Race Results

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y.—On Saturday, Sarah Lawrence College women's cross country placed third out of four teams at the 2016 New York Institute of Technology Invitational.

IN SHORT
Sarah Lawrence finish: 3rd place - 73 points
Race distance: 5,000 meters
Total teams: 4
Total runners: 36
Winning team: Molloy College - 24 points

TOP GRYPHONS
With the Gryphons competing against NCAA Division II programs, three SLC harriers were among the top half of the field. Sophomore Rosa Mykyta-Chomsky (Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown Friends School) led the team across the finish with a 10th-place showing in 23:28 on the 5K course. Classmate Molly Walsh (Yarmouth, Maine/Yarmouth) followed closely, earning 12th in 24:13. Sophomore Isabel Edmonds (Appleton, Wisc./Appleton North) also broke 8:00/mile with a finish of 24:39, good for 14th place overall.

OTHER PERFORMANCES
In the second pack of Gryphons, senior Allyson Panton (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) placed 20th, clocking in at 25:37. Junior Tiffany Meier (Goleta, Calif./Olive Grove Charter) was 13 seconds behind, placing 21st wtih a mark of 25:50. Sophomore Katherine Labadie (New Orleans, La./Benjamin Franklin) posted a time of 26:33 to take 23rd place, and junior Katie Shepard (Visalia, Calif./Mount Whitney) was next across the finish in 24th at 26:41. Rookie Natalie Wyse (Tolland, Conn./Tolland) led the final cluster of Gryphons, placing 31st in a time of 30:44. Junior Dani Dyen-Shapiro (Estero, Fla./Cypress Lake) clocked in at 32:39 for 32nd, beating out senior Melissa Molina (Union, N.J./Roselle Catholic) by a second, who took 33rd in 32:40. Rookies Zhe Wu (Guangzhou, China/Nansha College Prep. Acad.) and Brooke Remsen (Rye, N.Y./Convent of the Sacred Heart) rounded out the field in 35th (34:14) and 36th (34:18), respectively.

UP NEXT
Next weekend, Sarah Lawrence returns to the team's training grounds at Van Courtlandt Park. The Gryphons will run at the York Invitational on September 25.