Friday, October 11
Bronx, N.Y.
Rutgers University
vs
Metropolitan Championships
Women's Cross Country Brings Home Metropolitan Title
Oct 11 | Women's Cross Country
Rutgers Take First Place Behind Three Top 10 Finishes
BRONX, N.Y. - The Rutgers women's cross country team is bringing the Metropolitan Cross Country Championship title back "To The Banks". The Scarlet Knights placed first overall in the nine team field with three top 10 finishes.
2. Olympia Martin – 18:19.5
7. Stephanie Mauer – 18:58.9
8. Lou Mialhe – 19:11.7
15. Emma Bergman- 19:39.3
21. Nadia Saponara – 19:56.1
-- Isabella Godish – 19:57.3
-- Kiera Nealon – 20:02.5
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| RACE RECAP |
- Rutgers took the title scoring 53 points followed by Fordham in second (72) and Columbia, who is ranked No. 2 in the Northeast Region, in third.
- RU last won the Metropolitan Cross Country crown in back-to-back seasons in 2014 and 2015.
- Altogether the Scarlet Knights had three top 10 finishes and all seven entries finished among the top 25.
- Junior Olympia Martin led the Scarlet Knights with a runner-up performance and clocked in with a new PR of 18:19.5. The Ridgewood, New Jersey native was .4 seconds off the individual champion Sofia Camacho of Columbia. The top RU finisher for the eighth race in-a-row dating back to last season topped her previous best of 18:33 set at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown back on Sept. 22, 2017.
- Senior Stephanie Mauer raced to a seventh place finish with a time of 18:58.9, also a new personal best. She bested her previous top 5K finish of 19:23 also set at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown in 2017.
- Senior Lou Mialhe gave RU its third top 10 finish of the day crossing the finish line in eighth place with a time of 19:11.7. Her time was another RU personal best surpassing her previous best of 19:40.0 set at the 2017 running of the Metropolitan Championships.
- Also scoring for the Scarlet Knights were seniors Emma Bergman (19:39.3) in 15th place and Nadia Saponara (19:56.1).
| RUTGERS RESULTS |
2. Olympia Martin – 18:19.5
7. Stephanie Mauer – 18:58.9
8. Lou Mialhe – 19:11.7
15. Emma Bergman- 19:39.3
21. Nadia Saponara – 19:56.1
-- Isabella Godish – 19:57.3
-- Kiera Nealon – 20:02.5
| UP NEXT |
- The Rutgers women's cross country team prepares for the Princeton Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 19.
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