GENEVA, N.Y. — The Keuka College Women's Cross Country team finished fifth of six scored teams at the HWS Warner-Fleury Invitational at Seneca Lake State Park on Saturday, with eight Wolves setting new personal-best 6K times.
Keuka posted a team score of 155 with an average time of 31:44.6 for its scoring five. William Smith won the team title with 22 points, followed by SUNY-ESF (48), Clarkson (71) and Morrisville State (98), while the Wolves finished ahead of SUNY Canton (173).
HWS Warner-Fleury Invitational – 6K
Lead Wolf: Sophomore
Victoria Hirner led the Green and Gold for the second-straight race, crossing 40th in a field of 62 runners in 29:18.0.
Rest of the Pack: 44.
Christiana Curtis – 30:18.1
45.
Ava Carter – 32:23.7
46.
Emily Campitello – 32:51.3
48.
Megan DeMarco – 33:51.5
49.
Riley Walton – 33:52.2
53.
Paige Foley – 35:58.3
55.
Jessica Olivares – 36:48.0
56.
Rylie Pratt – 37:13.9
57.
Athena Tobia – 37:21.3
59.
Samayah Lussier – 39:05.7
60.
Isabella Blake – 39:29.2
61.
Gabby Rotoli – 43:27.5
62.
Kaitlyn Lee – 44:14.0
KC Notes:
- Eight Wolves set new personal-best 6K times: Samayah Lussier had the biggest jump, taking 4:06.9 off her previous mark, followed by Ava Carter (2:08.3 faster), Paige Foley (1:27.9), Riley Walton (1:08.2), Megan DeMarco (46.4 seconds), Christiana Curtis (29.8 seconds), Athena Tobia (28.0 seconds) and Kaitlyn Lee (7.2 seconds).
- Keuka's team score of 155 was built on Hirner, Curtis, Carter, Campitello and DeMarco; Walton and Foley ran as the team's displacers.
- Saturday marked the 14th time Keuka has competed in the HWS Invitational and the 29th time the Wolves have raced at Seneca Lake State Park, the most-run course in program history. The top individual finish is 1st by Chelsea Socha in 2009 and 2010, and the fastest time by a Keuka College runner at the meet is 24:07.4 by Katrina DeWitt in 2003.
Up Next for Keuka College: The Wolves are back in action on Saturday, Oct. 24, as they travel to Clinton, N.Y., for the Hamilton College Tune-Up.
