Women’s Cross Country 10/16/2021 11:30:00 PM
Senior Kate O’Brien (Lynchburg, Va./Virginia Episcopal School) and junior Amy Cantrell (Hailey, Idaho/Wood River) both finished among the top-20 to lead the Gettysburg College women’s cross country team to a fifth-place showing among 14 teams at the 32nd annual home invite, now known as the Aubrey Shenk Invite, on Saturday.
Final Team Results – Top 10
1 | Saint Francis | 27 |
2 | Susquehanna | 86 |
3 | Elizabethtown | 116 |
4 | Messiah | 118 |
5 | Gettysburg | 135 |
6 | Mount St. Mary’s | 162 |
7 | Washington & Lee | 174 |
8 | Stevenson | 185 |
9 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 215 |
10 | Morgan State | 288 |
Top Performers
Kate O’Brien ’22 – 11th (24:23)
Amy Cantrell ’23 – 40th (24:34)
The Finish Line
- Gettysburg finished with a team score of 135 to finish fifth among 14 teams.
- Division I, II, III, and community college teams competed in today’s race. Gettysburg finished fourth among Division III schools.
- O’Brien placed 11th among 139 runners, cruising through the women’s 6,000-meter course in 24:23 with a 6:33 pace. Finishing 11 seconds behind was Cantrell, claiming 16th in 24:34.
- Junior Amanda Addesso (Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire)was the next Bullet to finish, taking 33rd in 25:23. Rounding out the team scoring were senior Ashlyn Booher (Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs), who came in 42nd in 25:47, and freshman Emily Trout (Ocean View, Del./Sussex Academy), who was 47th in 26:00.
- Finishing as displacers were sophomore Claira Royce (Canton, N.Y./Hugh C. Williams), who took 58th in her first 6K race with a 26:17 time, and classmate Rachel Fischler (Avon, Conn./Avon), who placed 78th in 27:08.
- Mackenzie Walker of Saint Francis University won the race in 23:38 to help her team capture the team title with 27 points.