BOSTON, MA -- It was a 20th place (579 points) finish for the Marist women's cross country team in the 2015 NCAA Northeast Regional Cross Country Championships at Franklin Park in Boston, MA on Friday, Nov. 13th. The result marked a one place improvement for the Red Foxes over their 21st place result in 2014, despite losing their leading runner, Kristen Traub, to an ankle/calf injury in the final kilometer of friday's race.
Sophomore Mara Schiffhauer was the top Marist finisher and 68th overall in the 6,000 meter race, with a final time of 22:13.9. Elizabeth Wasserman took second place on the team and 90th overall, with a 22:29.3 time, while Nicki Nesi placed third on the Red Foxes and 109th with a final time of 22:41.9.
Marist still has one more race in the 2015 season, the ECAC Championships on Saturday, Nov. 21 in Bronx, NY.
Marist Individual Results: 67th Mara Schiffhauer 22:13.9; 90th Elizabeth Wasserman 22:29.2; 109th Nicki Nesi 22:41.9; 142nd Christine Coughlin 23:11.9; 143rd Emily Burns 23:12.1; 232nd Janelle Solviletti 24:44.8
Overall Team Results: 1-Providence 49, 2. Syracuse 92, 3. Brown 139, 4. Boston College 143, 5. Yale 156, 6. Harvard 187, 7. Columbia 204, 8. Dartmouth 211, 9. Cornell 218, 10. New Hampshire 308, 11. Connecticut 320, 12. Stony Brook 330, 13. Iona 390, 14. Albany 422, 15. Buffalo 494, 16. Northeastern 520, 17. Army West Point 520, 18. Quinnipiac 525, 19. UMass 547, 20. Marist 549, 21. Fordham 596, 22. Holy Cross 604, 23. Vermont 630, 24. Sacred Heart 643, 25. Canisius 677, 26. Boston University 684, 27. St. John's 695, 28. Hofstra 733, 29. Manhattan 761, 30. Central Connecticut 762, 31. Binghamton 786, 32. Siena 808, 33. Bryant 926, 34. Fairfield 1,030, 35. Colgate 1,083, 36. Maine 1,101, 37. St. Bonaventure 1,132, 38. Niagara 1,149
