By: Scott Eddy, Assistant Athletics Director for Strategic Communications
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – A look at this year's St. Bonaventure women's cross country roster will show that it is dominated by first-year runners with 15 freshmen making their collegiate debuts for the Bonnies this fall.
Saturday's Little Three Championship results looked much the same as the top five finishers for the Brown and White were racing in the Bona's colors for the first time.
Canisius reclaimed its team crown with 23 points while the Bonnies were second with 38, ahead of third-place Niagara's 66.
Bona's freshmen made the most of their first race on home turf, led by
Jenna Gregory.
Gregory crossed the finish line with a time of 18:57.3, leading the Bonnies pack and finishing second place overall out of 42 competitors in the official finishing order. She was just ahead of teammate
Claire Cuneo who logged a time of 19:02.8, good for third place.
Gregory and Cuneo wasted no time in writing their names into the Bona's record books by posting the sixth and ninth-place 5K individual times in program history. Gregory's mark was also the fastest Bonnies women's 5K effort since Emily Izydorczak ran 18:35 in 2017.
Mia Winters gave the Bonnies another top-10 finisher, and another program top-20 individual performance, as she crossed the stripe in ninth at 19:28.7.
Faith Caldwell (19:59.4) and
Abigail Mainville (20:02.6) finished the freshman sweep in the team top-five while sophomore
Olivia Ippolito (20:18.1) and junior
Lauren McGee (20:22.5) rounded out the scoring seven.
The Bonnies next run at the Anderson Invitational hosted by Roberts Wesleyan in Rochester Sept. 24.
BONNIES RESULTS
2.
Jenna Gregory – 18:57.3
3.
Claire Cuneo – 19:02.8
9.
Mia Winters – 19:28.7
11.
Faith Caldwell – 19:59.4
13.
Abigail Mainville – 20:02.6
17.
Olivia Ippolito – 20:18.1
18.
Lauren McGee – 20:22.5
19.
Molly Gipson – 20:22.9
20.
Lindsey Clawson – 20:34.4
21.
Emily Peterson – 20:51.2
25.
Amberlee Robertson – 21:26.9
26.
Sarah Carroll – 21:27.3
30.
Adria Magnusson – 21:50.1
31.
Mary Trost – 21:50.8
33.
Camryn Cwiklinski – 21:59.7
34.
Brielle McShane – 22:23.5
35.
Abigail Principe – 22:28.0
37.
Riley Fronce – 22:32.1
38.
Emilie Weinbeck – 22:45.4
39.
Sophia Machowski – 22:47.2
40.
Iris Archer – 23:06.7
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