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Bird Wins HYP as Women's Cross Country Opens Season
September 12, 2015 | Women's Cross Country
Results
BOSTON (9/11/15) - Junior Lizzie Bird won the HYP meet at Franklin Park as the Princeton women's cross country team opened the 2015 season. Bird clocked a 17:14, seven seconds ahead of the second-place finisher from Harvard.
The Tigers were thisclose to winning the meet, finishing one point out of first with 37 points. Harvard earned 36 points. Princeton had a better average time 17:41.20 to 17:43, and had the lowest combined time of 1:28:26 to 1:28:35. Yale was third with 50 points.
Senior Emily de La Bruyere was the second Tiger across the line, finishing in fifth place at 18:40. Sophomore Natalie Rathjen and senior Kathryn Fluehr went 9-10 two just seconds apart at 17:48 and 17:50. Freshman Brighie Leach was the final scorer at 17:54 to take 12th.
Princeton returns to action next Saturday, Sept. 19 at Van Cortlandt Park for the Iona Meet of Champions.
Princeton Finishers
1. Lizzie Bird 17:14
5. Emily de La Bruyere 17:40
9. Natalie Rathjen 17:48
10. Kathryn Fluehr 17:50
12. Brighie Leach 17:54
17. Ally Markovich 18:13
19. Nicole Marvin 18:18
20. Melinda Renuart 18:20
29. Morgan Lucey 18:54
30. Birdie Hutton 19:01
33. Taylor Bacon 19:06
34. Delaney Miller 19:07
39. Jessica Ackerman 19:26
40. Zoe Sims 19:33
45. Mim Buscher 19:51
45. Mary Hui 19:53
47. Mallory Edens 20:07
49. Sarah Porter 20:31