HOUGHTON, N.Y. — The Keuka College Women's Cross Country team competed in the Houghton Highlander Invitational at the Field of Dreams XC Course on Saturday, with five Wolves setting new personal-best 6K times.
Keuka finished 11th in the 11-team field with a score of 351 and an average time of 31:30.2 for its scoring five. Brockport won the team title with 64 points, followed by RIT (76), Houghton (78) and Misericordia (98).
Houghton Highlander Invitational – 6K
Lead Wolf: Sophomore
Victoria Hirner set a new personal best in the 6K to lead the Green and Gold. She posted a time of 28:46.0, crossing in 111th place.
Rest of the Pack: 116.
Althea Gleason – 29:41.8
122.
Christiana Curtis – 31:01.6
127.
Emily Campitello – 33:23.5
129.
Megan DeMarco – 34:37.9
130.
Riley Walton – 35:00.4
132.
Jessica Olivares – 36:56.6
133.
Rylie Pratt – 36:57.7
136.
Athena Tobia – 37:49.3
138.
Samayah Lussier – 43:12.6
139.
Kaitlyn Lee – 44:21.2
KC Notes:
- Five Wolves set new personal-best 6K times: Kaitlyn Lee had the biggest jump, taking 2:55.8 off her previous mark, followed by Victoria Hirner (1:03.8 faster), Riley Walton (47.9 seconds), Megan DeMarco (33.2 seconds) and Athena Tobia (15.7 seconds).
- Saturday was the first career 6K for first-year Samayah Lussier.
- Keuka's team score of 351 was built on Hirner, Gleason, Curtis, Campitello and DeMarco; Walton and Olivares ran as the team's displacers.
- Saturday marked the eighth time Keuka has competed in the Houghton Highlander Invitational. The Wolves' best team finish at the meet is 5th, which they have reached twice, including in 2021, and the fastest 6K by a Wolf at the meet is 25:46 by Alison Reigle in 2021.
Up Next for Keuka College: The Wolves are back in action on Saturday, Oct. 17, as they travel to the HWS Warner-Fleury Invitational at Seneca Lake State Park in Geneva, N.Y.
