Cross Country Runs Strong at Lehigh Invitational

Friday, September 2

Bethlehem, Pa.

Rutgers University

Lehigh Invitational

Cross Country Runs Strong at Lehigh Invitational

Sep 02 | Cross Country

Men's Results Women's Results

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Rutgers men's and women's cross country opened their season on Friday afternoon at the Lehigh Invitational. The women's squad finished fourth out of eight teams and were paced by a fifth place showing for freshman Sofia Condron. The men finished sixth out of 11 teams, as senior Ryan Mitchell led the way for the Scarlet Knights with a top-30 result.

In her first collegiate race, Condron crossed the finish line with a time of 21:58.0. Three other Scarlet Knights joined Condron in the top-20, which included freshman Ciara Bullington (12^th), freshman Lucia Rabolli (15^th), Michelle Coyotl-Varela (18^th). Sophomore Emma Baeyens also raced well with a 21^st-place result.

On the men's side, Mitchell produced a time of 18:38.1 to finish 28^th. Freshman Jack Moran crossed in 41^st, followed by freshman Liam Tilton (44^th), senior Chris Hill (48^th) freshman William Clewell (49^th).

Rutgers returns to the course on Friday, September 9 when it competes in the Big Ten Preview – hosted by Michigan at the U-M Golf Course in Ann Arbor.

OVERALL TEAM RESULTS
Women's 6K – Fourth
5. Sofia Condron – 21:58.0
12. Ciara Bullington – 22:42.0
15. Lucia Rabolli – 23:03.0
18. Michelle Coyotl-Varela – 23:14.7
21. Emma Baeyens – 23:25.3
24. Yelena Alpaugh – 23:34.0
27. Shelby Whetstone – 23:38.5
28. Kaitlyn Mooney – 23:40.8
32. Melanie Barbosa – 23:48.6
38. Angela Kearsley – 24:06.3
45. Casey Walter – 24:37.0
56. Preeta Joshi – 25:26.9

Men's 6K – Sixth
28. Ryan Mitchell – 18:38.1
41. Jack Moran – 18:55.3
44. Liam Tilton – 19:01.3
48. Christopher Hill – 19:03.0
49. William Clewell – 19:03.9
61. Brian Pedretti – 19:22.9
63. Dan Pedretti – 19:24.8
86. Sam Marran – 19:59.5
117. Evan Morrow – 20:48.5
119. Gavin Richards – 20:50.1
122. Hamza Barkouch – 20:54.8