Women's XC 23rd At Northeast Regionals

The Central Connecticut women's cross country team finished 23rd at the NCAA Division I Northeast Region Cross Country Championships on Friday afternoon held at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, NY. Northeast Conference individual champion, Elizabeth Eberhardt, paced the Blue Devils with a 95th place finish. The 6-K race featured a field of 40 teams and 275 of the best cross country athletes in the northeast region.

RESULTS

Eberhardt crossed the finish line first for CCSU with a time of 22:01.14, her best 6-K time of the season, bettering her time on the same course from the Iona Paddy Doyle Meet by over a minute and a half. Finishing right behind Eberhardt was freshman Brittany Mendelson in 102nd place with a time of 22:07.00.

Rounding out the scoring runners for the Blue Devils were senior Krisztina Dearborn, sophomore Ally Gates and senior Shannon McBride. Dearborn crossed the finish line in 132nd place with a time of 22:36.26, Gates finished 161st with a time of 23:01.89 and McBride finished in 171st place with a time of 23:08.25.

Junior Jazmin Booker and Senior Kathleen Wysocki also competed in the race for the Blue Devils. Booker finished in 222nd with a time of 24:02.1 and Wysocki finished 262nd with a time of 25:19.2.

The Blue Devils earned 658 points to collect a 23rd place finish and ended with a combined total time of 1:52.54 and average team time of 22:34.

Iona had two runners finish first and second helping them secure a win at the championships with a team score of 91 points. Providence (128), Dartmouth (136), Syracuse (154) and Boston College (180) rounded out the top-five.

CCSU was the second team to represent the NEC behind 2014 NEC Champions, Sacred Heart (16th - 553). Behind CCSU was Bryant University recording a 34th place finish.

The Blue Devils will return to Van Cortlandt park again next weekend for the running of the IC4A/ECAC Championships on November 22.