Race Results

NEWBURGH, N.Y.—Sarah Lawrence College women's cross country survived a muddy course and wet conditions to place seventh at the Mount Saint Mary College Knights Invitational at Hudson Valley Sports Dome on Saturday.

IN SHORT
Sarah Lawrence finish: 7th place - 213 points
Race distance: 6,000 meters
Total teams: 21
Total runners: 166
Winning team: SUNY Cobleskill - 93 points

SCORING GRYPHONS
For the second time this season, Molly Walsh (Yarmouth, Maine/Yarmouth) was the day's top Gryphon. The sophomore completed the 6K course in 28:01, good for 25th place overall and within a minute of her collegiate best time. Sophomore Rosa Mykyta-Chomsky (Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown Friends School) joined Walsh among the team's top two spots for all five races this season. Mykyta-Chomsky was the 28th harrier across the line, clocking in at 28:09. Junior Tiffany Meier (Goleta, Calif./Olive Grove Charter) was 10 seconds from a season best, clocking in at 29:18 and inside the top 50 with 49th place; she climbed into the Gryphons' No. 3 spot for the first time this season. The Sarah Lawrence score was rounded out by senior Allyson Panton (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) and junior Katie Shepard (Visalia, Calif./Mount Whitney). The pair worked together and placed 63rd (30:09) and 64th (30:16), respectively.

NOTABLES
Sophomore Isabel Edmonds (Appleton, Wisc./Appleton North) was the final Gryphon to place in the top half of the field; her time of 30:51 was good for 77th overall. Sophomore Katherine Labadie (New Orleans, La./Benjamin Franklin) was the Gryphons' No. 7 runner, earning 85th with an effort of 31:18. Rookie Mei Takehana (Tokyo, Japan/Perkiomen School) was on Labadie's heels, one spot and one second behind in 31:19 for 86th place. Senior Melissa Molina (Union, N.J./Roselle Catholic) was the only Gryphon to post a season-best time, as she set a new collegiate 6K personal best of 36:04, capturing 129th place.

OTHER PERFORMANCES
Three other Gryphons completed the slippery course. Junior Dani Dyen-Shapiro (Estero, Fla./Cypress Lake) reached the finish in 36:41 for 136th place. Rookie Natalie Wyse (Tolland, Conn./Tolland) earned 139th with a time of 36:53, and first year Zhe Wu (Guangzhou, China/Nansha College Prep. Acad.) recorded a mark of 38:33 for 147th.

UP NEXT
On Saturday, Oct. 8, the Gryphons head to Branch Brook Park for the 2016 NJIT XC Challenge.