Women’s XC Places Fifth at Home Invite

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. 

OBrien WXC 2021

Final Team Results – Top 10

1Saint Francis27
2Susquehanna86
3Elizabethtown116
4Messiah118
5Gettysburg135
6Mount St. Mary’s162
7Washington & Lee174
8Stevenson185
9Bridgewater (Va.)215
10Morgan State288

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.

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