WATERFORD, Conn.— The Babson College women's cross country team placed four runners in the top 100 out of the more than 300 competitors on the way to a 13th-place team finish at the Connecticut College Invitational White Race on Saturday morning at Harkness Park.
The Beavers totaled 379 points to tie Endicott for 13th place among the 33 scoring teams, finishing just behind Bowdoin (357) and Plattsburgh State (357) and ahead of Salve Regina (414) and Ohio Wesleyan (424). Top-ranked Williams (25), No. 6 Tufts (110) and No. 8 Middlebury (119) were the top three schools in the team scoring.
Sophomores
Angelina Widmer (Wantagh, N.Y.) and
Ali Meyers (Darien, Conn.) were the top finishers for the Green and White, with both recording career-best times in the 6K race. Widmer came in 60th place in a time of 23:51 and Meyers crossed the finish line in 82nd place in a time of 24:07.
First-year
Anastatia Marich (Mequon, Wis.) was the next Beaver finisher, coming in 87th in a time of 24:10 in her first collegiate 6K race. Junior
Shriya Peddi (Monmouth Junction, N.J.) finished 94th in a time of 24:13, and classmate
Sophia Draxler (Montclair, N.J.) placed 125th in 24:33.
Babson's next three finishers were sophomore
Sophia Nakakura (San Francisco, Calif.), who finished in a time of 24:52; junior
Annabelle Svenson (Montclair, N.J.), who clocked in at 25:38; and senior
Taijah Harvey (Concord, Mass.), who finished in 25:42.
The final four competitors for the Green and White all posted career best times: first-year
Tory Meran (Boca Raton, Fla.) in 25:57; junior
Ariana Van Ormer (Aliquippa, Pa.) in 27:10; junior
Ava Newton (Danvers, Mass.) in 27:27; and first-year
Mary Elizabeth Steinrotter (Potsdam, N.Y.) in 28:10.
With the regular season races in the books, the Beavers will compete at the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship on October 31 at Smith College in Northampton, Mass.