Friday, October 18
Bronx, N.Y.
10:45 a.m.
Bucknell University
vs
ECAC-IC4A Championships
Women's Cross Country Gains Second Place at the 41st ECAC Championships
10/18/2024 1:41:00 PM | Women's Cross Country
BRONX, N.Y.- The Bucknell Bison women's cross country team finished second at the 41st running of the ECAC Championships on Friday morning. The Orange & Blue placed four runners in the top 25 to clinch the silver spot. The Bison runners used late surges to grab the final placement.
Results
Yale won the event with 53 points and Bucknell scored 103. UMass followed in third at 109. George Mason grabbed fourth place with 157 points and Lehigh was fifth at 160.
Donner's Debriefing
"It was a very solid meet for us considering we had a few people struggle a bit but I was a very happy with our team depth. We still have some work to do but I believe our women are in a good place heading into the championship portion of the season."
Caryn Rippey has been Bucknell's headlining runner for all her participating meets; nothing changed at the ECAC Championships. Running a solid 21:22.9 placed the junior runner at 13th as the highest-finishing Bison. She moved up seven spots from her halfway mark of 20th.
Senior captain Lauren Trapani, recently profiled in a Tales from the Herd article, kept her name in print, finishing 20th at 21:41.3. Her second-half surge of five spots broke her into the top 20.
Fellow senior captain Sarah Policano was only a second behind her teammate at 21:42.5. Her time gave her 22nd in the rankings. Policano's 12-spot jump in the second half spoke well of her stamina.
Freshman KatIe Moncavage was right on Policano's flank finishing 23rd and her time of 21:42.8 was 0.03 seconds away from equaling her captain's time. She also moved up 12 spots in the second portion of the race.
Sophomore Meghan Rentner rounded out the Bison scorers finishing 30th at 21:50.2. She made a massive leap of 14 spots to bolt into the top 30.
Overall, Bucknell placed 11 runners in the top 70.
The Bison will rest and prepare for the Patriot League Championships on Nov. 2. The league title competition will be held at Lafayette. Bucknell previously competed there as part of the Lafayette Preview.
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Results
Yale won the event with 53 points and Bucknell scored 103. UMass followed in third at 109. George Mason grabbed fourth place with 157 points and Lehigh was fifth at 160.
Donner's Debriefing
"It was a very solid meet for us considering we had a few people struggle a bit but I was a very happy with our team depth. We still have some work to do but I believe our women are in a good place heading into the championship portion of the season."
Caryn Rippey has been Bucknell's headlining runner for all her participating meets; nothing changed at the ECAC Championships. Running a solid 21:22.9 placed the junior runner at 13th as the highest-finishing Bison. She moved up seven spots from her halfway mark of 20th.
Senior captain Lauren Trapani, recently profiled in a Tales from the Herd article, kept her name in print, finishing 20th at 21:41.3. Her second-half surge of five spots broke her into the top 20.
Fellow senior captain Sarah Policano was only a second behind her teammate at 21:42.5. Her time gave her 22nd in the rankings. Policano's 12-spot jump in the second half spoke well of her stamina.
Freshman KatIe Moncavage was right on Policano's flank finishing 23rd and her time of 21:42.8 was 0.03 seconds away from equaling her captain's time. She also moved up 12 spots in the second portion of the race.
Sophomore Meghan Rentner rounded out the Bison scorers finishing 30th at 21:50.2. She made a massive leap of 14 spots to bolt into the top 30.
Overall, Bucknell placed 11 runners in the top 70.
The Bison will rest and prepare for the Patriot League Championships on Nov. 2. The league title competition will be held at Lafayette. Bucknell previously competed there as part of the Lafayette Preview.
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