Women's Cross Country

Saint Joseph's Finishes Third in Runnin' Monks Invitational

Posted: Oct 08, 2016

STANDISH, Maine – Saint Joseph's College sophomore Sarah Curtin (Strafford, N.H.) claimed her first collegiate victory with a 21:16 effort in the 2016 Runnin' Monks Invitational on the campus course on Saturday morning.

Curtin was over 21 seconds faster than runner-up Jeannette Mooney of Emerson College and helped lead the Monks to a third-place finish with 77 points in the team's annually-hosted event. With three individuals in the top six – and all five scorers in the top 12 overall – Emerson easily won the event with 33 points, well ahead of runner-up Maine-Farmington, which registered 50 points.

Johnson State (105 points), Mount Ida (153), Wheelock (162), and Maine-Presque Isle (172) also competed in the 5K race.

MONKS RUNDOWN

Senior Marisa Lundy (Merrimac, Mass.) finished 15th with a 23:20 time
Sophomore Kelsey Barrett (Gardiner, Maine) placed 18th (23:35)
Freshman Amanda Tavoletti (Reading, Mass.) raced to a 20th-place finish (23:42)
Freshman Analyse Harris (Windham, Maine) was 23rd (24:31)
Freshman Mackenzie Beaudoin (Fayette, Maine) placed 25th (24:38)
Freshman Sydney Fisher (Strafford, N.H.) finished 27th (24:48)
Freshman McKenzie Pepin (Windham, Maine) was 28th (24:50)
Senior Meghan Fullarton (Windham, Maine) placed 40th (27:55)
Sophomore Emily Tourangeau (Scarborough, Maine) finished 50th (31:40)

NEXT!

Next Saturday, Saint Joseph's will compete in the Maine State Championship at the Pineland Center in Gray. The women's race begins at 11:00 AM.

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Saint Joseph's College is Maine's only Catholic liberal arts college, providing a supportive, personalized and career-focused education for more than 100 years. From its 474-acre campus on the shores of Sebago Lake, the College offers more than 40 undergraduate programs to a population of approximately 1,000 students. Saint Joseph's College Online provides certificates, undergraduate and advanced degrees for working adults through an online learning program. For more, visit www.sjcme.edu.