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October 6, 2014 Sophia Meehan, Jr, Johns Hopkins Meehan finished 18th in the Paul Short Invitational's prestigious Gold race with a time of 20:30. She was the top non-Division I runner in the Gold race and her time set a new personal-record. Competing in a predominantly Division I race, Meehan topped all the runners from quality teams such as Harvard, Navy, and La Salle in addition to the top-ranked Division II team, Adams State.
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Notebook:
McDaniel senior Avalon McOmber led the Green Terror to the team title at the Penn State Harrisburg Invitational on Friday. She won the 6k race in a time of 25:58 to win by nearly 70 seconds over her teammate and closest competitor in the field.
Dickinson senior Sarah Rutkowski led the Red Devils for the fifth straight race. She crossed the line fifth overall at the Geneseo Invitational in upstate New York with a time of 21:52. Her performance helped the #9-ranked Dickinson women's cross country team place sixth in a field of 19 teams.
Previous Women's Cross Country Runners of the Week:
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September 29, 2014 Claudia Keep, Sr, Bryn Mawr Keep took home first place at the Lancaster Bible Homecoming
Invitational on Saturday by running the 5k course in 19:48.
She also did a solid job of pacing some of the younger Owls
to help Bryn Mawr place second in the team standings. |
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September 22, 2014 Sarah Rutkowski, Sr, Dickinson Rutkowski matched the winning time (14:21) in the 4k event at the Dickinson Long/Short Course Invitational on Saturday by finishing less than a second behind CMUs' Liz Snyder. Rutkowski's second place finish led the Red Devil women to second place in the overall combined standings, avenging an earlier loss to Division II Shippensburg. |
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Nora Weathers, Jr, Haverford Weathers placed third overall (23:09.15) at the Dickinson Long (6k) Invitational in the field of 265 runners that competed in the long race. She led No. 13 Haverford to a second-place finish in the team standings in the 6k event. Out of the 35 teams that competed in the long race, Haverford finished only behind Division I Bucknell. The Fords finished in front of third-place, No. 10 Dickinson by 17 points in the team standings for the long race. |
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September 15, 2014 Sophia Meehan, Jr, Johns Hopkins Havertown, Pa. / Haverford Meehan finished first at the Salty Dog Invitational this past weekend with a time of 21:53.65. The Johns Hopkins women's cross country team is ranked No. 1 in the country in Division III and finished with three of the top-four runners, and five of the top-10, at the Salty Dog Invitational en route to a first-place finish. |
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September 8, 2014 Hastings earned her first collegiate cross country victory by taking home first place in Saturday's Highlander Invitational. The junior ran the 6k course in 23:29, shattering the old course record en route to her victory. She also helped the Owls take home second place in the event, just behind fellow Centennial Conference school Ursinus. |
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September 2, 2014 Frances Loeb, Sr, Johns Hopkins Wynnewood, Pa. / Lower Merion Loeb pulled away from the pack in the final minute to claim victory in the Salisbury Fall Classic with a time of 21:06.43. The No. 1 ranked Hopkins women's cross country team started their season with a weekend sweep at the Baltimore Metro Invitational and the Salisbury Fall Classic, where they finished with a perfect score of 15 points. The Blue Jays claimed the top nine spots overall at the Salisbury Fall Classic, and 11 of the first 15. |