AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Vermont men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Minuteman Invitational Saturday morning against UMass and UConn.
In the women's race
Caroline O'Shea and
Konstanze Wendeln locked up the top two spots individually as the Catamounts (43 pts.) finished second behind UConn (33 pts.) and ahead of the host Minutewomen (52 pts.). The UVM men (74 pts.) placed third behind UMass (25 pts.) and UConn (34 pts.).
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Women's Results | Men's Results
COACH'S QUOTE
"Our goal is to always prepare and compete to win, and our teams did well with that today," said head coach
Matt Belfield. "While resting our top 5 women and top 10 men from last week, we still measured up well against UConn and UMass. Having our rookies in scoring positions is really valuable for them, and good for us to see that they can handle high expectations. I certainly want to acknowledge the outstanding winning performance of
Caroline O'Shea she was patient and came from behind to win convincingly."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- O'Shea finished first overall with a personal best 18:12.99 in the women's 5K while Wendeln followed shortly after with a time of 18:19.33. The two Catamounts beat out the third-place finisher by 12.29 and 5.97 seconds, respectively.
- Sophie Doman also placed in the top-10 with a time of 18:42.01 for the ninth overall spot.
- Steven O'Driscoll was the first Catamount to finish in the men's 6K with a time of 19:55.43.
- Rookies Christian Groff (12th) and Stephen Looke (16th) rounded out Vermont's top three finishers.
WHAT'S NEXT
The UVM women return to action next Friday (Sep. 14) at the UB Stampede Invite in Buffalo, NY. The women's race begins at 11 a.m.
