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Women's XC Fourth at Home Meet
October 16, 2010 | Women's Cross Country
*please note the results have changed due two mis-numbered bib numbers from Xavier and St. Joseph's. The changes in the scores makes St. Joe's the third place team with 107 points and Princeton fourth with 108.
PRINCETON, N.J. (10/16/10) - The Princeton women's cross country team took fourth at the Princeton Invitational held on Saturday, Oct. 16 at West Windsor Fields. With its top group finishing seventh at Pre-Nationals the remaining Tigers stood strong on their home course.
A total of 12 teams competed in the 6k race. Iona won the race with a score of 58 followed by Columbia in second place with 80 points.
Senior Brooke Russell paced the Tigers with a 10th place finish covering the course in 22:47. Freshman Katie Skinner was right behind at 22:53.40 to finished 15th overall. Sophomores Greta Feldman and Lauren Zumbach finished back-to-back at 28 and 29 with times of 23:08.90 and 23:11.60. Freshman Clare Gallagher was the final Princeton scorer. Gallagher crossed the line at 23:17.40 to place 33rd.
Nine other Tigers ran the race, with sophomore Abby Hewitt and junior Bernie Da Costa finishing in the top 50 of 168 runners.
Princeton Finishers10. Brooke Russell 22:47.00
15 Katie Skinner 22:53.40
28. Greta Feldman 23:08.90
29. Lauren Zumbach 23:11.60
33. Clare Gallagher 23:17.40
43. Abby Hewitt 23:33.00
49. Bernie Da Costa 23:42.30
58. Kristin Smoot 23:52.70
66. Elisabeth Molen 24:10.10
76. Melissa Zajdel 24:20.80
104. Caroline Bazinet 24:56.60
110. Emily Livingston 25:05.30
111. Kacie O'Neil 25:06.80
114. Molly Higgins 25:14.00