Women’s Cross Country Wraps Up Regular Season with Pair of Meets

Friday, October 14

Van Cortlandt Park

TBA

Princeton University

ECAC Championships

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Women’s Cross Country Wraps Up Regular Season with Pair of Meets

October 14, 2022 | Women's Cross Country

The Princeton Women's Cross-Country team had a busy day of competition between racing at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship held in the Bronx, New York.

Starting with the Tigers who competed in Madison, the team was within a strong, nationally ranked field, including 23 programs inside the Top-30. No. 1 N.C. State, No. 2 New Mexico, No. 4 Northern Arizona, No. 5 BYU, No. 8 Stanford, and No. 9 Washington were all teams present in Madison.

Princeton proved that they belong among the best, having two Tigers place within the Top-100 of 263 runners in the Women's 6K Championship race.

Abby Loveys finished in 34^th with a time of 20:23.8 and Page Lester finished in 92^nd with a time of 20:50.9. Loveys has yet again proven that she always has more gas left in the tank, rising 9 places within the last 2000 meters to finish in 34^th.

The remaining Tigers who competed helped the Tigers to place 31^st as a team out of a strong showing of 36 programs. Tsion Yared finished at 173^rd (21:22.5), Fiona Max was not far behind at 182^nd (21:26.9), India Weir came in 207^th (21:42.6), Maggie Liebich in 224^th (21:57.5), Alexis Allen in 241^st (22:17.6), and Madeleine Burns finished in 247^th (22:24.6).

Two Tigers, Stella Vieth and Isabel Max also competed in the unscored Women's 6k B race while at the Nuttycombe Invitational.

Also on Friday, Princeton had a squad of runners at the ECAC Championship Women's 6K race. The women finished as a team in 10^th place out of 34 programs while in Van Cortland Park. Thanks to the combined efforts of six, different Tigers, the women were able to finish as a team within the Top-10 and end the day with several strong performances among the 338 runners.

Lucca Fulkerson was the top Tiger of the race, coming in 17^th place (21:52.1). Morgan Monesmith finished in 44^th (22:24.4), Angela Allen in 53^rd (22:33.3), Maggie Hock in 71^st (22:43.6), Mena Scatchard in 93^rd (22:58.5), and Paola Rodriguez in 260^th (25:08.4).

"Splitting the squad this weekend allowed for competitive opportunities across the roster", said head coach Brad Hunt. "We had some great individual performances in Wisconsin and New York. Abby Loveys continues to prove that she is one of the best individuals in the Ivy League and NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region. Lucca Fulkerson paved the way at the ECAC Championships for a top 10 team performance. Coming off mid-terms, we look forward to a great week of training over fall break as we prepare for the Ivy League Championships. After two straight highly competitive invitationals, we look forward to competing in the intimate and exciting atmosphere of the Ivy League Championships at the end of the month."