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Banfich and Tigers Win HYP
September 17, 2011 | Women's Cross Country
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (9/17/11) - Senior captain Alex Banfich won the annual HYP meet at Franklyn Park on Saturday, Sept. 17, covering the 5k course in 17:33. Her time was six seconds ahead of the second-place runner Liana Epstein of Yale.
Princeton won the meet as all five scorers finished in the top 10 for a team score of 27 with an average time of 17:43.80. This is Princeton's eighth straight HYP title, as they sit 19th in the national rankings.
Yale was second with 36 points and an average time of 17:47.60 and Harvard was third with 71 with an 18:11.80 team time average.
Junior Alexis Mikaelian placed third in the race at 17:41 and classmate Mel Newbery followed in fifth place at 17:43. Emily de la Bruyer was the top freshman, across all three schools, as she ran 17:47 to take eighth overall. Junior Greta Feldman was the final Tiger scorer with a time of 17:55 for 10th place.
The Tigers will train for the next two weeks before competing at the Paul Short Run at Lehigh and the Notre Dame Invitational, both on Friday, Sept. 30.
Princeton Scorers
1. Alex Banfich 17:33
3. Alexis Mikaelian 17:41
5. Mel Newbery 17:43
8. Emily de la Bruyer 17:47
10. Greta Feldman 17:55
11. Molly Higgins 17:55
13. Andrea Keklak 17:59
16. Clare Gallagher 18:10
19. Marissa Cummings 18:22
22. Jackie Nichols 18:34
24. Gina Talt 18:39
26. Abby Hewitt 18:42
30. Rachel Skokowski 19:08
31. Melissa Zajdel 19:14
32. Abby Levene 19:15
34. Sophie Harkins 19:22
38. Katie Skinner 19:28
41. Kristin Smoot 19:52
45. Bernie da Costa 21:47