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Posted: Sep 10, 2011

Women's Cross Country Places Fifth at Lt. Travis J. Fuller Invitational

Women's Cross Country Places Fifth at Lt. Travis J. Fuller Invitational
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Men's Recap

Buzzards Bay, Mass. --  The Framingham State University women's cross country team placed fifth as UMass Dartmouth took top team honors at the Seventh Annual Massachusetts Maritime Lt. Travis J. Fuller Women's Cross Country Invitational on Saturday morning that was run alongside the Cape Cod Canal on the Academy's campus.

The Corsairs placed four runners in the top nine to post a score of 32 points and outdistance both runner-up Emerson (86 points) and third place Emmanuel (88 points) over the three mile layout, as Meaghan Bohigian (18:51), Courtney Testa (18:54), Samantha Roderigues (19:38) and Katie Sheehan (19:51) placed second, third, sixth and ninth for the winners.  Samantha Hurley completed the scoring for UMass Dartmouth with a 12th place finish (20:24).

Bridgewater State senior Molly Rouillard (Dartmouth, Mass.) took top individual honors with a time of 18:25, while the trio of sophomore Georgia Dixon (19:31), junior Heather Hoglund (Groton, Mass.) (19:36) and freshman Ali Doukas (19:42) placed fourth, fifth and eighth, respectively, to pace Emerson.  Freshman Ameena Dye (Syracuse, N.Y.) was seventh individually with a time of 19:40 for the Saints, while Suffolk freshman Alexandra Petsuck (Drums, Pa.) rounded out the top 10 with a time of 19:57.

Bridgewater State was fourth in the final team competition with a score of 115 points, while Framingham State (183 points), Mount Ida (196 points), Curry (198 points), New York Maritime (199 points), Suffolk (221 points) and Massachusetts Maritime (223 points) rounded out the top 10.  Newbury (266 points) and Eastern Nazarene (269 points) rounded out the team scoring in the event.

The Rams top finisher was sophomore Elena Cox (Rowley, Mass.) who placed 19th in a time of 20:53, while right behind her in 23rd was senior Rachael Cooper (Ashleand, Mass.) who completed the three mile course in 21:17. Senior Michelle Korn (Cortdlandt Manor, NY) (22:28), fresmen Shaina Howard (Bellingham, Mass.) (22:56) and Nicolette Carlson (24:24) rounded out the scoring for Framingham in 40th, 49th and 68th place respectively. 

Framingham State to action next Saturday morning by heading to North Dartmouth, Mass. to participate in the UMass Dartmouth Invitational that begins at 11:15 a.m.