RESULTS

ORONO, Maine – The UMass Lowell women's cross country team ran a hard-fought race at the America East Championships on Friday morning at the Penobscot Valley Country Club in Orono, finishing in third place as a team with 81 points.
 
Binghamton came out victorious, scoring 69 points and winning their first conference championship since becoming a member of the America East in 2001, while Vermont collected second place with 77 points. On the men's side of things, the River Hawks came out on top for their fourth straight title.

"We knew with both teams this year, we were redshirting a bunch of kids, so we knew it was going to be a good cast of people out there and they competed really hard today," said Head Coach Gary Gardner. "I was really proud. They competed hard, so we're proud of both teams."
 
For the women, two River Hawks finished within the top five individually, as sophomore Mary-Kate Finn (Nashua, N.H) finished first place in the 5K, becoming the America East Individual Champion with a time of 17.17.18. Following Finn was senior Hannah Doherty (Billerica, Mass.), who finished fifth overall with a time of 17.56.57. With both of them finishing within the top seven runners, they each were named to the All-Conference First Team. Sophomore Kylie Marion (Baldwinville, Mass.) crossed the finish line in 14th place with a 18:37.40 mark, earning All-Conference Second Team honors.

Senior Mary Yount (Northampton, Mass.) was the next River Hawk to finish, picking up 23rd place with a time of 18:58.29, while Arianna Braccio (Nashua, N.H.) finished in 40th with a 19:28.75 mark. Junior Sarah Ross (Agawam, Mass.) (51st, 19:56.73), senior Rachel Thomas (Perry Hall, Md.) (53rd, 19:58.96), freshman Emma Eagan (Danvers, Mass.) (56th, 20:00.96) and sophomore Dantia Braccio (Nashua, N.H.) (70th, 21:02.47) rounded out the River Hawk runners.