ATTLEBORO, Mass. - The Stony Brook women's cross country team, led by Grace Wiegele's fourth-place finish, collected 66 points as a team and finished third at the Friar Invitational on Friday afternoon.

Weigele paced the Seawolves for a second straight weekend after taking first individually last weekend at the Stony Brook Season Opener. She covered the 4K course in 14:20.3 to finish as Stony Brook's top performer. Fiona McLoughlin was close behind, completing the race in 14:31.3 to grab eighth place.

Three other Seawolves finished inside the top-20 and three more finished inside the top-30 of the four-team field. Nicole Garcia (15:31.9), Niahm Durcan (15:37.6) and Amelie Guzman (15:39.5) finished 18th, 19th and 20th, respectively. Ava Carsley (22nd) and Rebecca Clackett (23rd) finished back-to-back, while Julia Samuelson rounded out the field of Seawolves with a 29th-place finish.

QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"Encouraging team performance by the guys today in difficult weather conditions and against some good regional opponents. The top three guys up front did a nice job with Mike Hawkins and Eben Bragg producing strong back up for them. Early days in the season, but I feel we are in a good place. The ladies had a solid day at the office, Grace and Fiona did well up front but we struggled a little at the three through five spot, but nothing that can't be fixed as we progress through the season," head coach Andy Ronan noted post meet.

NEXT UP
Stony Brook returns to action later this month at the Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh University on Sept. 30. 

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