She was one of six Lyons to post a personal-record time.
Sophomore Sophia Woodcock (Warrington, Pa.) cut 45 seconds off her previous best with a time of 25:30.7 to place 206th. Junior Maggie Cizmar (Plymouth, Mass.) finished 218th for the Lyons with a time of 25:44.5, before sophomore Caeli Wagner (Hingham, Mass.) turned in a mark of 26:12.2 to finish 231st and take 70 seconds off her previous record effort. Junior Ryanna Ritting (Perkasie, Pa.) rounded out the scoring for Wheaton with a time of 26:36.7 to place 248th overall.
Senior Annabelle Sanders (Miami, Fla.) clipped 23 seconds off her previous best with a time of 26:59.3 to finish 263rd and first year Blue Betancourt-Poor (New York City, N.Y.) finished with a mark of 27:15.6 to shave 50 seconds off her personal-record and finish 276th in the race. First year Evelyn Campbell (Charlestown, R.I.) bested her time by the largest margin for the Lyons, taking 76 seconds off her previous best with a time of 28:10.1 to place 292nd.
Wheaton junior Chloe Vescio (Douglas, Mass.) posted the team's second-fastest time of the day at 22:36.0 to place 94th in the Blue Championship race for the Lyons. Middlebury College senior Audrey MacLean (Tiburon, Calif.) clocked in at 20:36.6 for the fastest time of the day to earn the crown in the Blue race.
The Lyons return to the path on Saturday, October 31 when they travel to Northampton, Mass. to compete in the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference championship at host Smith College at 11:00 a.m.
