Women’s Cross Country Team Places Sixth at Metro Meet: USciences

September 24, 2011

Women’s Cross Country Team Places Sixth at Metro Meet

The University of the Sciences women's cross country team returned to action after a one week layoff, running to a sixth place finish at the Philadelphia Metro Cross Country Mett at Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia.

The Devils, who have not had their top five runners compete together as a unit in any race yet this season, scored 173 points, 28 behind fifth place finisher Nyack College. Philadelphia University won the meet, placing five runners in the top ten overall to finish with 27 points.

Senior Kimberly Brown led the Devils with a time of 23:00.25, finishing in 26^th place overall. Junior Kristin Waters returned to action after missing the first two races of the season with an injury to finish in 35^th place overall with a time of 23:21.94.

The Devils top five were rounded out by a trio of freshman, led by Melissa Humble, who ran a personal-best time of 23:40.84 to place 40^th overall. Jen O'Laughlin followed in 42^nd place with a time of 24:12.91. Shreena Chopra was 49^th with a time of 24:23.73.

Seniors Jessica Kaminski and Unicel-Anne Flores rounded out the Devils top seven scorers. Kaminski was 53^rd overall with a time of 24:36.09 and Flores was 62^nd overall with a time of 25:15.09.

The Devils next finisherEmily Christiansen again recorded a personal-best 5,000-meter time, shaving nearly 40 seconds off her time of 26:00 from two weeks ago to finishin 64^th place with a time of 25:20.25.

The women's cross country team returns to action on Friday, October 1, 2011 when they travel to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to participate in the prestigious Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh University.