When senior captain Jillian Corley mentioned at practice about a month ago that she was trying the steeplechase after a long hiatus from the event, I’ll admit to being somewhat skeptical and nervous. Wanting to go out in a blaze of glory, Jill did a few decent steeple races and missed a scoring spot at MAACs by one place.
Then, when she announced that she wanted to end her collegiate racing career with a 5,000 at MAACs, the day after the tough steeple race, I felt that she had finally lost her mind. Jill has been a middle distance track runner for her entire career at Marist. What was she thinking?
Well, it worked out great, as she ran the race of her life, scoring in fifth place with a fine time of 18:35.17. Thanks for the memories, Jill!
Thanks to Erin O’Reilly for providing the photo of Jillian in the steeplechase that accompanies this post.
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