ST. ALBANS, Vt. – Vermont women's cross country earned its second victory of the season on Saturday afternoon as the Catamounts hosted the Fall Foliage Invitational at Hard'Ack Recreation Area.
Phoebe Koski set a personal-best time in the 5k to win the overall race as the Catamount women (18 pts.) took five of the top six spots.
John Benner's third-place finish led the Vermont men (39 pts.) who took second-place in the team 8k competition behind New Hampshire (32 pts.).
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COACH'S QUOTE
It was a great meet for the women with good execution from start to finish," said head coach
Matt Belfield. "I'm thrilled for Phoebe to get a hard-earned victory. Great races by
Ella King and
Margo Smith as well. The men were a little all over the place. A few good races, but we had some guys who were flat and didn't get it done today.
Gavin Schmeck ran well to get back in the top group and I am sure
Joe Gingras will have the men regrouped for America East."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Koski (17:52.6) beat teammate Bel Sogoloff by 2.2 seconds as the two Catamounts were the first to cross the finish line.
- Meaghan Alba (18:10.3), Konstanze Wendeln (18:14.1), and Annemarie Martell (18:17.6) swept spots four through six to round out the Vermont scorers.
- Benner ran the men's 8k in 25:13.0 to finish behind Nicolas Sevilla-Connelly of New Hampshire, and Evans Kibet of Siena.
- Neville Caulfield (25:23.2) and Ian Denis (25:26.8) also placed in the top 10 with finishes of sixth and seventh, respectively. Matt Hynes (11th) and Gavin Schmeck (12th) rounded out the Vermont scorers.
NOTES
- Koski bested her previous personal record by 7.4 seconds while Sogoloff made a 29.1 second improvement.
- Alba eclipsed her previous personal-best by 19.1 seconds and Wendeln made a 1.4 second improvement.
UP NEXT:
Vermont cross country heads to Albany, New York on Saturday (Nov. 2) for the America East Championships, hosted by the UAlbany Great Danes.
