BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Stony Brook University women's cross country program returned to action on Saturday morning, competing at the 49th annual Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh University.
As a team, the women placed 14th after earning 454 points. Grace Weigele led the Seawolves individually, crossing 12th overall in the Women's Gold 6K event. The junior runner raced to a 20:35.2 clocking, missing out on a top-ten finish by less than two seconds. Fiona McLoughlin clocked in at 25th overall, covering the 6K course in just under 21 minutes.
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Grace Sisson was Stony Brook's other top-100 performer, finishing with a time of 21:36.3, good for 86th place. Niamh Durcan crossed the finish line 150th, clocking in at just over 22 minutes.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"I was very pleased with the effort of our front two,
Grace Weigele and Fiona. They got involved early, then kept their composure throughout the race and finished it off strongly," head coach
Andy Ronan commented. "
Grace Sisson and Niamh had nice runs in support of the front two. A couple of the other girls struggled in the later stages, so it knocked us out of the top-10. There is work to do, but we have time to do it."
NEXT UP
Stony Brook officially enters championship season, racing at the ECAC/IC4A Championships at Van Cortlandt Park on Friday, Oct. 13.
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