Fairfield Invy: Women's results/comments

Women’s team standings:

1-Sacred Heart 29
2-Marist 41
3-Fairfield 89
4-Manhattan 102
5-John Carroll 134
6-Fordham 169
7-New Haven 185
8-Bridgeport 240

Marist individual results
5,000 meters

2-Kiersten Anderson 19:04.22
3-Briana Crowe 19:30.87
7-Katie Messina 19:47.37
11-Erin O’Reilly 20:02.95
18-Jillian Corley 20:19.99
19-Julie Hudak 20:20.72
20-Kathryn Sheehan 20:21.59
21-Kara Lightowler 20:23.27
27-Kelley Gould 20:42.68
35-Allyson O’Brien 21:11.04
37-Dayna McLaughlin 21:13.79
38-Elizabeth O’Brien 21:20.80
51-Laura Lindsley 21:44.52
53-Rebecca Denise 21:48.90
59-Kim Bartlett 22:05.72
67-Colleen Smith 22:28.46
96-Erin Quadros 25:52.02

Comments: We were up there in a great battle for first with Sacred Heart until the last half-mile or so. It was an exciting race and fun to watch and cheer as hard as I could. Overall, this was another solid effort for a team that is working very hard in practice every day.

I will leave the individual analysis to Chuck. Here are some other random thoughts from me:
1-Bree ran really great! I was very pumped to see this!
2-Erin made a wrong turn and that messed things up for her. Too bad.
3-Kelley G. bounced back after last week’s disappointment with a strong effort.
4-All others felt the effects of the heat to varying degrees (pun intended).
5-We were in the hunt for the win, despite missing a key varsity runner in Addie and with Kathryn still feeling the effects of lower leg stiffness that most certainly will improve with time and treatment.
6-The course was deceptively tough.
7-I told Katie after her race that it “didn’t suck.” I would say that’s an accurate assessment of the day. Not terrible, could have been better. That’s about right for September 25.