PITTSBURGH – Freshmen Jenna Gregory and Claire Cuneo paced the St. Bonaventure women's cross country team as part of a third-place team finish Saturday morning in the Carnegie Mellon Invitational.

St. Bonaventure posted a team score of 97, behind only Slippery Rock (46) and Seton Hill (51) in the 12-team field. The Bonnies also were ahead of Atlantic 10 foe Duquesne which was sixth with 149 team points.

Gregory showed the way for the Bonnies in her third straight meet, again posting a top-10 individual finish as she crossed the finish line eighth out of 135 runners.

The first-year Bonnie finished the 5K course in a time of 19:03.2.

Fellow freshman Claire Cuneo placed 14^th at 19:32.2 and senior Lindsey Clawson gave the Bonnies three runners in the top-20 as she finished 18^th overall with an effort of 19:45.9 and her best run of the season thus far.

The young Bonnies squad saw a third freshman register in the team scoring with Mia Winters checking in at 20:13.8.

Junior Lauren McGee rounded out the Bona's top five at 20:25.4. Graduate student Amberlee Robertson (20:25.7) and freshman Abigail Mainville (20:26.4) crossed the stripe in consecutive order with nearly matching times to complete the Bonnies top-seven.

Saturday's effort gives the Bonnies back-to-back third-place team finishes as the youthful roster including 15 freshmen continues to improve. Two weeks ago in Rochester, the Bonnies also finished third out of 14 teams.

The Bonnies return to action Friday at the JennaStrong Fall Classic held in Wilmington, Ohio.

BONNIES RESULTS
8. Jenna Gregory – 19:03.2
14. Claire Cuneo – 19:32.2
18. Lindsey Clawson – 19:45.9
26. Mia Winters – 20:13.8
35. Lauren McGee – 20:25.4
36. Amberlee Robertson – 20:25.7
37. Abigail Mainville – 20:26.4
40. Molly Gipson – 20:29.4
44. Emily Peterson – 20:32.8
46. Faith Caldwell – 20:35.1
64. Olivia Ippolito – 21:07.6
71. Camryn Cwiklinski – 21:23.3
73. Adria Magnusson – 21:27.3 (PR)
77. Georgia Hanley – 21:36.7
82. Sarah Carroll – 21:45.7
89. Abigail Principe – 22:10.0
95. Sophia Machowski – 22:24.4
112. Riley Fronce – 23:06.0
115. Mary Trost – 23:29.3
118. Brielle McShane – 23:56.5

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