ST. ALBANS, Vt. – With seven finishers in the top ten, the Vermont women's team collected a team victory in the Fall Foliage Invitational Sunday afternoon in St. Albans. Led by a fifth place finish from Will Just, the Vermont men's team captured second place in the regular season finale.  
 
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Results: Women's 5K | Men's 8K
 
COACH'S QUOTE
"Our women worked very hard today to get us a team victory by staying packed together.  Our depth and commitment to each other was very evident.  Our seniors went out in style in their last regular season XC race.  Kudos to all who pitched in to make them fell special today. After racing a couple big meets in a row, we rested our top seven men, so it opened up some opportunities for others to step up.  We almost pulled out the win, and also get some more guys ready to help support at America East on the 31st. Overall, really good effort on a warm and super windy day."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Led by Siena Stanley's 18:26.40 fourth place finish the Vermont women defended Hard'ack Recreation Area's 5k course with a win in the final event before the America East Championships.
• A trio of seniors were right behind Stanley with Claire Macdonald posting a 18:32.70. Caroline Deiss (18:45.40) led the pack of bunched up Vermont runners in sixth. Alex Beal narrowly followed in seventh at 18:46.80.
• Grace DeLisle rounded out the Catamount point scorers at 18:48.30.
• Rachel Barba finished the 5k at 18:54.20 and Ellery Klatka rounded out the top ten at 18:54.90.
• Sacred Heart had the top three finishers in the women's race with Grace Sousa capturing the individual race win at 17:36.20
• While resting a large group of regulars the Vermont men's team still collected second in the four-team event.
• Will Just put together a fifth place finish at 26:59.30 to lead Vermont.
• Patrick Mozden (27:11.30) narrowly edged teammate Morgan McCuen (27:11.70) as the duo finished seventh and eighth overall.
• In 14^th Daniel Brennan put more points on the board for the Catamounts with a 27:26.20.
• The final Catamount point scorer of the day was Harrison Goncher who posted a time of 27:35.70.

UP NEXT
The Catamounts get some time to rest before the America East Championship meet. The races are  taking place on Friday, October 31^st at the Hopkinton State Fairgrounds in New Hampshire. The same venue that hosted the New England Championships where the Catamounts competed in early October. Fans can watch the race on AmericaEast.TV.