ST. ALBANS, Vt. – Siena Stanley pulled away from the field in the Women's 5k on Sunday at the Fall Foliage Invitational to win with a time of 17:46.40. The Catamount Women won the meet against Sacred Heart and Bryant with 30 points. The Vermont Men finished second with Daniel Brennan the top finisher.  
 
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Results: Women's 5k | Men's 8k
 
COACHES QUOTE
"Was very pleased with how many people on both teams raced well today," said Head Coach Matt Bellfield. It's both an important tune-up and America East squad determining race. We were able to rest some folks and get others ready for the championship. As a bonus, the women got a team victory and a fantastic front-running performance from Siena. Some great late race surges from a few of our men shows our depth, given how many guys we held out. Pretty excited to see what we will be able to do at the end of the month."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Women got the day started with Stanley bettering her time from the season opener at Hard'ack Recreation Area by a second. She won for the first time this fall by posting a 17:46.40, 33 seconds quicker than the closest competitor.
• Lydia Donahue also trimmed time off her season opening performance with her best 5k time of the fall. The freshman finished in fifth place overall at 18:36.40.
• A trio of Catamounts rounded out the top-ten, giving Vermont five of the top-ten finishers. Grace DeLisle was in eighth with an 18:44.50, Lila Pritham following at 18:52.20 and Dylan Freidman was the third freshman to pick up points for Vermont in 10^th place crossing the line at 18:58.60.
• The Catamount Women have now won twice at home this fall.
• For the Men, Daniel Brennan posted a fifth place finish and a time of 26:27.30 to lead Vermont. Henry Nasse was right behind finishing the 8k at 26:27.50 in sixth overall.
• Morgan McCuen finished in the top-ten for the second straight year, taking over 30 seconds off his 2025 Fall Foliage Invite performance with a 26:34.50.
• Nate Swanson finished in 12^th at 26:42.60 and Zak Metzger rounded out the Vermont point scorers at 26:44.30 in 13^th.
• Michael Mason of Sacred Heart won the individual title in the Men's 8k and Sacred Heart also captured the team victory.
• With today's Win, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to the Ronald McDonald House through the Cat's Win, Community Win's initiative. Vermont Mutual has donated over $6.4 Million Dollars since launching their Charitable Giving Fund.

UP NEXT

• The Catamounts return to action on Friday, October 30^th for the America East Championship race in Albany, New York. The Men's 8k is scheduled for 11 a.m. with the Women's 5k following at 12 p.m. The action from Albany will air live on AmericaEast.TV.

 
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