ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Cross Country hit the road Saturday, Sept. 17 to compete in the Yellowjacket Invitational held by the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y.
The Invite posed to be a great challenge for the Raiders as they faced off against 21 different programs including top programs in Buffalo, NYU, and Niagara.
The women got the invite started with a 6k.
Emma Pizer led the Raiders at the 2k mark, pacing at a 7:41.5 with
Maria Laverde following close behind with a time of 7:42.5. Pizer started to make her way up the pack, gaining six places by the 4k mark.
Pizer continued to showout, working her way up the pack to finish 13th with a time of 23:35.7.
Carollin Mellin finished second for Colgate with a time of 24.09.8, and
Kara Shepard rounded out the top three shortly after.
Sophomore
Owen Holland led the Raiders to start out the men's 8k race, coming across the 2k mark with a time of 6:34.5 with
Owen McMorrow keeping him company. As the 4k mark came around, McMorrow found himself up six spots in the pack,
Gavin Fowler and Holland were close behind.
McMorrow crossed the line first for Colgate, finishing with a time of 27:14.7, with Fowler right on his tail with a time of 27:18.4. Benjamin Horner finished out the top three for the Raiders, capturing a time of 27:40.6.
FROM THE SOURCE
Associate Head Cross Country Coach Kim Keenan-Kirkpatrick
"Freshman
Owen McMorrow led the team for the second consecutive week. He was closely followed by junior
Gavin Fowler and sophomore
Ben Horner. The men's team finished 13th overall. It was a good learning experience for many of our men who had never run 8k before.
"On the women's side today we were led by senior
Emma Pizer who had a great race and finished 13th. With only a partial squad racing, we had five athletes step up and do what we asked and competed hard,
Carollin Mellin and Kara Shepherd put in strong performances.
"We will build upon this performance to get better for the end of the season."
UP NEXT
The Raiders will take a week off before hitting the road again for the Paul Short Invitational held by Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. on Friday, Sept. 30.
