Race Results

BRONX, N.Y.—Ten Gryphons ran personal collegiate bests as Sarah Lawrence College women's cross captured second place at the 2016 York Invitational at Van Courtlandt Park on Sunday. The runner-up finish matches the Gryphons' best invitational placing in recent history, following a second-place at the Baruch Invitational on Sept. 4, also ran at Van Courtlandt.

IN SHORT
Sarah Lawrence finish: 2nd place - 91 points
Race distance: 6,000 meters
Total teams: 23
Total runners: 167
Winning team: Mount Saint Mary College - 54 points

TOP GRYPHONS
Rosa Mykyta-Chomsky (Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown Friends School) posted her third top-10 finish of the season, capturing ninth place among the field of 167 student-athletes. The sophomore Gryphon bettered her 6K personal best by nearly two minutes. The second Gryphon across the line, sophomore Molly Walsh (Yarmouth, Maine/Yarmouth) improved upon her season debut by a full minute, posting a mark of 27:15 to earn 14th overall. Sophomore Isabel Edmonds (Appleton, Wisc./Appleton North) also crossed the line among the top 25, setting a new personal best of 28:22, 26 seconds faster than her best time last season.

KEY PERFORMANCES
Five other Gryphons finished in the top half of the field. Junior Katie Shepard (Visalia, Calif./Mount Whitney) improved upon her personal best by 18 seconds, crossing the line in 27th place with a time of 28:38. Junior Tiffany Meier (Goleta, Calif./Olive Grove Charter) had a season best, taking 35th place in 29:08, rounding out the Gryphons' scoring squad. Senior Allyson Panton (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) was among the Gryphons who ran a personal best, as she crossed the line in 29:06 for 36th. Sophomore Katherine Labadie (New Orleans, La./Benjamin Franklin) nearly broke the 30-minute barrier but was 22 seconds better than her previous 6K best with her 50th-place run of 30:01. Rookie Mei Takehana (Tokyo, Japan/Perkiomen School) returned from a three-week absence to earn 56th in a personal-best 30:23.

PERSONAL BESTS
Four other Gryphons posted career bests at the 6K distance. Rookie Natalie Wyse (Tolland, Conn./Tolland) earned 98th place with a time of 34:02. In 110th place, junior Dani Dyen-Shapiro (Estero, Fla./Cypress Lake) crossed the line in 35:30. Rookie Zhe Wu (Guangzhou, China/Nansha College Prep. Acad.) placed 126th with a mark of 37:18, and rookie Brooke Remsen (Rye, N.Y./Convent of the Sacred Heart) placed 128th after a run of 37:38.

UP NEXT
Sarah Lawrence travels to the Mount Saint Mary College Knight Invite on Saturday, Oct. 1.