Women's XC Grabs Silver at Golden Bear Invite

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.— Senior Mariah Geiger's (Londonderry, N.H.) fifth place finish led Gordon Women's Cross Country to a silver placement at the Golden Bear Invitational. Geiger registered her first top five performance of the season and Gordon racked up just 69 points despite missing Emily Nelson (West Chester, Pa.).

Geiger finished the 5k race in a time of 19:43. Julia Drewicke (San Francisco, Calif.) was the second Scot to finish the race with a time of 20:25, which was good enough for 12^th overall. Louisa Dodds (Hillsdale, N.Y.) was not far behind the top two Scots, adding another top 15 placement to Gordon's belt with a time of 20:33.

Hannah Fisher (No. Attleboro, Mass.) and Eliza Stiles (Berlin, N.H.) rounded out Gordon's scorers with back-to-back finishes in 18^th and 19^th overall.

Top 5 Teams

  1. Westfield State     
            1    2    8   10   11  (21) (24) =    32
         Jess Cardin, Ashley Monahan, Mary Elizabe Dignan, Megan erickson, Kara
         Penney, Shannon Grossman, Lauren Izabel
  2. Gordon              
            5   12   15   18   19  (32) (34) =    69
         Mariah Geiger, Julia Drewicke, Louisa Dodds, Hannah Fisher, Eliza
         Stiles, Hanna Laue, Emma Gray
  3. Worcester State     
            4   14   22   25   28  (29) (33) =    93
         Mia Rogers, Laura DelleChiaie, Kelsey Bedard, Danielle Cote, Sara
         McIsaac, Shayla Schoeneberge, Justine Murdocca
  4. St. Joseph (Conn.)  
            3    7   37   39   43  (69) (83) =   129
         Kaneen Gomez-Hixson, Mia Tompkins, Mary Anderson, Madison Boyce,
         Alyssa Vereneau, Rachel Mauthe, Amber Tremblay
  5. RIC                 
           17   23   27   30   41  (50) (76) =   138
         Briana Lenihan, Veronica Northup, Lauren Deguire, Laura Paiva, Allison
         Lomas, Ashley Bricault, Jess Trautman