Women's Cross Country | October 28, 2017
LEESBURG, Va. – Sophomore
Grace Mancini finished 11
th at the Atlantic 10 Championship to earn a spot on the All-Conference team as the La Salle women's cross country team finished 8th on Saturday morning at the Oatlands Plantation Cross Country Course.
"As a freshman last year Grace finished 79th in this meet, she came back this year and finished 11th to earn her first All-Conference honor," said head coach
Tom Peterson. "That type of improvement is a testament to hard work and that it does pay off. I believe this was a breakthrough race for Grace."
Mancini turned in a time of 18:17.7 on the 5k course to pace the Explorers.
Kaitlin Poiesz,
Allana Powlette, and
Morgan Szekely all finished within a few seconds of each other about a minute behind Mancini. Poiesz ran 19:09.1 to finish 45
th, Powlette placed 47
th with a time of 19:10.7 while Szekely ran 19:14.0 to take 50
th.
Ifetayo Tyler was 69
th after clocking 19:34.5 to round out the scorers for La Salle.
Megan Connell and
Michelle Myland finished sixth and seventh for La Salle, displacing others in scoring. Connell clocked 19:37.5 while Myland crossed the finish line in 19:41.0.
"Although this is an improvement from last year, 8th in the Atlantic 10 Conference is not where we want to or should be," added Peterson. "We have two weeks to regroup before regionals where we will have an opportunity to prove that we are better than we were today."
