BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Vermont women registered their best finish in seven years when they came in 13th place at the NCAA Northeast Regionals on Friday. The regional championship was hosted by the University at Buffalo.
Phoebe Koski paced the UVM women (363 pts.) who were the second America East team to finish, behind only New Hampshire (295 pts.).
John Benner led the Catamount men (559 pts.) to a 20th place finish, behind America East schools UMass Lowell (157 pts.) and Stony Brook (176 pts.).
RELATED LINKS
Women's 6k Results | Men's 10k Results
COACH'S QUOTE
"The women were fantastic today," said head coach
Matt Belfield. "They went after it and held on really well. The road course made it interesting with really fast times and made the dynamic more like track and less like cross country. The men had some good performances too, but didn't keep the pack tight enough up front today.
Joe Gingras and I are so proud of these teams and want to extend our congrats to the entire cross country program who was with us in spirit today."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Koski's 6k time of 20:44.8 was good for a personal record and 48th overall as the Cats' top finisher.
- Annemarie Martell was the second Catamount to cross the finish line with a career-best time of 20:57.3 for 66th. Bel Sogoloff followed closely behind in 67th with a time of 20:58.1 in her collegiate 6k debut.
- Meaghan Alba (21:17.3) and Jane Leighton (21:18.9) rounded out the UVM scorers in 89th and 95th, respectively. Leighton registered the best 6k time of her career.
- Benner ran a career-best 10k time of 29:58.2 for 55th overall to lead the Vermont men.
- Luke Petela (30:41.0) and Neville Caulfield (31:03.1) also had personal-bests to finish in 99th and 128th, respectively.
- Matt Hynes (31:13.2) and Ian Denis (31:21.3) rounded out the Catamounts' scorers with personal records.
NOTES
- The Vermont women's 13th-place finish is their best in the Regional since the 2012 team took 12th place at Hammonasset State Park in Connecticut.
