Women's Cross Country Places Second at Seventh Annual Cazenovia College Homecoming Invitational

Janesville Beach, New York - The SUNY Cobleskill women's cross country team made a strong statement on Saturday afternoon. Running on the course that will be the host site of the 2015 North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Cross Country Championships the Fighting Tigers recorded a team total of 63 points to place second in a field of 12 teams at the Seventh Annual Cazenovia College Homecoming Invitational.

Junior Taylor Tommell, Guilderland, N.Y., Guilderland High School, led Cobleskill's assault on the field 91 runners by completing the hilly 5750-meter course in a time of 23:48 to place third overall. Tommell was followed by a pair of teammates as sophomore AnnaClaire Piersiak, Staten Island, N.Y., Curtis High School, finished fifth in 23:55 while freshman Quinn Porter, Ballston Spa, N.Y., Burnt Hills High School, placed seventh in 24:06 for the Orange & Black.

The Fighting Tigers scoring was rounded out by the senior class as senior Megan Jenney, Troy, N.Y., Catholic Central High School, placed 26^th overall in 26:01 and senior Chantal Fauteux, Lebanon, N.Y., Lyman Memorial High School, finished in 30^th versus the field in 26:16.

Cobleskill will return to action after the fall college's fall break when they travel to Clinton, N.Y. for the 2015 New York State College Track Conference Meet hosted by Hamilton College on the college's cross country coach beginning at 11:00 a.m.

TEAM RESULTS

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS